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Tennessee

Tea-Continued.

Reduction of duty on, VI., 361.

Duty on, removed by Morrill tariff, VII.,
442.

Increase in duty on, VIII., 213.

Reduction of duty on, IX., 411.
Teamboat, The, VI., 311.
Tecumseh.

Endeavors to form Indian confederacy, V.,
269-270.

Confers with Harrison, V., 272.

Delivers talk to Creeks, V., 276-277, 444.
Speaks to Indian council, V., 277.
Defeats Brush at Brownstown, V., 344-
345.

Defeated at Maguaga, V., 347-348.
Cuts off McArthur, V., 350.

At siege of Fort Meigs, V., 369.

Killed at battle of the Thames, V., 400.
Tecumseh, The (Fed.), At Mobile Bay, IX.,
14-16.

Telegraph. See COMMUNICATION, SYSTEMS OF.
Telegraph, The attack on, VII., 7.
Teller, Henry M.

Becomes Secretary of the Interior, X., 16.
Resolution of, regarding Cuba, X., 96.
Ten-Pins, In the South, II., 161.

Tenedos, The.

At Boston, V., 472.

Attacks the President, VI., 37-38.
Tennessee.

Area, population, and date admitted, I., 8,

II.

The Watauga Association in, II., 284.
Cherokees attack the Watauga settlements,
III., 132.

Population of, in 1790, III., 328.

John Sevier and the State of Franklin, III.,
394-396.

Land acreage and assessed valuations in,
IV., 39-40.

Culture of hemp in, IV., 46.

University of Nashville, Founded, IV., 59.
Transferred to the National Government,
IV., 201.

Cession of lands by the Cherokees, IV.,
236.

Knoxville founded, IV., 236.

Blount college opened, IV., 236.

First books published in, IV., 236–237.

Taxation in, IV., 237.

Beginnings of industries in, IV., 237.
Land speculation in, IV., 237–238.
Indian Wars in, IV., 238-241.

Adopts constitution and is admitted to
statehood, IV., 241–242.

Tennessee-Continued.

Electoral vote in 1796, IV., 296.
Electoral vote in 1800, IV., 464.
Population of, in 1800, IV., 481.
Electoral vote in 1804, V., 116.
Disapproves of reapportionment, V., 118.
Electoral vote in 1808, V., 213.
Enacts stay law, V., 266.
Government in, V., 301.
Freedmen registered in, V., 327.
Electoral vote in 1812, V., 376.

Send militia to punish Creeks, V., 447.
Electoral vote in 1816, VI., 132.
Taxes United States Bank, VI., 180.
Nominates Jackson for the Presidency, VI.,

231.

Permits negroes to enter State, VI., 284.
Population of, in 1830, VI., 305.

Fanny Wright's communistic experiment at
Nashoba, VI., 327.

Nominates Jackson for President, VI., 335.
Urges revision of the tariff, VI., 374.
Electoral vote in 1832, VI., 391.

Devotes quota of surplus to education, VI.,
492.

Electoral vote in 1840, VII., 55.

Electoral vote in 1844, VII., 115.

Abolishes imprisonment for debt, VII., 131.
Lotteries prohibited in, VII., 132.
Laws restricting slave-trade, VII., 163.
Electoral vote in 1848, VII., 260.
Electoral vote in 1852, VII., 314.
Approves Kansas-Nebraska bill, VII., 327.
Electoral vote in 1856, VII., 384.
Electoral vote in 1860, VII., 429.
Vote against secession in, VII., 475.
Governor Harris refuses to furnish troops
to North, VIII., 23.

Secedes from Union, VIII., 26.
Anti-secession sentiment in, VIII., 46.
Capture of Forts Henry and Donelson,
VIII., 89-92.

Occupation of Nashville, VIII., 92.
Capture of Island No. 10, VIII., 95-96.
The campaign and battle of Shiloh, VIII.,
96-103.

Capture of Fort Pillow and Memphis,

VIII., 166-167.

Engagement at Murfreesboro, VIII., 242.
Engagement at Hartsville, VIII., 249-250.
Engagement at Parker's Cross Roads,

VIII., 250.

The battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro,
VIII., 250-256.

Johnson appointed military governor of,
VIII., 267.

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Engagement at Hatchie River, VIII., 307.
Engagement at Spring Hill or Thompson's
Station, VIII., 362–364.

Engagement at Vaught's Hill, VIII., 364.
The Tullahoma campaign, VIII., 367–369.
The siege of Chattanooga and the battles
of Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge, VIII., 377-386.

Capture of Cumberland Gap, VIII., 388.
Engagement at Rogersville, VIII., 389.
Engagement at Campbell's Station, VIII.,
389-390.

