Beacon Lights of History

John Lord

Fords, Howard, and Hurlburt, 1894 - History

Contents

• Rousseau and the Contrat Social: 27
• Teutonic passion for personal independence: 33
• Love of learning among the Puritan colonists: 39
• Colonial governors: 40
• Desire for political independence: 46
• LXXIV: 53
• Prints a newspaper: 59
• Clerk of the General Assembly: 64
• Founds the University of Pennsylvania: 70
• Elected member of the Assembly: 76
• Repeal of the Stamp Act: 82
• Unbounded popularity in France: 90
• Expulsion of the British from New Jersey: 94
• The treaty of peace: 97
• Deeds and fame: 101
• Charles Sumner: 108
• His surrender at Yorktown: 110
• Member of the House of Burgesses: 111
• British evacuation of Boston: 122
• Alexander Hamilton: 131
• Happy domestic life 99: 154
• The Adams family: 173
• The Stamp: 179
• On the slavery question: 181
• His efforts to secure national independence: 190
• Adams compared with Jefferson: 206
• John: 207
• Decline of the Federal party: 213
• LXXVII: 219
• Practises law: 225
• Drafts the Declaration of Independence: 231
• Establishment of United States Bank: 236
• Services as a diplomatist: 239
• Commercial distress: 247
• Founds the Democratic party: 249
• Policy as president: 253
• Repeal of the Missouri Compromise: 257
• Arrest and trial: 260
• Triumph of the Democratic party: 266
• Friend of religious liberty and popular education: 273
• Early life of Jackson: 279
• Majorgeneral of militia: 285
• The presidents proclamation against the nullifiers: 286
• The Creek: 287
• At New Orleans: 298
• Clay again candidate for the presidency: 302
• HENRY CLAY: 304
• Clay secretary of state for Adams: 310
• Hostile giants in the Senate: 313
• Isaac Hill and Secretary Ingham: 319
• Jay treaty: 321
• His hatred of Jackson: 324
• Jacksons highhanded measures: 325
• COMPROMISE LEGISLATION: 326
• The tariff of 1832: 330
• Birth and education: 344
• Speaker of the House: 350
• The tariff of 1816: 357
• Political disappointments: 360
• Clay on petitions 431: 381
• Harrisons administration: 386
• The charter of the United States Bank: 387
• Passage of Clays compromise bill of 1850: 392
• Rapid rise of Calhoun: 401
• Condition of the South: 407
• The tariff of 1832: 413
• The original abolitionists: 421
• Antislavery agitation: 427
• Violence of the abolitionists: 431
• Growth of the abolitionists: 437
• His obstinacy and arrogance: 443
• Calhoun contrasted with Clay: 449
• Retirement of Washington: 455
• The mania for speculation: 461
• Lincoln as statesman: 481
• Lincolns cabinet Jefferson Davis: 488
• Retirement of McClellan: 497
• Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation: 504
• General Grant: 510
• His assassination: 525
• 325: 531
• Fabian Policy: 538
• Death character and services: 539

Bibliographic information

• Title: Beacon Lights of History; Beacon Lights of History, Alexander stevenson Twombly
• Author: John Lord
• Publisher: Fords, Howard, and Hurlburt, 1894
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Jun 22, 2012