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defeated, 285.

Adams-Jackson campaign, resembled that of Blaine-Cleveland, i. 367-8.

Adams, John, cautioned not to speak of independence, i. 2; on Jay's state constitution, 8; suggests council of appointment, 8; anxiety to have his son President, 240.

Adams, John Quincy, unpopularity of, i. 358; an anti-mason, 361; scene when elected President, 343; action of Van Rensselaer, 343.

Administration Whigs, followers of Fillmore, ii. 157; unite with Dems. for Seymour's election, 1850, 157.

Albany, political centre, i. 375.

Albany _Argus_, on Clinton's loss of canal patronage, i. 261; paper of Edwin Croswell, 294; Seward's "forty million debt," ii. 35; on secession, 346.

Albany _Evening Journal_, established March, 1830, i. 374; Thurlow Weed its first editor, 374; salary of, 374; largest circulation in U.S., 375.

Albany Regency, when established, i. 293-4; original members of, 293-4; other members, 294; Thurlow Weed on, 294; supports Crawford, 1824, 324; removes Clinton from canal com., 328; influence ended, ii. 53.

Albany _Register_, attacks Burr, i. 123.

Alberger, Franklin A., candidate for canal com., 1861, iii. 23, note; elected, 29; renominated, 1864, 117, note; elected, 125.

Alien and Sedition Acts, overthrow Federal party, i. 84; approved by Jay, 85; Adams responsible for, 88.

Allen, Peter, treatment of Fellows, i. 256.

Allen, William F., Richmond's choice for gov., 1864, iii. 117; nominated for comp., 1869, 226; elected, 227.

Alvord, Thomas G., the Onondaga Chief, Speaker of Assembly, iii. 22; ch'm. People's Union con., 22; elected to Assembly, 29; nominated for lt.-gov., 1864, 117, note; elected, 125.

"Amens," The, cradle of, iii. 58.

_American Citizen and Watchtower_, controlled by Clinton, i. 122; edited by Cheetham, 122; attack on Burr, 122-3.

American Colonization Society, history of, ii. 7; forms republic of Liberia, 8.

American party, see Native American party.

Anderson, Robert H., nominated for prison insp., 1876, iii. 346; defeated, 350.

Andrew, John A., gov. of Massachusetts, i. 274; Tompkins compared to, 274; opinion of Brown, ii. 269.

Andrews, Charles, nominated for chief judge Court of Appeals, 1882,