Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
3. CONTENTS XI
4. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN FOOTNOTES XIII
5. EARLY YEARS (1785–1809)
6. I. THE PATH TO RICHMOND AND THE BAR 1
7. LAWMAKER AND SOLDIER (1809–1821)
8. II. IN THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES 1809–1811 13
9. III. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND MAJOR OF ARTILLERY 1812–1816 20
10. IV. THREE YEARS MORE AT THE BAR 1816–1819 36
11. V. RETURN TO THE LEGISLATURE 1819–1821 44
12. IN THE NATIONAL ARENA (1821–1836)
13. VI. FIRST YEARS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1821–1827 56
14. VII. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR SEVEN YEARS 1827–1834 74
15. VIII. A BATTLE OF POLITICS 1834–1836 103
16. MINISTER AT LONDON (1836–1841)
17. IX. ASSUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC DUTIES 112
18. X. CLAIMS FOR LIBERATED SLAVES 115
19. XI. THE SLAVE TRADE AND RIGHT OF SEARCH 121
20. XII. COMMERCIAL QUESTIONS 131
21. XIII. THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY 140
22. XIV. THE CAROLINE CRISIS 148
23. XV. INTERLUDES 157
24. XVI. IMBROGLIOS 179
25. XVII. RETURN TO AMERICA 192
26. LATER YEARS (1841–1857)
27. XVIII. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 199
28. XIX. OCCASIONAL POLITICIAN 216
29. XX. DEATH AT BLENHEIM 235
30. CONCLUSION
31. XXI. THE MAN AND HIS WORK 239
32. APPENDIX
33. CHRONOLOGY 251
34. BIBLIOGRAPHY 259
35. INDEX 273