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Peale, Charles Willson, portrait of Washington
Peck, Jedidiah
Pendleton, Edmund
Penet, Pierre
Penn, William
Pennsylvania
American Revolution action
anti-Alien and Sedition Acts movement
anti-Federalist feeling
Declaration of Rights
dissent on bicameral legislature
elections of 1799. See Pennsylvania gubernatorial contest
elections of
map of eastern counties
presidential elector selection,
significance in
election
state government formation, (see also Constitution, Pennsylvania)
tax revolt. See Fries’ Rebellion
see also Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Assembly
Democratic-Republican control
elector appointment
Franklin as president
Logan election to
Paine as clerk
physical attack on Logan
Pennsylvania Committee of Safety
Pennsylvania Gazette
Pennsylvania gubernatorial contest (1799)
Aurora endorsement of McKean
Aurora on significance of
and Cobbett move from Philadelphia
Cobbett on significance of
commentary on results
Democratic-Republican strength
Democratic-Republican triumphal song
Federalist charges against McKean
Federalist endorsement of Ross
McKean’s induction
national political significance
returns
Pennsylvania Packet (ship)
Pennsylvania Senate
dissent on Adams’ program
elector appointment
Federalist slim majority vs. power
viability questioned
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Penrose, Jonathan
Perseverance (ship)
Peter Porcupine. See Cobbett, William
Peters, Richard
Pettibone, Augustus
Philadelphia (1776-1783)
British occupation
British withdrawal
and French fleet
and French minister
French troop parade
vulnerability to British
see also Continental Congress
Philadelphia (1798-1800)
Aurora’s office site
Democratic-Republican jubilee
emigré population
evacuation of
federal government move from
as federal government seat
Federalist anti-French fervor
Federalist charges of alien subversion
Federalist newspapers
Federalist “surveillance” of Republicans
financial plight
heat wave
Independence Day parades
Irish petition riot
Jefferson inaugural
landmarks
petitions against merchant-ship arming
petitions for Duane case reconsideration
plan of
population and size
private militia. See Macpherson’s Blues; Republican Blues; Republican Greens
unrest and violence
Washington mourning ceremonies
winter freeze and snow
youth militia parades
see also yellow fever epidemic
Philadelphia (ship)
Philadelphia Academy of Medicine
Philadelphia Aurora. See Aurora General Advertiser
Philadelphia Grenadiers. See Grenadiers
Philadelphia Library
Philosophical Hall
Phoenix (ship)
Pichon, Louis
Pickering (ship)
Pickering, Timothy
and Alien and Sedition Acts
and Bache possession of French packet
on death of Bache
dismissal as secretary of state
financial irregularity charges against
and Hamilton’s avowed monarchism
and Logan messages from France
and prosecution of Duane
and war office fire
on Washington’s character
on Washington’s military inadequacies
and XYZ affair
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
and anti-French war moves
army rank
and “British influence” letter
as delegate to Federal Constitutional Convention
as delegate to French Directory
and Senate disputed presidential election bill
and Senate resolutions on independence of press
vice presidential candidacy
Pinckney, Thomas
Pittsfield Sun
Pliarne, Emmanuel
“Ploughshare.” See Fenno, John
Plumer, William
plural executive
Polish immigrants
political parties
Adams’ view of
see also Democratic-Republicans; Federalists
Political Progress of Britain (Callender)
Pompadour, Madame de
Pontiac, Chief
Poor Richard. See Franklin, Benjamin
Poor Richard’s Almanacks
Porcupine’s Gazette
on Bache’s death
on Christianity as part of law of land
farewell issue
front page, 24
poem ridiculing Aurora
sale of
see also Cobbett, William
Portsmouth (ship)
Portsmouth [N.H.] Gazettes
Prayer Day. See Fast and Prayer Day
Presidency, U.S.