Siege of Knoxville, VIII., 390-392.

The Fort Pillow massacre, VIII., 422.
The reconstruction of, VIII., 462-465.
Forrest's raid on Johnsonville, IX., 70.
Engagement at Spring Hill, IX., 70-72.
The battle of Franklin, IX., 72–74.
The battle of Nashville, IX., 74-77.
Engagement at Russellville, IX., 77-78.
Stoneman's raids in, IX., 78-79, 104-105.
Boundary disputes with Virginia and Ken-
tucky, IX., 207.

Value of lands in 1813, 1815, 1850, 1860, IX.,
216-219.

Tobacco produced in, IX., 234.
Chief exports of, IX., 238.

Educational progress in, IX., 266 et seq.
Constitutions adopted by, IX., 327.
Readmitted to Union, IX., 377.
Organization of the Ku Klux Klan in, IX.,
431-432.

Enactment of the Force Law to put down
the Ku Klux, IX., 433.

Militia furnished by, X., 112.

Boundary suit of Arkansas against, X., 302.
Property values in 1860, 1870 and 1909, X.,
310, 313.

Persons engaged in agriculture in, 1870-
1900, X., 342.

Governors of, X., 550.

Tennessee, The, Captured at Mobile Bay, IX.,
14-16.

Tennis, Played in New York, II., 167.
Tenure-of-Office Act.

Passed by Congress, IX., 383-384.
Repealed, IX., 400-401; X., 26.

Tepehuana Indians, I., 38.

Ternay, Charles Louis d'Arsac, Chevalier de.
Arrives in America with French fleet, III.,
182.

Terrill, Brig.-Gen. William R. (Fed.), At
Perryville, VIII., 247–248.

Territorial Acquisitions. See LOUISIANA; FLOR-

IDA; TEXAS; GADSDEN; CALIFORNIA; ORE-

Territorial Acquisitions—Continued.

Texas

GON; BOUNDARIES AND BOUNDARY DISPUTES;
ALASKA; HAWAII; ETC.

Territory of the U. S. South of the Ohio, IV.,
147.

Terror, The.

Armament of, X., 99.

Bombards San Juan, Porto Rico, X., 119.
Terry, Maj.-Gen. Alfred H. (Fed.).
At Fort Wagner, VIII., 358-360.

At Petersburg, IX., 36-37.
At Deep Bottom, IX., 42.
At Fair Oaks, IX., 48.

At Fort Fisher, IX., 92.

At Wilmington, IX., 93-94.

Sent against Sioux Indians, IX., 456-457.
Negotiates with Sitting Bull, X., 3-4.
Tertiary Age, I., 25.

Test Oath, Required of whites in South, IX.,
381.

Tew, Col. C. C. (Confed.), At Malvern Hill,
VIII., 197.

Texas.

Area, population, chief cities, and date ad-
mitted, I., 8, 11.

Wanderings of de Vaca in, I., 121.

Landing of LaSalle's colonists at Mata-
gorda Bay, I., 429.

Operations of Spanish troops in, V., 140
et seq.

Galveston annexed to Mexico, VI., 140-141,
246.

Declared free by proclamation, VI., 247.
Lands in, granted to Austin, VI., 247.
The Texas colonization law, VI., 248.
Clay's attempt to extend southern bound-
ary of the United States into, VI., 249.
Proposals to buy from Mexico, VI., 461-
462.

Adopts constitution, VI., 462.

Beginning of the war for independence,
VI., 463.

Forms an independent government, VI.,

464.

Declares independence, VI., 464-465.

The massacre at the Alamo, VI., 465.
Defeat of Col. Fannin, VI., 466.
Houston's victory at San Jacinto, VI., 466-
467.

Election of Houston and Lamar, VI., 467.
Sympathy and aid for, VI., 470.
Independence of, recognized, VI., 473.
Discussion of annexation of, VII., 14-15.
Invasion of Mexican troops, VII., 100.
Annexation of, favored by Jackson, VII.,
102-103.

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The abolition cause in, VII., 103-104.
Negotiation of the treaty of annexation,
VII., 105-106.

Congress passes resolution for annexation,

VII., 115-118.

The Icarians in, VII., 125-126.
Lotteries prohibited in, VII., 132.

Laws restricting slave trade, VII., 163.
Accepts annexation and adopts constitu-
tion, VII., 187-188.

Electoral vote in 1848, VII., 260.

Electoral vote in 1852, VII., 314.

Electoral vote in 1856, VII., 384.
Electoral vote in 1860, VII., 429.
Secedes from Union, VII., 466; VIII., 37.
Surrender of Union property in, VIII., 37-
38.

Establishment of Confederate cotton bu-
reau in, VIII., 145.

Galveston captured by Magruder, VIII.,
325.

