Reduction of, from 1849 to 1856, VII., 433. Increase of, to 1860, VII., 440. Payment of debts to North forbidden by Confederate Congress, VIII., 39. Amount of national debt on July 1, 1863, VIII., 399. Effect on the North of the repudiation of Southern debts, IX., 145-146. State indebtedness for internal improvements, IX., 347-348. War debts repudiated by Southern States, IX., 368. Amount of national debt in 1868, IX., 399, 402. Reduction of the debt in 1888-1890, X., 39. The Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy, X., 302. See also FINANCES. Decatur, Capt. James. Commands the Enterprise, V., 92. Killed, V., 92. Decatur, Stephen. Captures Le Croyable, IV., 410. On the New York, V., 89. Surrenders the President, VI., 36–38. Attacks the Mashouda, VI., 125. Compels Dey to sign treaty, VI., 126–127. Decatur, The. Captures the Dominica, VI., 7–8. Decker, Lieut.-Col. Luke, At Tippecanoe, V., 274. Declaration of Independence. Adopted in Mecklenburg County, N. C., II., 356-359. Debate on and adoption of, II., 424-430, 433-438. Declaration of Rights, Issued by Massachu setts, I., 342. De La Croix Declaration of Rights and Grievances, II., 307-309. Declaration Setting Forth the Cause and Necessity of the Colonies Taking Up Arms, II., 352, 359-362. Declaratory Act, Passed by Parliament, II., 238. De Courcy, Col. John F. (Fed.). At Chickasaw Bayou, VIII., 309. Captures Cumberland Gap, VIII., 388. Decrees, French. Of May 9 and 23 and July 27, 1793, IV., 317; V., 165. Repeal of, IV., 320. Retaliatory decrees, IV., 325. Decree of January 18, 1798, IV., 355; V., Of October 29, 1798, IV., 431; V., 166. Napoleon's Bayonne Decree, V., 204. 13. Deerfield, Mass. Indian depredations at, I., 350. Massacre at, I., 457-458. Defectives. Hospitals for the insane established, II., 169; VII., 131; IX., 185. Asylums for the deaf, dumb and blind established during the Civil War, IX., 185. De Grey and Ripon, George Frederick Samuel, Earl, Appointed Alabama claims commissioner, IX., 417. De Haas, M. F. H., X., 456. De Heister, General Philip. At battle of Long Island, II., 444 et seq. De Kalb, Baron Johann. Arrives in America, III., 54. Activity of, III., 196. Killed at battle of Camden, III., 197-201. De La Barre, Lefebvre. Appointed governor of Canada, I., 434. Defeated by the Iroquois and recalled, I., 435. De La Croix, M. Notifies Monroe of French attitude, IV., 324. Inquires regarding ratification of Jay treaty, IV., 325. Notifies Monroe that Pinckney will not be received, IV., 326-327. Orders Pinckney to leave France, IV., 327. De Lagnel, Maj. J. A. (Confed.), At Rich Mountain, VIII., 45-46. Delancey, James. Uses influence against culprits in New Delano, Columbus, Appointed Secretary of the Interior, IX., 440. Delaplace, Captain, Surrenders Ticonderoga, II., 346. De Lassus, Don Carlos de Hault, Fails to carry out promised reforms, V., 253. Delaware. Area, population, chief cities and date of Becomes independent of Pennsylvania, II., 17. Population of, in 1764, II., 151. Form of government in, II., 152. Sends delegates to colonial congress, II., 227, 229. Declares loyalty to colonial cause, II., 259. Urges general congress, II., 299. Delegates of, in Continental Congress, II., 304. Delegates authorized to acquiesce in independence measures, II., 425. Adopts State constitution, II., 432. Further slave importations prohibited, III., 341. Value of coins in, III., 342. Appoints delegates to Federal Convention, Votes in Federal Convention, III., 456 et seq. Ratifies Constitution, IV., 8. Delaware-Continued. Delaware Land acreage and assessed valuations in, IV., 39. Schools in, IV., 60. Provides for religious freedom, IV... 63. Vote of, at first election, IV., 80. Apportionment of debt, IV., 115–115. Representation in Congress, IV., 162: Electoral vote of, in 1792, IV., 167. Electoral vote of, in 1796, IV., 296. Petitions Congress to restrain slave kidnappers, IV., 314. Electoral vote of, in 1800, IV., 464. Suffrage limitations in, V., 98-99. 113. Electoral vote of, in 1804, V., 116. Postpones consideration of reapportion ment, V., 118. Electoral vote of, in 1808, V., 213. Punishment of slave thieves in, V., 327. Sentiment of, regarding war, V., 336. Electoral vote of, in 1812, V., 376. Beresford's attack on Lewiston, VI., 14. Banks established in, VI., 101. Depreciation of bank notes in, VI., 104. Electoral vote of, in 1832, VI., 132. Forbids settlement in, of free negroes or mulattoes, VI., 284. Slavery and the kidnapping of slaves in, VI., 293-294. Population of, in 1820, VI., 304. Criminal code of, VI., 324. Endorses Clay, VI., 385. Electoral vote of, in 1832, VI., 391. 