Adams’ view of
constitutional guards on
election procedure, (see also Electoral College)
first inaugural ceremonies
Jefferson on term limits
monarchical
underpinnings
official house
powers granted by Alien and Sedition Acts
Sedition Act curbs on criticism of
title debate
veto power
war powers
Washington, D.C., as seat of
see also Adams, John; congressional—presidential relations; executive power; Washington, George
presidential election of
presidential election of
Adams and
Aurora on significance of
Democratic-Republican win
election day
elector selection
Federalist efforts to contravene
Federalist efforts to stifle press
Federalist intraparty dissent
Hamilton and
Jefferson and
Jefferson electoral votes
key states
New York electors
Pennsylvania electoral division
political impact of
press on
religious issues
returns by states
victory celebrations
“President’s March” controversy, 91
press freedom
and Adams’ proposed government-owned newspaper
assaults on editors and presses
Aurora on Adams’ denunciation of
Aurora on loss of
as Aurora’s primary cause
Bache championship
Bache harassment as attempt to stifle
constitutional guarantee
as crucial to enlightened government
Democratic-Republican press vigilance
Democratic-Republican toasts to
Federalist interference
House of Representatives gag efforts
Jefferson championship o
f
landmark case (1964)
opinions vs. facts issue
Pennsylvania state constitutional guarantee
Porcupine’s Gazette on
presidential election of 1800 and
publication of Senate proceedings and
sedition bill as violation
Senate privilege vs.
see also seditious libel prosecutions
Price, Richard
Princeton, Battle of
privateering
American authorization acts
American-French incidents
and arming of American merchant ships
petitions/resolutions against
British and French threats of
Franco-American Treaty of 1778 on
Franco-American Treaty of 1800 on
Franklin-sponsored raids against British ships
French declaration of war against
Jay Treaty on
law restraining U.S. trade with France
as War of 1812 cause
Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All Religions and Governments of Europe Carried On in the Secret Meetings of Free Masons, Illuminati, and Reading Societies, Collected from Good Authorities (Robison)
property ownership
Adams on protection of
British constitutional guarantees
as monarchy
as qualification for elective office
as suffrage qualification
property tax
proportionate representation
Prospect Before Us, (Callender)
Prosser, Thomas
Prosser slave rebellion
provisional army. See army “Publicola” articles
public trial, right to
“Publius.” See Federalist, The
Putnam, Israel
Quakers
Quartering Act of
quartering prohibitions
Federalist contravening of
Quebec, Battle of
Quebec Act of
Quesnay, François
Radcliff, Judge
Randolph, Edmund
“Rat Catcher.” See Duane, William
Rawle, William
Read, Jacob
Reading (Pa.)
federal army harassment incidents
Gallatin’ travel through
Reading Eagle
Reed, Joseph
Reign of Terror (France)
Relf, Samuel
religion. See atheism; Fast and Prayer Day; religious freedom; specific religions
religious freedom
Adams’ circumvention
Alien Act and
Aurora statement on
Bill of Rights on
Declaration of Independence on
Federalist press against
French decree
as inherent right
Jefferson’s statements on
New England Congregationalist circumvention
Pennsylvania state constitutional guarantee
republicanism and
Vermont statute
see also Fast and Prayer Day
Remarks Occasioned by the Late Conduct of Mr. Washington, President of the United States (Bache pamphlet)
Renne, Joseph
representation
accountability and
Adams’ view of
as British colonial issue
as confederation issue
direct
Franklin/Paine advocacy of equal
French Constitution (1793) on equal
proportionate advocacy
see also elections; Electoral College
Reprisal (ship)
Republican Blues
republican government
Adams on meaning of
Adams seen as repudiating
Aurora defense of
Aurora on meaning of
Aurora on return of national belief in
Aurora on trials of
Federalist press attacks on
Federalist press on delusions of
France and
Hamilton’s hostility to
Jefferson administration vow to establish
Jefferson on meaning of
Jewish rights under
long elective terms seen contravening
Paine outline of
presidential election of 1800 as crucial to
Rush’s defense of
Society for Political Enquiries supporting
Webster (Noah) on
Republican Greens
Republican Society of St. Tammany. See Tammany Society
Republicans. See Democratic-Republicans
Revere, Paul
revolutionary movements
Adams on
see also American Revolution; French Revolution; Irish Revolt
Reynolds, James (securities speculator)
Reynolds, Dr. James (“Jimmy”)
Alien and Sedition Acts repeal petitions
seditious riot trial
suit against Fenno (John Ward)
Reynolds, Maria
Richmond Examiner
Ridley, Matthew
rights. See Bill of Rights; equal rights; human rights; specific rights
Rights of Man (Paine)
Ringgold, Samuel
Riqueti, Honoré-Gabriel. See Mirabeau, Comte de
“rising sun” quotation (Franklin)
Robespierre, Maximilien de
Robinson, Richard
Robison, John
Rochambeau, Comte de
as American hero
and American Revolution
and French Revolution
Rochefoucauld. See La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Duc de
Roderique Hortalez et Cie.
