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INDEX 



Letcher, Governor John, 145, 150, 



158, 159, 161, 220, 227. 

 Leverrier, W. J. J., 48, 128. 

 Lexington, Virginia, 220, 221, 227, 



228, 239-241, 246. 

 Lieber, Hamilton, 132. 

 Liebig, Justus von, 128. 

 Lincoln, Abraham, 123, 125, 126, 



157, 183. 

 Locke, John, 46. 

 Lomax, Judge John T., 41. 

 Longfellow, H. W., 216. 

 Lopez, Colonel Miguel, 214. 

 Lowell Institute, 103. 

 Lynch, William Francis, 81, 82. 



Macdonough, Thomas, 7. 

 Macedonian, 13, 29. 

 Magruder, General John B., 197. 

 Mallory, Stephen R., 113-115, 146, 



150, 160-162, 166, 174, 179, 215. 

 Manassas, Battle of, 161. 

 Manila, 18. 

 Manning, George, 68. 

 "Mare Nostrum", 248. 

 Margolle, M., 232. 

 Markham, Clements, 200. 

 Marquesas Islands, 14. 

 Maupin (Mauphin?), Dr. Socrates, 



153. 

 Maury, U. S. S. Destroyer, 247. 

 "Maury Testimonial", 208, 209. 

 Maury, Abram, 2, 7. 

 Maury, Betty (Mrs. W. A. Maury), 



139, 141, 146. 

 Maury, General Dabney H., 67, 90, 



183. 

 Maury, Diana Fontaine (See "Corbin, 



Mrs. Diana Fontaine"). 

 Maury, Eliza, 141, 203. 

 Maury, Ellen, 59. 

 Maury, John Herndon, 132, 141, 183, 



184. 



Maury, John Minor, 7, 16, 26. 



Maury, Lucy, 141, 185, 203, 215. 



Maury, Mary (Mrs. James R. Werth), 

 126, 141, 203, 215, 247, 251. 



Maury, Mrs. Matthew Fontaine, 9, 

 22, 26, 123, 126, 140, 142, 146, 163, 

 185, 191, 195, 196, 198, 200, 202, 

 203, 215, 237, 239, 243. 



Maury, Matthew Fontaine, his birth, 

 2; elementary education, 4-6; 

 entrance to the Navy, 7-9; his 

 first three cruises, 10-24; his 

 "A New Theoretical and Practical 

 Treatise on Navigation", 27-28; 

 promoted Lieutenant, 29; South Sea 

 Exploring Expedition, 29-30; sur- 

 veying Southern harbors, 31; in- 

 jury to his leg, 32; "Scraps from 

 the Lucky Bag", 33-40, 43, 155; 

 journalistic work, 41-43; astronom- 

 ical work, 44-50; "Wind and Cur- 

 rent Charts", 51-63, 83, 144, 249; 

 honors, 63-65, 112, 162, 163; 

 "Physical Geography of the Sea", 

 66-75, 84, 102, 124, 243, 249, 250; 

 Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 75-80, 

 211-213; interest in Arctic and 

 Antarctic exploration, 81-83; ocean 

 lanes for steamers, 83; land meteor- 

 ology, 85-89, 229-237; transporta- 

 tion routes, 90-93; lectures and 

 addresses, 93-106; "Retiring 

 Board", 107-117, 146; promoted 

 Commander, 117; "Inca Papers" on 

 the Amazon, 119-120; mediation 

 between North and South, 120-125; 

 his resignation from the U. S. 

 Navy, 126, 127, 143; his character, 

 129, 130, 250, 251; ideas about 

 education, 131-134, 140, 141; 

 Maury and his family, 134-142; 

 his appearance, 135; assistance in 

 the defense of Virginia, 145-147; 