491. Banks of, resume specie payments, VI., 511. Suspension of banks in, VII., 44. Electoral vote of, in 1840, VII., 55. Electoral vote of, in 1844, VII., 115. Abolishes imprisonment for debt, VII., 131. Lotteries allowed in, VII., 132. Laws restricting slave trade, VII., 162163. Electoral vote of, in 1848, VII., 260. Value of lands in, 1813, 1815, 1850, 1860, Chief exports of, IX., 238. Educational progress in, 1789-1865, IX., Constitutions adopted by, IX., 327. Property values in, 1860, 1870 and 1909, Persons engaged in agriculture in, 1870- Governors of, X., 538. Delaware, The. Captures Le Croyable, IV., 410. Captures the Marsouin, IV., 411. Sold, V., 84. Delaware, Thomas West, Lord. Appointed governor of Virginia, I., 165. Returns to England, I., 169. Death of, I., 173. Delaware Bay. Entered by Hudson, I., 188. Lands along, purchased by Godyn and Settlements of the Swedes along, I., 195- Attempts of New Englanders to settle near, I., 292–293, 296–297. Settlements on, attacked by English and united to New York, I., 303. Delaware Indians. Cheated by Penn in the "Walking Purchase," II., 20. Compelled to move from their lands, II., 20-21. Besiege Fort Pitt, II., 125. Make peace, II., 126. Cede lands in Northwest, III., 388; IV., Conclude treaty of Greenville, IV., 199. Delaware River, I., 19. Washington crosses, II., 462; III., 3 et seq. Fitch's and Evans' steamboats on, III., De Levis, General Chevalier, Besieges Quebec, II., 118. Delfosse, Maurice, On Halifax Commission, X., 6-7. Delight, The, Voyage of, I., 140. De Long, G. W., X., 29. De Mille, James, X., 460. Democracy, Fears of, IV., 497. Denmark Democratic Party (formerly Republicans). Elects Van Buren and Johnson, VI., 493. Elects Polk and Dallas, VII., 109-115. Elects Buchanan and Breckenridge, VII., Defeated in 1860, VII., 422-429. Nominates Seymour and Blair, IX., 397. Nominates Tilden and Hendricks, IX., 470. Elects Cleveland and Stevenson, X., 51. Elects Wilson and Marshall, X., 301-302. Democratic Party (Gold), Nominates Palmer and Buckner, X., 72. Democratic Society, Formed at Philadelphia, IV., 224. Demonetization of the silver dollar, IX., 448. See also CURRENCY. De Monts, Pierre du Gast, Sieur, Granted a patent to Acadia, I., 130-131. Denby, Charles, Member of Philippine commission, X., 187. De Neyon, Sends peace belts to Indians, II., 125. Denman, Matthias, Buys land in Ohio, III., 399. Denmark. Joins the armed neutrality, III., 228, 236- Acknowledges independence of United Settlement of spoliation claims against, Copenhagen bombarded by British fleet, Agrees to abolish slave trade, VI., 281. Consular convention with, VIII., 132. Reciprocity and other treaties with, IX 239; X., 75, 520. Dennie, Opinion of Democracy, IV., 497-498. Dennison, Col. Nathan, At massacre of Wy oming, III., 135. Dennison, William. Appointed Postmaster-General, IX., 86. Resigns, IX., 379. Denonville, Marquis de. Sends Nicholas Perrot to explore western His dispute with Dongan, invasion of the De Noue, Anne, I., 425. Dent, Capt. John H. Commands the Scourge, V., 92. Denver, J. W., Appointed governor of Kansas, VII., 398. Denver, Col., Population of, in 1910, I., 6. Organized by Continental Congress, III., See STATE, DEPARTMENT OF. De Pestre. Goes west with Burr, V., 136. Informs Yrujo of progress of plot, V., 139. De Peyster, Arent Schuyler, Defeats Craw Des Moines River, I., 17. Dewey De Soto, Ferdinand (or Hernando), Explorations and death of, I., 123-125. De Trobriand, Gen. Philippe R. Ejects Democrats in New Orleans, IX., 466. Detroit, Mich. Founded by Cadillac, II., 68. Territory surrounding deeded to King Wil- Population of, in 1860, VII., 430. Municipal improvements in, 1861-1865, IX., 174-175. Population of, in 1910, I., 7. Detroit, The, At battle of Lake Erie, V., 394397. Detroit, The. Armament of, X., 99. Bombards San Juan, Porto Rico, X., 118 119. De Tuyl, Baron. Suggests negotiation of Oregon dispute, Submits Nesselrode's dispatches to Adams, Deuxponts, Count William, At siege of Yorktown, III., 272. Devens, Col. Charles (Fed.). At Ball's Bluff, VIII., 81-82. At Dinwiddie Court House,' IX., 117-118. De Vries, David Pieters. Settles at Swansdale, I., 193. Establishes Vriesandael, I., 193. Protests at massacre of Indians, I., 293. De Watteville, Major-General, At Fort Erie, V., 432-434. Dewey, Commodore George. Commands Pacific squadron, X., 104. Ordered to destroy Spanish fleet, X., 105. |