Committee of Finance, 106-108, 130;
condition of, deplored by Gallatin, 125;
charged with arbitrary action, 130, 154;
annual reports from, required by Congress, 161;
Morris's connection with, 171-173;
organization under Hamilton, 174, 243;
management by Wolcott, 176-178;
appointment of Gallatin to, 179, 181;
exalted idea of, held by Gallatin, 189;
difficulty of learning management of, 189, 190;
relieved of responsibility for other departments' expenditure, 223;
administration of, by Gallatin, 244-246;
reports from, 245;
efforts of Gallatin to secure precision in, 245, 246;
subsequent management of, 247;
damaged by failure to re-charter bank, 259;
in panic of 1815, 263;
declined by Gallatin in 1816, 266, 330;
in panic of 1837, 272-276;
sub-treasury system invented, 273;
aids resumption, 276;
declined by Gallatin in 1843, 278;
absence of partisanship in Gallatin's appointments to, 281, 282, 286,
287.
Treaty of Ghent, 316-325. See Diplomatic History.
Tripoli, war with, 222;
tribute to, preferred by Gallatin to war with, 284.
Trist, N. P., negotiates treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 352.
Truxton, Captain, voted a medal by Congress, 160.
Turner, Professor, member of Ethnological Society, 379.
Tyler, John, as president, offers Treasury portfolio to Gallatin, 278.
University, National, proposed by Jefferson, 291;
attempt to start one in New York, 368, 369;
success prevented by clerical influence, 370.
Van Buren, Martin, told by Gallatin of willingness to accept French
mission, 349;
manages caucus of Republican Congresssmen, 357;
letter of Gallatin to, withdrawing from nomination, 358.
Van der Kemp, ----, Dutch commissioner to make commercial treaty, 334.
Verplanck, Gulian C., member of "The Club," 367.
Virginia, claims of Savary against, 19;
Gallatin's opinion of society in, 24;
movement in, to secure amendment of Constitution, 36;
disunion threats in, 116;
ready to attack Federalists by force in 1801, 166.
Voltaire, friendship with Gallatin family, 7;
writes verses for Madame Gallatin, 7;
influence over Albert Gallatin, 7, 8.
Wainwright, Rev. Dr., member of "The Club," 367.
War of 1812, estimates of Gallatin as to cost of operations in, 289,
290;
preparation for, advocated by Gallatin, 292;
events leading to, 295; questions at issue in, 305;
English hopes in, 313, 316;
sack of Washington, 320.
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