Tea INDEX Tennessee Tea-Continued. Reduction of duty on, VI., 361. Duty on, removed by Morrill tariff, VII., Increase in duty on, VIII., 213. Reduction of duty on, IX., 411. Endeavors to form Indian confederacy, V., Confers with Harrison, V., 272. Delivers talk to Creeks, V., 276-277, 444. Defeated at Maguaga, V., 347-348. At siege of Fort Meigs, V., 369. Killed at battle of the Thames, V., 400. Telegraph. See COMMUNICATION, SYSTEMS OF. Becomes Secretary of the Interior, X., 16. Tenedos, The. At Boston, V., 472. Attacks the President, VI., 37-38. Area, population, and date admitted, I., 8, II. The Watauga Association in, II., 284. Population of, in 1790, III., 328. John Sevier and the State of Franklin, III., Land acreage and assessed valuations in, Culture of hemp in, IV., 46. University of Nashville, Founded, IV., 59. Cession of lands by the Cherokees, IV., 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. Adopts constitution and is admitted to Tennessee-Continued. Electoral vote in 1796, IV., 296. Send militia to punish Creeks, V., 447. 231. Permits negroes to enter State, VI., 284. Fanny Wright's communistic experiment at Nominates Jackson for President, VI., 335. Devotes quota of surplus to education, VI., Electoral vote in 1840, VII., 55. Electoral vote in 1844, VII., 115. Abolishes imprisonment for debt, VII., 131. Secedes from Union, VIII., 26. Occupation of Nashville, VIII., 92. Capture of Fort Pillow and Memphis, VIII., 166-167. Engagement at Murfreesboro, VIII., 242. VIII., 250. The battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro, Johnson appointed military governor of, Engagement at Hatchie River, VIII., 307. Engagement at Vaught's Hill, VIII., 364. Capture of Cumberland Gap, VIII., 388. Siege of Knoxville, VIII., 390-392. The Fort Pillow massacre, VIII., 422. Value of lands in 1813, 1815, 1850, 1860, IX., Tobacco produced in, IX., 234. Educational progress in, IX., 266 et seq. Enactment of the Force Law to put down Militia furnished by, X., 112. Boundary suit of Arkansas against, X., 302. Persons engaged in agriculture in, 1870- Governors of, X., 550. Tennessee, The, Captured at Mobile Bay, IX., Tennis, Played in New York, II., 167. Passed by Congress, IX., 383-384. Tepehuana Indians, I., 38. Ternay, Charles Louis d'Arsac, Chevalier de. Terrill, Brig.-Gen. William R. (Fed.), At Territorial Acquisitions. See LOUISIANA; FLOR- IDA; TEXAS; GADSDEN; CALIFORNIA; ORE- Territorial Acquisitions—Continued. Texas GON; BOUNDARIES AND BOUNDARY DISPUTES; Territory of the U. S. South of the Ohio, IV., Terror, The. Armament of, X., 99. Bombards San Juan, Porto Rico, X., 119. At Petersburg, IX., 36-37. At Fort Fisher, IX., 92. At Wilmington, IX., 93-94. Sent against Sioux Indians, IX., 456-457. Test Oath, Required of whites in South, IX., Tew, Col. C. C. (Confed.), At Malvern Hill, Texas. Area, population, chief cities, and date ad- Wanderings of de Vaca in, I., 121. Landing of LaSalle's colonists at Mata- Operations of Spanish troops in, V., 140 Galveston annexed to Mexico, VI., 140-141, Declared free by proclamation, VI., 247. Adopts constitution, VI., 462. Beginning of the war for independence, Forms an independent government, VI., 464. Declares independence, VI., 464-465. The massacre at the Alamo, VI., 465. Election of Houston and Lamar, VI., 467. The abolition cause in, VII., 103-104. Congress passes resolution for annexation, VII., 115-118. The Icarians in, VII., 125-126. Laws restricting slave trade, VII., 163. Electoral vote in 1848, VII., 260. Electoral vote in 1852, VII., 314. Electoral vote in 1856, VII., 384. Establishment of Confederate cotton bu- Galveston captured by Magruder, VIII., Franklin's defeat at Sabine Pass, VIII., 413. Rejects Fourteenth Amendment, IX., 380. Fails to adopt new