Vol. no. I. -- Introductory -- Irish ancestry -- Childhood and youth -- Frontier lawyer in Tennessee -- Representative and senator -- Judge, planter, and merchant -- Duel with Dickinson -- Relations with Burr and Jefferson -- Personal political and military -- War with Great Britain -- Quarrel with Thomas H. Benton -- Punishing the Creek Indians -- Invasion of Spanish Florida -- Preparing to defend New Orleans -- Night attack on the British. Vol. no. 2 -- Battle of New Orleans -- After the great victory -- British designs in Louisiana -- Honors for a national hero -- Governor of Florida -- Presidential candidate -- Elected to the presidency -- Policy of the new administration -- Union and nullification -- Re-elected to the presidency -- War with the United States bank -- Foreign affairs and retirement -- Party leader at the Hermitage -- Character and personality -- Index.