sh offer of direct negotiation, 312;
appoints a new commission, 312;
intends Gallatin for head of commission, 312;
names Gallatin minister to France, 326;
thanked by Gallatin, 327;
leaves him at liberty to decide, 329;
offers Gallatin secretaryship of treasury, 330;
favors Crawford for presidency, 356.

Malesherbes, C. G. de L. de, his courage compared to that of Gallatin,
84.

"Manifest Destiny," Gallatin's opinion of, 352, 353.

Marie Antoinette, executed, 56.

Marshall, James, represents Fayette County in anti-excise proceedings,
51, 52, 69;
joins Bradford in calling out militia, 70;
his resolutions at Parkinson's Ferry meeting disapproved by Gallatin,
78, 79;
withdraws them, 80;
on committee to confer with United States commissioners, 81.

Marshall, John, offers Gallatin a place in his office, 29;
on French mission, 139, 152;
elected to Congress, 158;
announces death of Washington, 158;
draws reply to Adams's address, 158.

Mason, S. T., makes Jay treaty public, 103.

Mathews, Rev. Mr., member of "The Club," 367.

Mayer, member of Ethnological Society, 379.

McClanachan, Blair, chairman of anti-Federalist Conference, 38;
his ultra-democratic remarks to Adams, 138.

McDuffie, George, estimates profits of bankers on state bank circulation,
263.

McKean, Thomas, in Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 43;
suggests sending a commission to confer with Whiskey insurgents, 77;
asked to prevent civil war in 1800, 166.

McLane, Louis, reports extinction of national debt, 269.

McVickar, ----, member of "The Club," 366.

Mexico, war with, Gallatin's opinion of, 352.

Middleton, Henry, at free trade convention of 1831, 241.

Mifflin, Thomas, in Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 43;
deprecates use of force against Whiskey Rebellion, 77;
summons legislature and obtains authority to employ militia, 88;
succeeds by personal influence in filling ranks, 88.

Mirabeau, Vicomte de, friend of Dumont, 5.

Mississippi navigation, discussed in treaty of Ghent, 322, 323;
in 1818, 335.

Mitchell, S. L., on committee to consider Gallatin's eligibility to
Senate, 61.

Monroe, James, presents flag to French Convention, 132;
arranges terms of Louisiana purchase, 193;
supplants Smith as secretary of state, 296, 298;
on necessity of renunciation of impressment in treaty of peace, 305;
asked by Gallatin for further instructions, 308;
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