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T. Butler King of Georgia: Index

T. Butler King of Georgia

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Index

Abolitionists, 23, 27, 47, 49, 68

Absentee voting in the Confederacy, 162

Adams, John Quincy, 35-36, 39

Administration of revenue laws in California, 85-99

Agricultural methods. See Retreat Plantation

Aid to railroads, governmental, 135-37, 139-40, 167-68

Anti-Jacksonians, 19, 22

Anti-slavery, 132. See also Abolitionists

Aspinwall, William H., 63, 73

Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Railway, 17, 99

Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, 100, 102-105

Baltimore, Maryland, 34, 45-46

Baltimore Democratic National Convention (1860), 140-41

Bank of the United States, 5, 22, 25-26, 33-35

Bank of the United States of Pennsylvania, 16, 30

Banking policies in Georgia, 24-25

Belgium, 142, 146-47

Bellot des Minieres, banking house of, 146

Benton, Thomas Hart, 40, 55, 63-64, 100

Berrien, John McPherson, 21, 48-49, 64-65, 70-71, 163

Blanch, E. A., 103, 105, 110

Blockade of the Confederacy, 148-49, 151-52, 154-55

Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon. See Napoleon III

Bonds for imported goods, 85-87

Boston, Massachusetts, 12-15

British. See Great

Britain Brown, Joseph Emerson, 130, 135-36, 142-43, 153, 158-59

Brunswick, Georgia, 4, 6, 8, 10, 18, 22-24, 26, 35

Brunswick and Altamaha Canal and Railroad Company, 24

Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company, 11-17, 22, 24, 27

Brunswick Canal Company, 9-17, 35

Brunswick Canal and Railroad Company, 9-17

Butler, Zebulon, 2

Cabinet, presidential, 65, 68-70, 77, 82, 138

Calhoun, John Caldwell, 22, 64, 79, 81

California, 63, 70-76, 128, 131, 168

statehood movement in, 72-78

constitution of, 79-80, 132-33

report on, 81-82

revenue bonds, 85-99

legislature of, 92-97

Campaigning, political, 18, 34-35, 46-47, 49, 131, 138, 161-63

Carson’s Creek Mining Company, 99

Caucus, 93, 132, 138

of Southerners, 64-65

Central Bank of Georgia, 24, 25

Central Railroad of Georgia, 26, 54, 136-38, 145

Chagres, Panama, 50, 53, 84

Chapman, S. T., 41, 47

Charleston Convention (Democratic National, 1860), 139

Chatfield, Levi, 100-102

Cherokee Indians, 19, 21

Chicago River and Harbor Convention, 55

China, trade with, 59-60, 94

Clark, John, 18, 20-21

Clay, Henry, 27, 35-43, 46, 55, 65-67, 77, 81

Clayton, John Middleton, 71-73

Cobb, Howell, 129, 138, 163

Collector of the Port. See San Francisco [T. B. King?]

Collier, James, 85-86

Collins, Edward K., 53, 63

Commercial conventions, 18, 28-30, 137

Compromise of 1850, 65-81, 101, 129

Confederate States of America, 144-48, 161, 162, 169

Congress. See United States

Congress Constitution of California, 74-75, 79-80, 132-33

Constitutional convention in Georgia, 18, 20-21

Constitutional Union Party, 129

Contraband of war, 151

Control of cotton prices, plan for, 29-30

Convention, commercial, 18, 28-30, 137

constitutional, in Georgia, 20-21

Whig National, 34, 45-46, 61

Young Men’s, 34, 46

Whig state, 43, 51, 56, 60

River and Harbor, 55

constitutional, in California, 74-75, 79-80

Democratic state, 94, 132-33, 160-61

railroad, in Texas, 107

Democratic national, 131, 138, 140-41

secession, in Georgia, 142

Corporate organization, 9-17, 100-115

Corps Legislatif, 147-48

Corwin, Thomas, 65, 86-87, 90, 92, 96-97

Cotton, Sea Island, 4

growing of, 16, 40, 116-28, 134

price of, 30, 118-19

marketing of, 120, 145

transportation of, 135-36

export of, 148-51

supply of, for Europe, 149-52

Cotton famine in Europe, 151-52

Cotton Planters Association, 137

Couper, Hannah King, 121-22, 156-57

Couper, William Audley, 48, 116

Crawford, George W., 45, 70, 82-83

Crittenden, John Jordan, 69-70, 72

Cuba, 16, 56, 154

Dancing, 123

Davis, Jefferson, 64, 105, 149

Davis, William B., 9-10, 15

Dawson, William Crosby, 21-22, 45

Declaration of Paris, 151

DeLeon, Edwin, 155

Democratic National Convention, 131, 140-41

Democratic Party, disruption of, 140-41

Democrats, 46, 51, 55-56, 60-61, 77-78, 83, 87, 91-97, 129, 131, 135, 138, 140-43

