F
Father of the Constitution, 14, 48, 76
Federalist Papers, 76, 82
Federalist Party, Federalists, 13–14, 16, 35, 43, 47–49, 52–53, 63, 65, 85, 92, 113, 128, 130, 132, 141–42, 153, 158–59, 170, 175, 186–88, 252, 267, 291, 316, 327–28, 336, 342, 365
Federal Republican, 124, 276–77, 313, 315, 320
ferryboat, 18, 267
fever, 24–25, 67, 79–80, 91–92, 96, 107, 114, 204, 227, 366
first lady, 126, 355, 359, 363
Fisk, Jonathan, 316, 329
flags, 13, 52, 69, 129–30, 164, 225, 235–36, 278, 280, 291, 303, 305–6, 314–16, 359
flagship, 18, 190, 196, 206, 288–89, 291, 303,
flotilla, 164–65, 168–69, 172, 174, 190, 194–96, 203–5, 217, 230
Fort Detroit, 12, 55–56
Fort McHenry, 179, 288, 296, 302–3, 305–7, 309, 313, 315, 331, 334, 370
Fort Washington, 30, 109, 158, 176, 278, 296
Fort Whetstone, 302
fortifications, 176
France, 8, 11–13, 40, 42–43, 46, 50, 53, 61–62, 68, 73, 85, 124, 133–34, 138, 166, 171, 188, 240, 351, 354
Frederick County, MD, 202
Fredericstown, VA, 26, 28
free speech, 186, 188
Frenchtown, 5, 7
Fulton, Robert, 29, 31, 34, 39–40, 59, 81, 111, 319
G
Gales, Joseph, xiv, 63, 100, 143, 157–58, 204, 213, 251–52, 275, 291, 312, 316–19, 325, 328, 330, 339, 341–42, 346, 367
Gallatin, Albert, 15–16, 26, 41, 43, 48, 61–62, 69, 71–72, 82, 84, 86–87, 104–5, 110, 113–14, 132, 144–45, 153, 164, 169–72, 174, 184–85, 187–88, 237, 346, 351
Gallatin, Hannah Nicholson, 184–85, 346, 351
Georgetown, 26, 33–34, 124, 161, 180, 202–3, 217–18, 227–29, 231–32, 234, 237, 250, 276–77, 313, 315, 317, 320, 356, 370
George Town, VA, 26, 28
Ghent, Belgium, 163, 266, 286, 326, 335, 338, 347, 370
Gordon, James Alexander, 286, 296
Gosport Naval Yard, 45, 66, 94
government, 7–8, 14, 16–17, 41, 51, 53, 56, 59–60, 70–71, 73–76, 82, 86, 88–89, 103, 108–9, 118, 124, 133, 142, 146–47, 154, 156–57, 159, 162, 167, 175, 178–79, 184, 186, 192, 209, 236, 238–39, 246–47, 251–52, 256–57, 268, 285, 287, 311–14, 316–18, 320, 325–26, 328–29, 335, 337, 341–43, 349, 350–51
British, 8, 12–14, 61–62, 92, 128, 145, 151, 155, 169, 171, 187, 190, 266, 335
federal, 5, 66, 75, 108, 176, 198, 214, 281, 313
French, 42–43,
Russian, 15, 128
governors, 42–46, 86, 99, 103, 149, 175, 177, 198, 240, 276, 280–81, 283, 288
Great Compromise, the, 88
Great Lakes, 41, 335
Greek Revival style, 29, 215
Green Room, viii, 14, 36, 348
gunboats, 94, 133, 196
guns, 6, 19, 66, 94, 96, 165, 225, 227, 230–31, 303
H
Hamilton, Alexander, 63, 76
Hampton Roads, 60, 67, 99
Hampton, VA, 40, 66, 99, 100–5, 107, 109, 115, 118, 255
Hampton, Wade, 112, 142–43
Hanover County, VA, 24
Harrison, William Henry, 127–28, 185
Havre de Grace, MD, 4–9, 11, 17–20, 23, 26–27, 29, 31, 33–35, 40, 44, 84, 95–97, 118, 158, 234, 252, 273, 294, 300, 304, 331, 359
Hillcrest Children and Family Center, 363
Historical Sketch of the Second War between the United States of America and Great Britain, 345
