defends Sedition Law by a clever amendment, 159;
moves committee to arrange for balloting in 1800, 166;
accompanies Gallatin as peace commissioner, 301, 302;
willing to accept an informal renunciation of impressment, 305;
goes to Amsterdam, 312;
on new commission to treat directly, 312;
visits London, 313;
asks Monroe for authority to negotiate anywhere, 314;
appointed minister to Russia, 326.

Baylies, ----, his report on Western territory complained of by England,
345.

Bentham, Jeremy, works translated by Dumont, 5;
influences Gallatin, 388.

Bentson, ----, on Astor's hostility to United States Bank, 259.

Berlin and Milan decrees, negotiations for compensation for seizures
under, 333.

Biddle, C. C., at free trade convention in 1831, 241.

Biddle, Nicholas, in panic of 1837, 275.

Blount, William, on committee on finance, 107;
impeached, 138.

Bonaparte, Jerome, his flight to America, 332.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, his precocity compared to that of Gallatin, 32;
effect of his Italian successes on French policy, 132, 139;
adopts conciliatory tone, 160;
issues Milan decree, 229;
seen by Gallatin during Hundred Days, 326;
American sympathy for, explained by Gallatin, 331.

Boorman, James, at free trade convention in 1831, 241.

Borgo, Pozzo di, compared to Gallatin, 32.

Boston, visit of Gallatin to, 12-14, 17;
Puritanical society in, 13;
prejudice against French, 13;
Gallatin's opinion of, 18;
protests against Jay treaty, 103.

Botts, John M., letter of Gallatin to, on bank, 256.

Boundary, northeast, in treaty of Ghent, 321, 322;
discussed in 1826, 343;
referred to arbitration, 347;
argument concerning, prepared by Gallatin, 349;
decision of King of Netherlands rejected by United States, 349;
documents concerning, published by Gallatin, 349;
settled by Ashburton treaty, 350.

Bourdillon, ----, takes share in Gallatin's land scheme, 361.

Bourne, Shearjashub, on committee on finance, 106.

Brackenridge, Judge H. H., on Gallatin's part in anti-excise agitation,
50;
in Washington County, advises moderation, 69;
an authority for history of insurrection, 71;
his character and policy, 71;
leads Pittsburgh committee to urge moderation upon rioters, 72;
describes Bradford's behavior, 72;
his estimate of numbers under arms, 72;
compares excitement with that in 1765 and 1775, 74;
at Parkinson's Ferry meeting, 78;
supports Gall