Des Minieres, Bellot, 146

Diplomacy, 146-55

Direct trade with Europe, 29, 137-38, 142-43, 147

Disruption of the Democratic Party, 140-41

Distribution of the proceeds from the sale of public lands, 40, 46

Dougherty, Charles, 24

Douglas, Stephen A., 64, 100, 143

Drugs, 121

Duelling, 47-48, 133

Dunham, George, 116, 117

Economic interests in the Whig Party, 55

Education, 122-28

Education fund in Texas, 101-14

Elections in Georgia, 18, 27, 34, 42-43, 51-52, 65, 66-68, 160

in California, 75, 91-97

England, 117, 146, 148-51

Epidemics, 121-22

Ericsson, John, 50

Extension of slavery, 64, 71, 77-81

Factoring, 56, 118

Federal ratio, 20

Fertilizer, 118-19

Fillmore, Millard, 66-67, 82-83, 90, 92, 96-97

Financing of railroads, 14, 138-39, 145

Fire in San Francisco, 86, 88

First Congressional District in Georgia, 46-47, 51, 55, 60, 68, 130, 143, 160-61

Foreign relations of the Confederacy, 144-55

Fort Valley Railroad Company, 138

Fowlkes, Jeptha, 105, 108-09, 111-13, 139-40

France, 146-55

Franking privilege, 34, 52

Fraud in elections, 162-63

Free trade, 146, 148, 152

Free white basis of representation, 20-21

Freight rates, 137

Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, 160

Fremont, John Charles, 76, 91, 93

Gardening, 120, 122, 123

Garnett, Robert S., 73

General ticket system, 27

Georgia, legislature of, 10, 18, 22-25, 135-38, 141-43, 145, 153, 159, 163

constitutional convention in, 18, 20-21

elections in, 18, 21, 27, 34, 42-43, 45

Indian policy in, 18, 19, 21

State Rights Party in, 19, 27

Democratic Party in, 19, 138, 140-43

bank policies in, 24-25

secession convention in, 142

Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, 136

Gilmer, George R., 24, 26, 27

Gold mining, 63, 89, 98-99

Government aid to transportation, 36-37, 100-15, 135-37, 139-40, 145, 167-68

Grand jury, 162

Grant, Hugh Fraser, 123

Gray, Andrew B., 103, 105

Great Britain, 37, 49, 50

merchant marine of, 36-37, 50, 54, 58

Corn Laws in, 39

opinion of Confederacy in, 146

Guano, 118

Gwin, William McKendree, 76, 81, 87, 91, 95

Halleck, Henry Wager, 76

Hamilton, Andrew J., 139-40

Hamilton, James, Jr., 15, 29-30

Hamilton Plantation, 122, 128

Harrison, William Henry, 27, 34-35

Hartridge, Julian, 137, 160-63

Havana, Cuba, 58, 73, 154

Havre, Le, 50, 59, 148

Hayne, Robert Young, 29-30

Hazzard, William Wigg, 10

Heydenfeldt, Solomon, 93

Home Squadron Act, 34, 37

Hopkins, Charles H., 161-62

Illinois Central Railroad, 104

Imperial Council of France, 147-48

Importers, 85-86

Independent Treasury, 26-27, 32-33, 35, 49, 51, 87-88

Indian policy in Georgia, 18-19, 21

Insurance Bank of Columbus, Georgia, 24

Internal improvements, 10, 18, 22-23, 26, 56, 94-95, 100-15, 135-37, 139-40, 167-68. See also Railroads, Canals, Governmental aid, Subsidies, Public Lands

