Catholics of, badly treated,
.
Baltimore city founded,
.
in the Revolution,
.
summary of,
.
Massachusetts, name of,
.
settlement of,
.
in the Revolution,
.
Massasoit (Mas-sa-soit'), makes treaty with the Pilgrims,
.
kindness of, to Roger Williams,
.
King Philip, his son,
.
Mayflower
, voyage of the,
,
,
.
Ohio boat so named,
.
Messages (note),
.
Mexico, war with,
.
territory obtained from,
.
Miami (Mi-am'i), Ohio,
.
Mississippi, De Soto discovers the,
.
belonged to France,
.
we get possession of the,
.
first steamboat on the,
,
.
Moccasins (note),
.
Model (note),
.
Monticello, described,
.
Morgan's sharpshooters,
.
Morse, Samuel F. B., birth and boyhood of,
.
becomes a painter,
.
goes to France,
.
thinks of using electricity to send messages,
.
returns to America,
.
invents electric telegraph,
.
his poverty,
.
takes the first photograph in America,
.
gets assistance from Mr. Vail,
.
obtains patent for the telegraph,
.
receives help from Congress,
,
.
and Miss Annie Ellsworth,
,
.
builds line of telegraph,
.
the first message sent,
.
how a message is sent (note),
.
the first year of telegraphy,
.
summary of,
.
Moultrie, Colonel,
.
Fort,
.
Mount Vernon, Washington at,
,
,
.
Nation (note),
.
Negroes, see Slaves.
New Amsterdam,
.
New England, name of,
.
first settlements in,
,
,
.
New Netherland, name of,
.
seized by the English,
.
New Orleans, owned by the French,
.
purchase of,
.
battle of,
.
cotton exported from,
.
New Salem, Illinois,
.
Newspaper, Franklin's,
,
.
New York, name of,
.
New York City, name,
.
in the Revolution,
,
,
.
North and South in the Civil War,
,
.
Northmen discover America (note),
.
Oglethorpe (O'gel-thorp), General, who he was,
.
and prisoners for debt,
.
gets grant of Georgia,
,
.
object of settling Georgia,
.
builds Savannah,
.
welcomes German settlers,
.
attempts to produce silk,
.
sends silk as present to the queen of England,
.
keeps out the Spaniards,
.
in his old age,
.
summary of,
.
Ohio, first settlement in,
.
Indian wars in,
,
.
Ohio River, first steamboat on,
.
Oregon, how we got our claim to,
.
added to the United States,
,
.
Pacific, Balboa discovers the,
.
Pacific Railroad completed (note),
.
Pacific railroads, the three,
.
Palisade,
.
Palisades of the Hudson (note),
.
Palmetto logs (note),
.
Palos, convent at,
.
Columbus sails from,
.
reception at,
.
Parker, Captain, at Lexington,
.
Patent (note),
.
Penn, William, receives grant of Pennsylvania,
.
belongs to the Society of Friends or Quakers,
.
his religion,
.
sends emigrants to Pennsylvania,
.
his conversation with Charles II.,
.
founds Philadelphia,
.
his treaty with the Indians,
.
visits the Indians,
.
his treaty elm protected by a British officer,
.
said the people should make their own laws,
.
goes back to England,
.