Union Tavern (Georgetown), 50n

United States

Economy

barter practiced in, 638, 643

called a nation of planters and merchants, 496

cotton production, 92-3

duties on British and American shipping, 25n

Europe fears growing influence of, 495-7

impact of peace on, 287, 609-10

imprisonment for debt, x, 88-9, 138-40, 141-3, 145-6, 151, 174-5, 521-2, 541

perceived reliance on Europe, 484

prospects for manufacturing in, 318n

reliance on British commerce and manufacturing, 25n

speculation in lands, 67n, 448

trade with China, 25-6, 597

trade with Russia, 425-6

trade with Saint-Domingue, 25-6, 320, 322, 427, 428n, 453, 456, 576n

trade with Spain, 500

trade with Turkey, 26

trade with W. Indies, 25-7, 133n, 365, 404, 453, 456

Foreign Relations

with China, 25-6

Europe fears growing influence of, 495-7

with Italy, 201, 203

with the Netherlands, 532

with Portugal, 532, 673, 675n

and Prussia, 496

with Russia, 425-6

with Spain, 7-8, 236-7, 263-6, 292-4, 368-74, 450-1, 495-7, 500, 501n

with Turkey, 26, 83

See also France: U.S. Relations with; Great Britain: U.S. Relations with

Public Finance

and Bank of U.S., 616

discharge of funded debt, vii, 157-9, 168, 198, 288, 296, 365, 377

Dutch loan, 158-9n, 187n, 198n, 377, 616, 620-1

eight percent stocks, 288, 476n

reduction of public expenses, 295-6

resolution of British debt claims, 136-8, 153-4, 168-9, 191-3, 218, 245-6, 349-50

revenue from auction tax, 71n

six percent stocks, 652

state debts, 467

three percent stocks, 287-8, 439, 476

use of foreign banks, 83

See also taxes

Society

asylum for oppressed people, 168, 626

histories of, xii, 400-1

more honest than Europe, 499

support for sciences, 434n, 486-8

United States (U.S. frigate), 248n, 682-3

United States' Naval Chronicle (Charles W. Goldsborough), 440n

Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce (Malachy Postlethwayt), 230

Universal Gazette (Washington, D.C.), 312

Uranus, 194n, 447n

Urquijo, Mariano Luis de, 494, 496, 501n

Us, et coustumes de la mer (Estienne Cleirac), 230