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CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Foreign relations; Proceedings of Great Britain and France

on the subject of Neutrals; Mission of Mr. Erskine from

the former; His recall; Appointment of Mr. Jackson ;

His dismissal; Succeeded by Mr. Foster; Discussions

relative to the affair of the President and Little Belt;

Promised reparation for the attack on the Chesapeake.

Foreign relations continued.

Political clamours in New England; Henry's mission; Dis-

turbances at Baltimore and Savannah; The battle of Tip-

State of the nation at the period of the declaration of war;

Its revenue; Its means of warfare; Of the public spirit. 190

Account of the Indian tribes on the north-western frontier of

the United States; Invasion of Canada by general Hull;

Surrender of Mackinaw; Evacuation of Canada; Skir-

mish at Brownstown; Battle of Maguaga; Capture of

Fort Chicago; Surrender of Detroit and of the north-west-

Events on the north-western frontier, continued; Public spi-

rit of Kentucky and Ohio; General Harrison; Siege of

fort Wayne; Expeditions of general Tupper; Defence

of fort Harrison; Expeditions of general Hopkins; of

colonel Russell; of colonel Campbell.

Affairs on the Ontario frontier; Armistice proposed and re-

jected; Northern army; Attack on Queenstown; Opera-

tions of general Smyth; The army goes into barracks ;

Events on the Lakes.

Naval events; Cruise of commodore Rodgers; of captain

Porter; Escape of the Constitution; Capture of the Guer-

riere; of the Frolic; of the Macedonian; of the Java.

Meeting of Congress; Proposals for an armistice; Militia

of the Eastern states; Remission of forfeited bonds; Bill

relating to seamen; Increase of the army; of the navy;

Treasury report; Presidential election; Appropriations

for the year 1813; Dissolution of Congress.

Operations on the north-western frontier; Capture of French-

town; Battle and massacre at Raisin; Siege of fort

Meigs; Affair of colonel Dudley; The siege raised.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

Ontario frontier; Partisan warfare; Capture of Ogdens-

burg; of York; of fort George; Affair at Stoney Creek ;

of the Beaver Dams; Attack on Sackett's Harbour; Skir-

mishing; Cruise of commodore Chauncey.

War on the coast and on the ocean; Marauding expeditions

of the British squadron; Attack on Craney Island; on

Hampton; Capture of the Peacock; of the Chesapeake ;

of the Argus; of the Boxer; Cruise of commodore Rod-

gers; Engagements of privateers; Blockade of the squad-

ron under commodore Decatur.

North-western frontier; Second attempt on fort Meigs;

Defence of Sandusky; Battle on lake Erie, and capture

of the enemy's squadron; Battle of the Thames; Death of

Tecumseh; General Harrison's army arrives at Buffalo. $15

General Wilkinson takes command of the northern army;

Plan of operations; Descends the St. Lawrence; Battle of

Williamsburg; Failure of the expedition: Cruise of com-

modore Chauncey; Burning of Newark; British retali-

Meeting of the thirteenth congress; Election of Speaker;

Internal taxes; Other proceedings; Second session ; Em-

bargo; Repeal of the restrictive system; Increase of the

Army and navy; State of the treasury; Loan of twenty-

five millions; Inquiry into the failure of the campaign;

Mission to Gottenburg; Adjournment of congress.

Operations of the war with the southern Indians; Engage-

ment near the Lachway towns; Massacre at fort Mimms ;

Expeditions of generals Jackson, Cocke, and Coffee;

Termination of the war.

Northern frontier; Affair of La Cole; Affairs on lake On-

tario; Warfare on its shores; Operations of the left divi-

sion; Capture of fort Erie; Battles of Chippewa and

Bridgewater; Siege of fort Erie; Sortie; The siege

raised; Occurrences in the north-west.

Naval events; Cruise of commodore Rodgers; of captain

Porter; Capture of the Essex; Of the Epervier; Of the

Reindeer; Of the Avon; Constitution captures two sloops

of war; Frigate President taken by a British squadron;

Capture of the Penguin.

War on the coast; Capture of Eastport; Defence of Stoning-

ton; Capture of Castine; Destruction of the John Adams;

Incursions on the shores of the Chesapeake ; Capture of

Washington; The enemy repulsed at Baltimore.

British plan of operations; Attack on Plattsburg; Capture

of the British squadron on lake Champlain; Retreat from

Plattsburg; Affairs to the south; Enemy repulsed at Mo-

bile; Capture of Pensacola; Invasion of Louisiana; Bat-

tles of New Orleans; Capture of fort Bowyer.

Negotiation at Ghent ; Demands of the British commission-

ers; Meeting of congress; Public sentiment; Convention

at Hartford; Congressional proceedings; Treaty of peace;

An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the

United States and Great Britain and France, and their

dependencies, and for other purposes.

An act concerning the commercial intercourse between the

United States and Great Britain and France, and their

dependencies, and for other purposes.

An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act concern-

ing the commercial intercourse between the United States

and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies,

and for other purposes."

Berlin Imperial Decree of the 21st of November, 1806.

British Order in Council of the 7th of January, 1807.

British Order in Council of the 11th of November, 1807.

Milan Imperial Decree of the 17th of December, 1807.

British Order in Council of the 26th of April, 1809.

British Orders in Council revoked, June 23, 1812.

Treaty of Peace and Amity between his Britannic majesty

and the United States of America.

The additions made to this work, commence with the

thirty-sixth chapter, page 118, of this volume. All the preceding part was written by the revered Dr. Ramsay.

N. B. There is an error in enumerating the chapters, after the twenty-sixth.-The succeeding one, through inadvertence, is marked the twenty-ninth.

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