Irish laborers, 111

Isthmus of Panama, 73, 76, 84

Jackson, Andrew, 18-19, 21-22, 26, 33

Jackson, Joseph W., 61, 68, 130

Johnson, Herschel Vespasian, 129, 163

Jones, Anson, 101

Jones, Thomas ap Catesby, 75, 81

King, Andrew, 3, 16, 34, 56

King, Anna Page, 5, 31, 34, 41, 61, 70, 116-23, 128, 133, 134

King, Cuyler, 6, 118, 121-22, 126, 134

King, Florence, 6, 122-25, 156-57

King, Floyd, 6, 32, 125-26, 134, 141, 160, 164

King, Georgia, 6, 122-28, 133-35, 141, 149, 156-57

King, Hannah Page, 6, 48

King, Henry, 2, 3, 38, 40, 52, 66, 141

King, Henry Lord Page, 6, 61, 84, 120, 122, 125, 127-28, 131, 134, 139, 157, 159

King, James, 155-56

King, Mallery, 6, 106, 117, 122, 125-27, 134, 144, 156-57, 160

King, Stephen Clay, 3, 10-13, 52, 123

King, Thomas Butler, birth of, 1

parentage, 1

removal to Georgia, 3

promotes the port of Brunswick, 8-17

Senator from Glynn County, 18-30

in Constitutional Convention of 1833, 20-21

elected to 26th Congress, 28

elected to 27th Congress, 35

defeated for 28th Congress, 42

elected to 29th Congress, 47

duel with C. H. Spalding, 48

elected to 30th Congress, 51

at River and Harbor Convention, 55

elected to 31st Congress, 62

and cabinet appointment, 65-71

mission of to California, 71-83

Collector of the Port of San Francisco, 83-97

as railroad lobbyist, 105-15

as a cotton planter, 116-28

mission to Europe, 144-55

candidate for Confederate Congress, 161-63

death of, 163-64

King, Thomas Butler, Jr., 6, 41, 61, 84, 88-89, 109, 117-18, 120, 122, 124-25, 127-29, 133-34

King, Virginia, 6, 122-25, 156-57

Know-Nothing Party, 129-31

Lawrence, Abbott, 66-67

Legislature of California, 92-97

Legislature of Georgia, 19, 22-25, 135-38, 141-43, 145, 153, 159

Legislature of Texas, 101-14

Lincoln, Abraham, 145, 149, 151

Lobbying, 119, 130-31, 139-40, 147-48

Locke, J. L., 70, 169

London, 15, 59, 98, 99, 146

Lumpkin, Wilson, 23

McDuffie, George, 28, 30

Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company, 138-39, 145-46

Mail subsidy, 53, 58, 62, 65, 73, 144-45

Mann, Ambrose Dudley, 148, 152

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 37

Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company, 106-107, 110, 114

Merchant Marine, subsidy for, 36, 53, 58

Merchants of San Francisco, 86-97

Mexico, War with, 50-51, 53, 57, 62

Milledgeville, Georgia, 12, 20, 22, 27, 34, 45, 135, 138, 141

Minieres. See Des

Minieres Mississippi and Pacific Railroad, 102-103, 114

Monopolies, 136-37, 145, 161

Morny, Charles, Comte de, 147-48

Music, 123, 125

Napoleon III, 147-48, 152

Naval policies, 36-38, 41-42, 50, 53, 57, 62

Naval Reorganization Act, 42, 50

Naval stores, 158

Negro slaves. See Slaves

Newfield Plantation, 5-6

Nullification, 19, 21-22, 26

Oatlands Plantation, 119

Old Dominion Gold Mining Company, 98

Overseers, 32, 40, 52, 116-18

Pacific railroad. See Railroads, transcontinental

Page, Anna Matilda. See King, Anna

Page Panama, 50, 59, 62, 63, 73, 85

Panic of 1837, 12, 16, 24, 28, 165

Panic of 1857, 110, 111, 120, 124

Paris, 146, 147

Declaration of, 151

Patronage, distribution of in California, 84-97

Pease, Elisha Maxwell, 102, 105-107

Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 139

Phosphate, 118

Plantation life, 116-28. See also Retreat Plantation

Plantation management, 48, 116-28, 133-35, 158, 164-66

Polk, James Knox, 49, 51, 55, 57-58, 78

Post, Edwin, 108-109

Postal subsidies, 53, 58, 62, 65, 73, 144-45

Preparatory schools, 122, 125

Presidential cabinet, 65, 68-70, 77, 82, 138

Preston, William Ballard, 70, 72, 73

Propaganda, Confederate, 147-55, 159

Public lands, railroads and, 100-115

Public opinion, 146, 147-48, 152-53

Railroads, governmental aid to, 100-115, 135-37, 139-40

Railroads, transcontinental, 59, 60, 94, 99-115, 139-40

Railroads, trans-Isthmian, 62-63, 73, 76

Reclamation of land, 118-19, 134

Refugees in the Confederacy, 156-58

Retreat Plantation, 4-6, 8, 34, 40-41, 48, 52, 56, 98, 104, 112, 116-28, 132-35, 143, 156, 164-66

