THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION
OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON
1801–1805
HISTORY
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DURING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON
BY HENRY ADAMS
VOL. II.
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1889
Copyright, 1889, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.
University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. RUPTURE OF THE PEACE OF AMIENS 1
II. THE LOUISIANA TREATY 25
III. CLAIM TO WEST FLORIDA 51
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFICULTIES 74
V. THE LOUISIANA DEBATE 94
VI. LOUISIANA LEGISLATION 116
VII. IMPEACHMENTS 135
VIII. CONSPIRACY 160
IX. THE YAZOO CLAIMS 192
X. TRIAL OF JUSTICE CHASE 218
XI. QUARREL WITH YRUJO 245
XII. PINCKNEY’S DIPLOMACY 264
XIII. MONROE AND TALLEYRAND 288
XIV. RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND 316
XV. CORDIALITY WITH ENGLAND 342
XVI. ANTHONY MERRY 360
XVII. JEFFERSON’S ENEMIES 389
XVIII. ENGLAND AND TRIPOLI 410
INDEX TO VOLS. I. AND II. 439
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.