his death, 261.
summary of, 262.

Louisiana, purchase of, 188.
original extent of, 188.

Major (note), 128.

Manhattan Island, 54, 59, 60.

Marietta, Ohio, settled, 170.
name of, 171.
what Washington said of, 171.
and the Indians, 172.
summary of, 174.

Marshall finds gold in California, 237.
his poverty, 239.

Maryland, name of, 77.
granted to Lord Baltimore, 77.
rent of, 77.
settlement of, 78.
first Catholic church in America in, 78.
home of religious liberty, 79.
trouble with Virginia, 80.
Catholics of, badly treated, 80.
Baltimore city founded, 80.
in the Revolution, 80.
summary of, 81.

Massachusetts, name of, 73.
settlement of, 73.
in the Revolution, 74.

Massasoit (Mas-sa-soit'), makes treaty with the Pilgrims, 69.
kindness of, to Roger Williams, 84.
King Philip, his son, 87.

_Mayflower_, voyage of the, 64, 66, 73.
Ohio boat so named, 170.

Messages (note), 220.

Mexico, war with, 239.
territory obtained from, 239.

Miami (Mi-am'i), Ohio, 172.

Mississippi, De Soto discovers the, 29.
belonged to France, 187.
we get possession of the, 188.
first steamboat on the, 198, 199.

Moccasins (note), 136.

Model (note), 224.

Monticello, described, 184.

Morgan's sharpshooters, 140.

Morse, Samuel F. B., birth and boyhood of, 220.
becomes a painter, 221.
goes to France, 221.
thinks of using electricity to send messages, 221.
returns to America, 222.
invents electric telegraph, 222.
his poverty, 223.
takes the first photograph in America, 223.
gets assistance from Mr. Vail, 224.
obtains patent for the telegraph, 224.
receives help from Congress, 225, 226.
and Miss Annie Ellsworth, 226, 227.
builds line of telegraph, 227.
the first message sent, 227.
how a message is sent (note), 227.
the first year of telegraphy, 227.
summary of, 228.

Moultrie, Colonel, 140.
Fort, 140.

Mount Vernon, Washington at, 126, 135, 144.

Nation (note), 217.

Negroes, see Slaves.

New Amsterdam, 59.

New England, name of, 46.
first settlements in, 66, 73, 74.

New Netherland, name of, 59.
seized by the English, 59.

New Orleans, owned by the French, 187.
purchase of, 188.
battle of, 217.
cotton exported from, 183.

New Salem, Illinois, 251.

Newspaper, Franklin's, 110, 116.

New York, name of, 59.

New York City, name, 59.
in the Revolution, 60, 137, 144.

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