PAGE.

...1082

Lands, Public, discrimination in re-
gard to price of different qual-
ities
pre-emption (Van Buren)......1085
amounts paid Indian tribes for..1107
proceeds of distribution of, how
affected by tariff (Tyler)....1259
Tyler's reasons for not signing
bill....

distribution bill passed..

..1314

(J. Q. Adams).

.1419

(Tyler) remarks on.1236, 1272, 1340
(Polk)
.1467
Land Fund, pledge of, recom-S 1273
mended (Tyler)....... .1312
Lands, Mineral, change in manage-

ment of, recommended (Polk).1468
La Fayette, invitation by Congress

to visit United States.........474
arrival and reception of....474, 562
President Adams takes leave of..654
death of........ .......863, 887
general orders on ac-

count of....
La Fayette, Geo. Washington, pre-
sents to Congress the declara-
tion of independence engraved

.864

(Jackson)

on copper..............

.887

Langdon, John, elected president pro

{

36, 40

.81

.45, 49

.310, 322

president.......

.356

of three millions, in 1820..
negotiation of, in 1821..

.423

.439

tem. of the senate....
declines nomination for vice-

Lawrence, Capt., captures a British

sloop-of-war.
Lawrence, Wm. B., his claim for out-
fit as chargé d'affaires at Lon-
don refused by Jackson.......717
Lead Mines, appointment of a super-

intendent of, recommended....447
Leavenworth, Col., suppresses Indi-
an hostilities...
......455

Lee, Charles, appointed attorney-gen-
eral....

Legacy, Smithson's-See Smithsoni-

...87

......1418

taken possession of by U. States.168
limits undefined.

government of, organized.......171
importance of acquisition of.....174
Sabine river assumed as bounda-

ry of, with Spain......

troops required for..

particulars of the cession of, by

187

..188

senators and representatives...1537

synopsis of constitution of. 1573, 1591

Louisville and Portland canal com-
pany, bill authorizing sub-
scription to stock of, returned
by Jackson without signing 735,977

M.

ance.....

PAGE.

.382

.272

.272

appear-

.272

942

..1163

.1363

Madison Papers, publication recom-
mended.

authorized to be printed..
Mails, transmission through United
States to Canada.....

Maine, invasion of by British...367, 369
state of, admitted into the
Union..... ....................551, 1508
protests against award of king
of the Netherlands..........1000
imprisonment of citizens by Brit-
ish authorities for participa-

ting in state election........1001
senators and representatives...1516
synopsis of the constitution....1560
Maine and N. Hampshire, boundary. 1275
Maine boundary question-See
boundary.

Maison Rouge, Marquis de, grant

from Baron de Carondelet....1283
Manufactures, encouragement of,

(Washington).....

.272

and prohibitions...

.292

second do.

two bills respecting

66 naturalization law........304
"United States bank........323

vetoes

churches...

vetoes district court bill.

waives the question of constitu-

tionality of U. S. bank..

323

farewell to Congress....

.337

state of the country at the close

of his administration

338

.34, 66

protection of (Jefferson)....161, 191
promoted by embargo..

by protection, duties,

.216

...216

Marbois, M. de, French minister,
negotiates treaty for cession of
Louisiana...
234
Marcy, W. L., appointed secretary of
.1438
Marine hospitals on rivers and west-
......1153, 1267
Marshall, John, appointed envoy to
France...
.130

war......

ern waters....