ent opposition to, throughout the country, iii. 348;
meetings of the enemies of, held in Boston and New York, iii. 351;
resolutions adverse to, adopted at a meeting held in New York, iii. 352;
resolutions in favor of, adopted by the New-York Chamber of
Commerce--copies of, burned in the streets of Philadelphia, iii. 353;
opposition to, in South Carolina, iii. 354;
letter of Washington in relation to, to the selectmen of Boston,
iii. 356;
letters of Washington to Randolph, in relation to, iii. 357, 358;
objections to, answered in a memorial written by Randolph, iii. 359;
ratification of, signed by Washington, iii. 360;
virulence of party spirit in relation to, iii. 368;
the Boston Chamber of Commerce in favor of the ratification
of--memorial in favor of, signed by the merchants of Philadelphia,
iii. 370;
letter of Washington to General Knox in relation to, iii. 371;
assailed by Governor Shelby, of Kentucky--action of the various state
legislatures in relation to, iii. 382;
delay in the ratification of, on the part of the British government,
iii. 383;
ratification of, by George III., in 1796, iii. 390;
conspicuous part taken by Albert Gallatin in the debates on,
iii. 392, 401;
message of Washington to Congress, on refusing to furnish papers
relating to (_note_), iii. 396;
speech of Tracy, of Connecticut, on, iii. 404;
speech of Fisher Ames on, iii. 405;
extracts from Ames's speech on, iii. 405-416;
powerful impression produced by the speech of, iii. 416;
commissioners appointed to carry out the provisions of, iii. 423;
unfriendly feeling with France increased by, iii. 435;
hostile demonstrations of the French Directory on the ratification
of, iii. 444.

Jefferson, Thomas, resolutions of, adopted by the Virginia house of
burgesses in 1769 (_note_), i. 354;
letter of Washington to, in relation to Arnold's incursion, ii. 713;
narrow escape of, from Tarleton, at Monticello, ii. 720;
appointed secretary of state by Washington, iii. 122;
admiration of, for the leaders of the French Revolution, iii. 147;
suspicions and jealousies of, iii. 148, 150;
question of the assumption of the state debts pressed upon, by
Hamilton, iii. 149;
change of the feelings of, toward Hamilton, iii. 150;
voyage of, to Newport, in 1790, in company with Washington, iii. 162;
dislike of, for Hamil