See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• DALLAS
• ALEXANDER JAMES DALLAS (1759-1817)
• DALLAS, GEORGE MIFFLIN (1792-1864)

DALLAS (1759-1817)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American statesman and financier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica, See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, on the 21st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1759, the son of Dr See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert C . See also:

• DALLAS
• DALLAS, ALEXANDER JAMES (1759-1817)
• DALLAS, GEORGE MIFFLIN (1792-1864)

Dallas (d . 1774), a Scottish physician then practising there . Dr Dallas soon returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England with his See also:

• FAMILY

family, and See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander was educated at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh and See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster . He studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in the Inner See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple, and in 178o returned to Jamaica . There he met the younger See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis See also:

• HALLAM
• HALLAM, ROBERT (d. 1417)

Hallam (1738-18o8), a See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer American theatrical manager and actor, who induced him to remove to the See also:

• UNITED

United States, and in 1783 he settled in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, where he at once took the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the United States, was admitted to practise law in 1785, and rapidly attained a prominent position at the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . He was interested in the theatrical projects of Hallam, for whom he wrote several dramatic compositions, and from 1787 to 1789 he edited The' Columbian See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine . From 1791 to 1801 he was secretary of the See also:

• COMMONWEALTH

commonwealth of See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania . Partly owing to his publication of an able pamphlet against the See also:

• JAY (Fr. geai)
• JAY, JOHN (1745-1829)
• JAY, WILLIAM (1769-1853)

Jay treaty in 1795, he soon acquired a position of much See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the Democratic-Republican party in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . During the See also:

• WHISKY, or WHISKEY

Whisky Insurrection he was paymaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the state See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia . His See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official position as secretary did not entirely prevent him from continuing his private law practice, and, with Jared See also:

• INGERSOLL
• INGERSOLL, ROBERT GREEN (1833—1899)

Ingersoll, he was the counsel of Senator See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• BLOUNT (or BLUNT), EDWARD (b. 1565?)
• BLOUNT, CHARLES (1654-1693)
• BLOUNT, SIR THOMAS POPE (1649-1697)
• BLOUNT, THOMAS (1618-1679)
• BLOUNT, WILLIAM (1749-1800)

Blount in his See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment trial . Dallas was United States See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney for the eastern See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Pennsylvania from 18or until 1814, a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period marked by See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter struggles between the Democratic-Republican factions in the state, in which he took a leading See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas M'See also:

• KEAN, EDMUND (1787–1833)

Kean and See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert See also:

• GALLATIN, ALBERT (1761-1849)

Gallatin, and in opposition to the See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical factions led by See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael Leib (1759-1822) and William Duane (1760—1835), of the See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

Aurora .

The See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel led in 18o5 to the M'Kean party seeking Federalist support . By such an alliance, largely due to the See also:

• POLITICAL

political ingenuity of Dallas, M'Kean was re-elected . In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1814 See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• MADISON
• MADISON, JAMES (1751–1836)

Madison appointed Dallas secretary of the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, to succeed See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George W . See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell (1768-1848), whose brief and disastrous See also:

• TERM

term had been marked by wholesale See also:

• BANK

bank suspensions, and an enormous depreciation of state and See also:

• NATIONAL

national bank notes . The See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment itself inspired confidence, and Dallas's prompt See also:

• MEASURES

measures still further relieved the situation . He first issued new See also:

• INTEREST

interest-bearing treasury notes of small denominations, and in addition proposed the re-See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a national bank, by which means he expected to increase the stability and uniformity of the circulating See also:

• MEDIUM

medium, and furnish the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government with a powerful See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine in the upholding of its See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit . In spite of his already onerous duties, Dallas, with characteristic See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy, served also as secretary of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war ad See also:

• INTERIM

interim from See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March to See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1815, and in this capacity successfully reorganized the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army on a See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace footing . Although peace brought a more favourable See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• MONEY

money See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, Dallas's See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to fund the treasury notes on a satisfactory basis was unsuccessful, but a See also:

• BILL

bill, reported by See also:

• CALHOUN, JOHN CALDWELL (1782-185o)

Calhoun, as chairman of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee on national currency, for the establishment of a national bank, became law on the loth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1816 . Meanwhile (12th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1816) Dallas, in a notable See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report, recommended a protective See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff, which was enacted See also:

• LATE

late in April, largely in accordance with his recommendation . Although Dallas, See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet in October 1816, it was through his efforts that the new bank began its operations in the following See also:

• JANUARY

January, and specie payments were resumed in February . Dallas, who belonged to the See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial school of Albert Gallatin, deserves to See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank among See also:

• AMERICA

America's greatest financiers . He found the government bankrupt, and after two years at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the treasury he left it with a surplus of $20,000,000; moreover, as See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams points out, his measures had "fixed the financial See also:

• SYSTEM

system in a See also:

• FIRM

firm groove for twenty years." He retired from See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office to resume his practice of the law, but the See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden of his official duties had undermined his See also:

• HEALTH

health, and he died suddenly at Philadelphia on the 16th of June 1817 .

He was the author of several notable political See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets and state papers, and in addition edited The See also:

• LAWS

Laws of Pennsylvania, r7oo-18or (18or), and Reports of Cases ruled and adjudged by the Courts of the United States and of Pennsylvania before and since the Revolution (4 vols., 1790-1807; new edition with notes by Thomas J . See also:

• WHARTON (FAMILY)
• WHARTON, FRANCIS (1820–1889)
• WHARTON, HENRY (1664–1695)

Wharton, 1830) . He wrote An Exposition of the Causes and See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character of the War of 1812-15 (1815), which was republished by government authority in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York and See also:

• LONDON

London and widely circulated . He left in MS. an unfinished See also:

• HISTORY

History of Pennsylvania . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother, ROBERT See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES DALLAS (1754-1824), was born in Jamaica, and lived at various times in the West Indies, the United States, England and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He was an intimate friend of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron . He wrote Recollections of Lord Byron (1824), and several novels, plays and See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous See also:

• WORKS

works . See G . M . Dallas, See also:

• LIFE

Life and Writings of Alexander See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Dallas (Philadelphia, 1871) .