constitution, IX., 389. Destruction of Galveston, X., 217-218. Property values in 1860, 1870 and 1909, X., 310, 313. Persons engaged in agriculture in, 1870- 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. Value of textile products in 1860, IX., 227. Thacher, Oxenbridge. Thomas Speech of, on writs of assistance, II., 214- Issues his Sentiments of a British American, Thames, Battle of the, V., 398-401. Thatcher, George, Opposes duty on molasses Thayer, Gen. John M. (Fed.). At Fort Donelson, VIII., 91. At Chickasaw Bayou, VIII., 309–310. Theosophists, Churches and numbers of, X., Thomas INDEX 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 Thomas, Jesse B., Introduces amendment to Thomas, John. Appointed militia general, II., 330. Thomas, Gen. John, Urged to hasten to New Thomas, Adj.-Gen. Lorenzo. Sent to investigate conditions in Missouri, Recruits negro soldiers, VIII., 275. Ordered by Johnson to assume Stanton's Thomas, Philemon, Captures Baton Rouge, Thomas, Philip F. Becomes Secretary of the Treasury, VII., Resigns, VII., 465. Thomas, Theodore, X., 458. Thompson, Daniel P., Writings of, IX., 288. Thompson, Jacob. Becomes Secretary of the Interior, VII., Resigns, VII., 446, 465. Thomson, David. Establishes settlement in New Hampshire, Settles on Thompson Island, I., 217. Rejects proposal to annex Canada, IX., Appointed Alabama Claims commissioner, Proposes third member of Halifax com- Thornton, Capt. Seth B., Troops under, cap- Thornton, Col. William. At Bladensburg, VI., 28-30. Attacks Villeré's plantation, VI., 71. Thoroughfare Gap, Va., Longstreet checked Thurman, Allen G. Member of electoral commission, IX., 476. Tibbatts, John W., Introduces bill to admit Tibbles, Thomas H., Nominated for Vice- Attempts to liberate Confederate prison- Ticknor, George, Writings of, IX., 283. ers, VIII., 395. Ticonderoga. Origin of the word, II., 109, note. Abandoned by St. Clair, III., 22. Capture of British outposts at, III., 39. Tidball, Maj.Gen. John C. (Fed.), At Fort Tien-Tsin, China, Captured, X., 207. Tiffin, Edward, Seizes Burr's boats at Mari- Tigre Island. Ceded to the United States, VII., 267. 397. Tilden, Samuel J. Urges Lincoln to suspend the draft, VIII., Aids in overthrowing Tweed Ring, IX., 443. Surrenders Fort Henry, VIII., 89–90. Tin. Importation of, from England prohibited, 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. Tobacco. Cultivation of, by the Indians, I., 73-74. Drop in price of, I., 176. Extension of plantations devoted to, I., Attempt to regulate the use of, in Massa- Regulation of production and price of, in Exports from Virginia, I., 275. Excise duty laid on imports in Virginia, I., Tax laid on exports from Maryland, I., Produced in North Carolina, II., 34. Shipments of, from Virginia and Maryland, II., 149. Made legal-tender in Maryland, II., 149. Use of, prohibited in Massachusetts, II., Cultivation of, at Plymouth and in Con- necticut, II., 183. The staple crop of the South, II., 184-185. Exportation of, from colonies limited to Tobacco-Continued. Tools Planting of, prohibited in England, II., The chief source of wealth in the colonies, Production of, 1765-1790, IV., 45. Drop in price of, in 1837, VI., 504. Tax on, increased during Spanish-Ameri- Tod, John. Remarks regarding industrial depression, Introduces tariff bill, VI., 196. Moves reduction in duty on woolen goods, 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, Don José Alvarez, Defeated, VI., 246. Tompkins, Lieut. Charles H., Defeats Con- 41. Tompkins, Daniel D. Member of society to encourage industries, 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, Tonty, Alphonse de, Aids Cadillac to found Tonty, Chevalier Henry de. Explorations of, I., 427–428. Tools, Manufacture of, in the colonies, II., 180. |