Franklin's defeat at Sabine Pass, VIII., 413.
Value of lands in, 1850-1860, IX., 217-219.
Educational progress in, IX., 266 et seq.
Constitutions adopted by, IX., 328.
Hamilton appointed provisional governor
of, IX., 366.

Rejects Fourteenth Amendment, IX., 380.
Negro and white voters registered in, IX.,
387.

Fails to adopt new constitution, IX., 389.
Remains under martial law, IX., 396.
Restored to the Union, IX., 426.
Whites regain control of, IX., 461.
Militia furnished by, X., 112.

Destruction of Galveston, X., 217-218.
Dispute with Louisiana over quarantine,
X., 304.

Property values in 1860, 1870 and 1909, X.,

310, 313.

Persons engaged in agriculture in, 1870-
1900, X., 342.

Governors of, X., 551.

Texas, The.

Armament of, X., 99.

At battle of Santiago, X., 148-152.

Textile Industries.

Growth of, IV., 42-43.

Value of textile manufactures, V., 314.
Manufacture and introduction of textile
machinery, IX., 226–227.

Value of textile products in 1860, IX., 227.
Influence of the factory system and the
power loon on, IX., 258-259.
Growth of, to 1910, X., 323-325.

Thacher, Oxenbridge.

Thomas

Speech of, on writs of assistance, II., 214-
215.

Issues his Sentiments of a British American,
II., 219.

Thames, Battle of the, V., 398-401.

Thatcher, George, Opposes duty on molasses
and threatens to secede, IV., 98.
Thayer, Eli, Sends emigrants to Kansas, VII.,
356.

Thayer, Gen. John M. (Fed.).

At Fort Donelson, VIII., 91.

At Chickasaw Bayou, VIII., 309–310.
Marches to join Steele, VIII., 415.
Theatre. See DRAMA.

Theosophists, Churches and numbers of, X.,

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Tigre Island

Thomas, Gen. George H. (Fed.)—Continued.

Sent to Nashville, IX., 62.

Strength of army under, IX., 70.

At Franklin, IX., 73.

At Nashville, IX., 74-77.

Appointed commander of third military
district, IX., 385.

Thomas, Jesse B., Introduces amendment to
Missouri bill, VI., 205-206.

Thomas, John.

Appointed militia general, II., 330.
Appointed brigadier-general, II., 351.
Occcupies Dorchester Heights, II., 380-381.
Succeeds Wooster in Canada, II., 396.
Death of, II., 396.

Thomas, Gen. John, Urged to hasten to New
Orleans, VI., 71.

Thomas, Adj.-Gen. Lorenzo.

Sent to investigate conditions in Missouri,
VIII., 69.

Recruits negro soldiers, VIII., 275.

Ordered by Johnson to assume Stanton's
duties, IX., 393.

Thomas, Philemon, Captures Baton Rouge,
V., 253-254.

Thomas, Philip F.

Becomes Secretary of the Treasury, VII.,
460.

Resigns, VII., 465.

Thomas, Theodore, X., 458.

Thompson, Daniel P., Writings of, IX., 288.
Thompson, George, Attacks on, VI., 433, 435.
Thompson, H. A., X., II.

Thompson, Jacob.

Becomes Secretary of the Interior, VII.,
387.

Resigns, VII., 446, 465.

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Thomson, David.

Establishes settlement in New Hampshire,
I., 215.

Settles on Thompson Island, I., 217.
Thoreau, Henry D., Writings of, IX., 281.
Thornton, Sir Edward.

Rejects proposal to annex Canada, IX.,
416-417.

Appointed Alabama Claims commissioner,
IX., 417.

Proposes third member of Halifax com-
mission, X., 6-7.

Thornton, Capt. Seth B., Troops under, cap-
tured by Arista, VII., 192.

Thornton, Col. William.

At Bladensburg, VI., 28-30.

Attacks Villeré's plantation, VI., 71.
At battle of New Orleans, VI., 78-82.
Thornton, William, Offers to colonize negroes,
VI., 277.

Thoroughfare Gap, Va., Longstreet checked
at, VIII., 206.
Threshing-Machine, Invented by Harbach,
IV., 146.

Thurman, Allen G.

Member of electoral commission, IX., 476.
Defeated for Vice-Presidency, X., 39-40.
Thursday, The Great, II., 165.

Tibbatts, John W., Introduces bill to admit
Texas, VII., 116.

Tibbles, Thomas H., Nominated for Vice-
Presidency, X., 250.

Attempts to liberate Confederate prison- Ticknor, George, Writings of, IX., 283.

ers, VIII., 395.

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Ticonderoga.