History of New York, 49, 51
HMS Leopard, 67, 91
HMS Peacock, 41, 68
HMS Shannon, 68–69
Hoban, James, 123–24, 350, 365
Hornet, 40–41, 68
House of Representatives, 29, 41, 46, 82, 87–88, 97, 240, 247, 312, 318, 320, 324–25, 328, 341, 343, 357, 362
Hudson River, 43
Hull, William, 55–56
I
impressment, 8, 12–13, 92, 132, 145, 163–64, 169, 171, 327, 335
Ingersoll, Charles, 237, 253, 265–66, 268, 345–46
Irving, Washington, 49, 50–52, 68–69, 108, 129–30, 282–83, 315, 366–67
J
Jackson, Andrew, 185, 335, 337, 339, 364
Jackson, Francis, 14
Jay, John, 76, 154
Jefferson, Martha, 143
Jefferson, Thomas, 14, 16, 29, 37–38, 42, 47, 52, 63, 67, 73, 86, 108, 123–25, 134–36, 143–44, 155–57, 163, 170, 208, 313, 333–35
Jennings, Paul, 229, 238–39, 248, 258, 312, 347
Jones, Eleanor, 223, 234
Jones, William, 34, 133
journalists, 52, 102, 130, 282, 369
K
King, Rufus, xiii, 46–49, 52–53, 55, 61, 69–72, 76–77, 85–89, 104–5, 113, 117–18, 128, 130–33, 141, 142–43, 145–47, 151–53, 163, 166–67, 186–88, 280–82, 284–85, 326–28, 336, 347–48, 365
King George III, 13, 20, 59
King George IV, 13
Kingston, 34, 112, 141–42, 181
knickerbockers, 46, 49, 53
Knickerbocker, Diedrich, 49, 51, 283
L
Lake Champlain, 112, 142, 163
Lake Erie, 55, 128, 130
Lancaster, PA, 284–85, 313, 316–17
Lansdowne portrait, 364
Latrobe, Benjamin, xiv, 29–31, 34–36, 40, 60–61, 97, 111, 116–17, 138, 214–15, 241, 248, 319, 349–50, 365–66, 369
Latrobe, Mary, 81, 248, 319, 349–50
Lawrence, James, 40–41, 68–69, 129, 282
Leesburg, VA, 229, 242
Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The, 366
L’Enfant, Pierre Charles, 54, 242
Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, 49
Lewis, Joseph, 316, 320, 343
Library of Congress, 253, 333–34
loans, 16, 86, 167
London, 7, 14, 31, 46–47, 50, 99, 146, 157, 169, 214, 228, 251, 265, 289–90, 306
Long Island, 165, 187, 280, 307
Long Old Fields, 197
Louisiana, 166, 335–37, 346, 366
Lynnhaven Bay, 7, 28, 40, 65–66, 137
M
Madison, Dolley, xii–xiv, 21, 23–26, 29, 31–39, 50, 62–64, 68, 72–73, 79–83, 89, 96–97, 105–7, 111–12, 116, 119, 124–25, 127, 131, 134–36, 138–39, 143–44, 183–85, 197, 201–2, 205, 208–9, 211, 221, 223, 227–29, 234, 237, 239, 246–50, 255–61, 266–67, 282, 290–91, 309, 319, 330–31, 346–47, 351, 353–59, 361–64, 369–70
Madison, James, xii–xiv, 4, 10–17, 24–29, 30–32, 34, 36, 38–39, 40–44, 46–50, 52–53, 55–56, 61–66, 68–70, 72–77, 79–89, 91–93, 96–97, 103, 105–7, 109–10, 113–14, 116–17, 124–29, 133–36, 138–39, 142–48, 152–59, 162–64, 166, 169–72, 174–77, 181–83, 185–88, 192–95, 197–98, 201–6, 208–9, 214–17, 219–21, 227–28, 234–35, 238, 244, 246–49, 250–52, 256, 258–61, 265, 267–72, 276, 278–85, 288, 290, 302, 310–15, 317–19, 327, 330, 333–39, 341–43, 346–51, 354–55, 359, 362–63, 370
Madison, Payne, 25–26, 37, 62, 65, 73
marines, 9, 21, 26–27, 60, 100, 174, 189–91, 203–4, 210, 218, 223, 225–26, 236, 249–50, 256, 294–96