Rodman, William
Rodney, Caesar
Roney, John
Ross, James
bill on disputed presidential election
Federalist endorsement
gubernatorial candidacy
gubernatorial election loss
as Senate president pro tempore
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Ruins of Empires (Volney)
Rush, Benjamin
Adams correspondence
and Adams’ monarchist leanings
bicameralism advocacy
Jefferson correspondence
republicanism declaration
on Washington’s military deficits
Rutgers, Henry
Rutledge, Edward
Ryan, Lewis
“Sages of Old, The” (song)
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations
St. Simon, Marquis de
Sample, Randolph
Sans Pareil (ship)
Saratoga, Battle of
Sarsfield, Count
Sartine, Antoine
Savannah, Battle of
Schnyder, Jacob
Schuyler, Philip
Scollay, John
Scottish immigrants
search and seizure protection
“season of terror” (1798)
Sedgwick, Theodore
sedition bill. See Alien and Sedition Acts
seditious libel prosecutions
Adams held responsible for damages done by
Federalist benefits from
first arrests under
indictments/convictions, list of
Jefferson nullifications
opinion vs. facts as issue
of private citizens
sophistry of prosecution
see also Adams, Abijah; Adams, Thomas; Bache, Benjamin Franklin; Baldwin, Luther; Brown, David; Burk, John Daly; Callender, Jimmy; Cooper, Thomas; Duane, William; Durrell, William; Frothingham, David; Haswell, Anthony; Holt, Charles; Lyon, Matthew; Peck, Jedidiah; Spooner, Judah P.
seditious riot trial (Duane/United Irishmen)
senate
Adams on exclusivity of
as c
heck on democratic innovation
Hamilton on permanent
as nonrepublican
Paine vs. Adams on
see also specific bodies
Senate, U.S.
adjournment
alien and sedition bills
breach of privilege case. See under Duane, William
chambers described
Committee of Privileges
and death of Franklin, refusal to mourn
and death of Washington, mourning for
disputed presidential elections bill
defeated
provisions
as exclusive/aristocratic body
federalist majority
France as enemy bill
French treaties annulment
judicial power assumption
members’ qualifications
members’ term of office
on presidential title
printing of proceedings contracts
publication of proceedings as issue
Sensible (ship)
separation of powers. See checks and balances
Serapis (ship)
Settle (Bache farm)
Sewall, Samuel
Shaw, John
Shaw, William
antiforeigner sentiments
aunt Abigail Adams letters to
Shays, Daniel
Shays’ Rebellion
Shee, John
Shelburne, William
Shepherd, William
Sherman, Roger
shipping. See privateering
Shnyder, John
Short, William
Silver Eagle cockade
Simons, Moses
single-chamber legislature. See unicameralism
Sitgreaves, Samuel
Sketches of the History of America (Callender)
slave rebellion
slavery
slave trade
Slender, Robert
Smith, Adam
Smith, James
Smith, Jonathan (banker)
Smith, Jonathan (printer)
Smith, Jonathan B. (judge)
Smith, Joseph
Smith, Richard
Smith, Robert
Smith, Samuel
Smith, T. P.
Smith, William
Smith, William Stevens
Society for Political Enquiries
Society for the Abolition of Slavery
Society of Cincinnati
Society of United Irishmen. See United Irishmen
Solomons, Moses S. (false name)
Sons of Liberty
Sophia (ship)
Southwark Light Infantry
Sparks, Jared
speech freedom
Bill of Rights guarantee
in Great Britain
Pennsylvania constitution guarantee
sedition bill as violation
toasts to
see also seditious libel prosecutions
Spooner, Judah P.
Spotswood, Alexander
Sprigg, Richard, Jr.
Stamp Act of
Stark, John
State Department, U.S.. See Jefferson, Thomas; Pickering, Timothy
Staten Island (N.Y.)
states’ rights
Alien and Sedition Acts as contravening
Jefferson statement of
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Washington on problems with
Stenton (Logan farm)