Origin of the word, II., 109, note.
Abercrombie's defeat at, II., 110-III.
Captured by Amherst, I., 3, II., 113-114.
Capture of, by Allen, II., 344-346.
Fortifications at, III., 21.

Abandoned by St. Clair, III., 22.

Capture of British outposts at, III., 39.
Ticonderoga, The, At Lake Champlain, V.,
437-440.

Tidball, Maj.Gen. John C. (Fed.), At Fort
Stedman, IX., 116.

Tien-Tsin, China, Captured, X., 207.

Tiffin, Edward, Seizes Burr's boats at Mari-
etta, V., 153.

Tigre Island.

Ceded to the United States, VII., 267.
Seized by Great Britain, VII., 267.

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397.

Tilden, Samuel J.

Urges Lincoln to suspend the draft, VIII.,
285.

Aids in overthrowing Tweed Ring, IX., 443.
Defeated for the Presidency, IX., 470-479.
Tilghman, Gen. Lloyd (Confed.).

Surrenders Fort Henry, VIII., 89–90.
Killed at Champion's Hill, VIII., 319.
Timber. See LUMBERING INDUSTRY.
Timber Culture Act, X., 306.

Tin.

Importation of, from England prohibited,
V., 168.

Duty on, reduced in 1872, IX., 448.

Tin Horn War, X., 70-71.

Tippecanoe, Battle of, V., 273-276.

Tippecanoe and Tyler Too, VII., 52.

Tishomingo Creek. See BRICE'S CROSS ROADS.
Titanic Disaster, The, X., 299.

Tobacco.

Cultivation of, by the Indians, I., 73-74.
Profit derived from, induces a bounty on
labor, I., 175.

Drop in price of, I., 176.

Extension of plantations devoted to, I.,
176.

Attempt to regulate the use of, in Massa-
chusetts Bay Colony, I., 249.

Regulation of production and price of, in
Virginia, I., 271.
Overproduction of, causes distress in Vir-
ginia, I., 272.

Exports from Virginia, I., 275.
Overproduction of, in Virginia leads to
cessation of planting, I., 377.

Excise duty laid on imports in Virginia, I.,
378.

Tax laid on exports from Maryland, I.,
379.

Produced in North Carolina, II., 34.
Grown in Louisiana, II., 66.

Shipments of, from Virginia and Maryland,

II., 149.

Made legal-tender in Maryland, II., 149.
Virginia's restrictions on shipment of, II.,
158.

Use of, prohibited in Massachusetts, II.,
164.

Cultivation of, at Plymouth and in Con-

necticut, II., 183.

The staple crop of the South, II., 184-185.
Exports of, II., 187–188.

Exportation of, from colonies limited to
England, II., 205.

Tobacco-Continued.

Tools

Planting of, prohibited in England, II.,
207.

The chief source of wealth in the colonies,
IV., 37.

Production of, 1765-1790, IV., 45.
Commercial restrictions depress industry,
IV., 485.

Drop in price of, in 1837, VI., 504.
Tax imposed on, in 1862, VIII., 212.
Duty on, increased in 1864, VIII., 401.
Production of, 1840-1860, IX., 233–234.
Reduction of tax on, X., 19.

Tax on, increased during Spanish-Ameri-
can War, X., 102.

Tod, John.

Remarks regarding industrial depression,
VI., 121-122.

Introduces tariff bill, VI., 196.

Moves reduction in duty on woolen goods,
VI., 262.

Todd, General, At battle of Fallen Timbers,

IV., 197-198.

Todd, Col. John, Killed at battle of Blue

Licks, III., 282.

Todd's Tavern, Va., Battle of, VIII., 437.
Toledo, O., Population of, in 1850-1870, IX.,
156.

Toledo, Don José Alvarez, Defeated, VI., 246.
Toledo War, The, VI., 474-476.
Tom Thumb. See STRATTON, C. S.
Tom Thumb, The, VI., 318.
Tom's Brook, Battle of, IX., 56.
Tomlinson, Gideon, Member of compromise
committee, VI., 209.

Tompkins, Lieut. Charles H., Defeats Con-
federates at Fairfax Court House, VIII.,

41.

Tompkins, Daniel D.

Member of society to encourage industries,
VI., 120.

Elected Vice-President, VI., 131-132.

Reëlected in 1820, VI., 193–194.

Commends Erie Canal project, VI., 313.

Tonga, Treaty with, X., 525.

Tonkaway Indians, The last of the cannibals,
I., 48.

Tonty, Alphonse de, Aids Cadillac to found
Detroit, II., 68.

Tonty, Chevalier Henry de.
Joins LaSalle, I., 427.

Explorations of, I., 427–428.
LaSalle's search for, I., 429.
Joins Iberville, II., 61.

Tools, Manufacture of, in the colonies, II.,

180.

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