Riley, Bennet, 74, 76, 78-81

River and Harbor Bill, 51, 55

Robinson, Moncure, 15-16

Rost, Pierre Adolphe, 148, 152

Rusk, Thomas Jefferson, 110

Russell, Lord John, 148-51

Sabel and Company, 154, 159

Saint Simons Island, 4-5, 9, 43, 56, 62, 116-28

San Francisco, 73-74

Collector of the Port of, 84-97

fire in, 86, 88

Saratoga Springs, New York, 113, 141

Sargent, John O., 66, 69

Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad, 136

Schley, William, 24

School funds, 130-31

Scott, Winfield, 65-66

Secession, 140-44, 149-50, 169

Sectionalism, 25, 28-30, 33, 37-39, 40, 64-65, 132, 136-37

railroads and, 100, 108-14, 139-40

Seward, James Lindsay, 60-61, 130-33, 137

Seward, William H., 66, 81

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 75, 81

Slavery, 62, 164

in the territories, 27, 64, 71-81

opinion on, in California, 79-80

Slaves, 5-7, 9, 20-21, 32, 40-41, 85, 105, 117-28, 133-35, 156-58, 164-66

Slidell, John, 155

Sloo, A. G., 53

Smith, Persifor F., 74, 81

Smith, Truman, 51-52, 65

Soil exhaustion, 117-19, 127, 134, 165-66

South Carolina Gold Mining Company, 98

Southern Address, 64

Southern commercial conventions, 18, 137

Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 107-15, 124, 127, 135, 139-40, 143, 146, 166-67

Southern sectionalism, 30, 33, 38, 39, 108-14, 139-40

Southern states, French investments in, 146

commerce of, 147

resources of, 150-51

Spalding, Charles H., 47-48

State aid to internal improvements, 9-17, 18, 22-23, 101-15

State Rights Party in Georgia, 19-27, 33-35, 42

Statehood movement in California, 72-78

Steamship companies, subsidies for, 142, 144-45

Steamships, 36-37, 50, 53-54, 65, 147-48

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 46-47, 60, 64-65, 69-70, 77, 129, 141

Stewart, Charles, 68-69

Stiles, William H., 132-33

Stock subscriptions, 14, 98-99, 104, 108-109, 113, 145

Subsidies, 36-37, 50, 53, 62-63, 65, 142, 144-48, 154

Sweet Sulphur Springs, Virginia, 124

Tariff, 19, 46, 49, 51-52, 62, 149-50

Taylor, Zachary, 60-61, 65-66, 82

Texas, 101-15

Texas Western Railroad Company, 103-107

Thompson, J. Edgar, 139

Thouvenel, Edouard-Antoine, 149

Three-fifths ratio, 20-21

Toombs, Robert, 14, 47, 69-72, 77, 129, 163

Trade relations of the Confederacy, 145-55

Trade with China, 59

Troup, George Michael, 18, 21

Tutors, 32, 41, 122

Tyler, John, 35-36, 40

Union Party in Georgia, 19, 22, 34

United States Bank. See Bank of the United States

United States Congress, 27, 32-41, 35-43, 49-65, 139-40

United States Navy, 53, 57, 65

United States Navy Department, 37, 50, 53, 59, 65-70, 82

United States State Department, 69, 73-74, 79

United States Treasury Department, 84-97, 138

Van Buren, Martin, 25-27, 32-33, 46, 55

Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad, 105-106

Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, 89, 95-96

Walker, Robert John, 97, 100-102, 104-105, 110, 114, 131

Warehousing, 85, 86

Waresboro, Georgia, 164

Waverley Plantation, 6, 34, 40-41

Webster, Daniel, 27, 55-56, 81

Weed, Thurlow, 40, 62, 66-67

Weller, John B., 93, 96

Western and Atlantic Railroad, 23, 26, 135

Westfield, Massachusetts, Academy, 2

Whig Party, 34, 36, 45-46, 55-57, 64-68, 167-69

in Georgia, 19, 35, 42, 45, 49, 60, 67, 129, 131

in California, 91-97, 130

White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, 124

Wigfall, Louis Trezevant, 106, 110-12

Wilmot Proviso, 54

Wiregrass region of Georgia, 18, 130

Wise, Henry A., 37

Wright, George W., 76

Yancey, William Lowndes, 148, 152

Yerger, George Shall, 108, 110-12

Young, John, 66

Young Men’s Convention, 34, 46

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