Royal, 5, 17–18, 83, 95, 100, 173, 235
Marlborough, 167, 190, 203–5, 211, 276, 292, 315
Maryland, 4, 6, 8, 94, 142, 148–49, 153, 164, 172, 174–75, 178, 181, 191, 194, 197–98, 202–4, 211, 217, 228–30, 234, 236, 259, 272, 276–77, 287–88, 293, 300, 311, 318, 320, 329
Maryland Gazette, 117
Mason, John, 276, 280, 292–93
Massachusetts, 14, 46–47, 70, 88, 131, 139
merchants, 8, 12–13, 15, 65–66, 70, 137, 146, 287
Merry, Anthony, 134–37, 208
Merry, Elizabeth, 134–37, 208
Michigan Territory, 12, 55
military, 7, 21, 23, 30–31, 34–35, 41–42, 44, 52–55, 67, 70, 85, 96, 104, 112, 116, 127, 131�
��33, 139, 142, 147–48, 152, 155–56, 162, 168, 174–77, 181, 184–86, 194, 197, 216, 219–21, 223, 227, 236–37, 240, 260, 266–68, 271, 273, 279–81, 287–88, 296, 301, 314, 324–25, 344–45, 349, 366–67
militia, 5, 7–9, 18, 34–35, 41, 55, 65, 70, 85–86, 94, 96, 100, 102–3, 108–9, 132, 156, 158–59, 162, 167, 172, 174–77, 181, 185–86, 192, 194–95, 198–99, 203, 210, 215, 218–19, 222, 231, 236, 242, 258, 260, 268, 270, 278, 281, 283, 294, 299–300, 325, 344, 349
Mills, Robert, 314–15
Mississippi River, 146, 154, 304, 326, 335–36
Mississippi territory, 56
Mix, Elijah, 39–40, 45, 59, 60–61, 95, 111, 133
Monroe, James, 50, 56, 80, 104–5, 142, 152–53, 162, 164, 169, 171, 174–76, 181, 185, 194–93, 197, 215, 219, 234, 258, 260, 270, 276, 279, 288, 310, 337–38, 364–65
Montpelier, 79, 113–14, 125, 154–56, 162, 185, 362, 370
Montreal, 112, 132, 141–42, 163, 181
Morris, Anthony, 23, 25, 36, 81
Morris, Gouverneur, 131–32, 326, 336
Morris, Phoebe, 23, 73
Mount Vernon, 124
Munroe, Thomas, 314, 320, 343, 349
N
Napier, Charles, 104
Narcissus, 168
national bank, 86
National Intelligencer, 23, 63, 100, 157, 213, 251–52, 256, 275, 312, 339, 341, 367
National Museum of American History, 361–62
National Portrait Gallery, 364–65
Navy, x, 30, 34, 39, 40–41, 57, 61, 66, 111, 116, 133, 149, 164, 172, 194, 196–97, 223, 279, 286, 353, 366–67
Royal, 5, 26, 83, 91, 151, 219, 233–34, 289, 307
Navy Yard, 30, 40, 59, 117, 137, 194, 214–15, 237–38, 242, 272
New England, 13, 46, 53, 85, 92–93, 130, 132, 141, 156, 170, 188, 267
New Hampshire, 80, 142, 159, 207, 323
New Orleans, 56–57, 97, 154, 175, 304, 310, 336–37, 339, 346–47, 351, 366
New York, New Yorkers, 13, 20, 29, 42–43, 46–47, 49–53, 55–56, 70–71, 76, 85, 89, 92, 104, 108, 123, 127, 130, 132, 137, 141–43, 162, 175, 179, 181, 184–85, 192–93, 229, 256, 272, 280–83, 285, 288, 310, 316, 319, 328–29, 336, 365
New York Evening Post, 309
New York State Assembly, 46–47
newspaper, xiv, 3, 18, 23, 51, 94–95, 100, 103, 111, 117–18, 123–24, 127, 143, 155, 157, 161, 185–87, 203–4, 252, 265, 275, 276–77, 286, 288, 291, 294, 311–12, 315, 320, 325, 341, 357, 363–64, 367
Non-Intercourse Act, 68
Norfolk, VA, 21, 40, 45, 57, 60, 66, 84, 94–95, 100, 175, 178, 220, 222
North Carolina, 111, 115, 157, 180
Nova Scotia, 152, 171, 310
O
Octagon House, 35, 238, 342
Of Ancient and Modern Confederacies, 74
Orders in Council, 12
orphanage, 356–58
P
pacifism, 35, 38, 82
Paris, 54, 62, 73, 151, 153, 157, 208, 266
Parliament, 8, 42, 86, 93, 113, 151, 166, 186, 326, 365
Parish, Mr., 104
parties, 26, 35, 37–38, 42–43, 63, 104, 117, 119, 124, 126, 148, 220, 222, 310, 356
Patapsco River, 302
patriotism, 53, 69, 116, 130, 157–58, 213, 268, 302, 314–15, 329, 336, 348
Patuxent River, 164–65, 172, 174, 178–79, 189, 190–91, 194, 205
Pennsylvania, 3, 6, 29, 31, 36, 42–43, 52, 154, 156, 198, 284, 310, 317, 324, 342, 365
Pennsylvania Avenue, 54, 242–45, 251, 358
Perceval, Spencer, 93
Perry, Oliver, 128–29, 282, 288
Philadelphia, 3, 5, 14, 23–24, 29, 31, 36–37, 42, 52, 55, 62, 65, 72, 75, 79, 81, 83, 96, 118, 125, 162, 179–80, 184, 201, 220, 256, 273, 285, 288, 295–96, 312–14, 316–17, 321, 324–25, 328–29, 366
phoenix, 268–69, 272, 276, 282, 294, 336, 346, 348–49, 359, 361–62
Pickersgill, Mary, 305
Pig Point, 194
Pinckney, Charles, 47, 218
pirates, 4, 9, 19, 23, 28, 65, 95, 97, 100, 115, 118, 174, 196, 225, 235, 241, 247, 249, 296
Pittsburgh, PA, 31, 81, 97, 116, 138, 319, 350, 366
portraits, xi–xii, 223, 228–29, 238, 240, 249, 351, 364
ports, 6, 12–13, 54, 57, 91–92, 99, 115, 147, 240, 281
Potomac River, 27, 29, 33, 45, 54, 64, 81, 104, 108–9, 133, 156, 161, 164, 173, 175–76, 179, 184, 193, 211, 214, 217, 234, 239, 250, 257, 266, 286, 295, 311
President’s House, 4, 11, 14, 25, 29–30, 33, 35–36, 49–51, 55, 62–63, 72, 81, 97, 117–19, 123–24, 126–27, 183, 202, 228, 242, 246, 265–66, 309, 311, 314, 320, 331, 343
Princeton, 114, 154
Principio Foundry, 19
Q
Quakers, 3, 24–25, 38, 53, 62, 82–83, 260. See also Society of Friends
R
redcoats, 4, 32–33, 83, 97, 133, 171, 193, 225, 227, 231, 234, 240, 243
Republican Party, 46
Rhode Island, 70, 82, 105, 190, 289
Richmond, VA, 24, 65, 84, 101, 103, 180
Rodgers, John, 18, 272–73, 286–88, 294–95, 302, 307–8, 331, 346, 358–59, 367
Ross, Robert, 190, 196, 204–7, 209–11, 217–19, 222, 232–33, 235–36, 238, 240, 243–46, 251, 253–54, 256–59, 266, 276, 280, 284, 286, 289–93, 295–97, 299–301, 304, 307–8, 345
Royal Oak, 291
Rush, Richard, 128, 164
Russia, 8, 11–12, 15–16, 26, 48, 61–62, 71, 104, 113, 144, 166, 330, 349
S
Sackett’s Harbor, 283
sailors, 12–13, 41, 59, 67, 69, 91, 95, 128, 133, 148, 151, 164, 171, 235, 249–50, 286, 296
Sassafras River, 27
Scorpion, 196
Scott Key, Francis, xiv, 202–4, 218–19, 276–80, 287, 291–94, 302–3, 305–6, 315, 346, 366
Scott, James, 191, 195–96, 204–10, 225–26, 232–33, 235–36, 239–41, 243, 246–49, 251–53, 256–58, 289, 296, 309–10, 351
Seaton, Mrs. William, 63–4, 143
Seaton, William, 157
secession, 53, 85, 89, 188
secretary of state, 7, 14, 38, 47, 80, 96, 104, 113, 123, 134–35, 153, 164, 169, 193, 280, 291
secretary of war, 34, 41, 152, 175, 216, 220, 271, 288, 365
Senate, 11, 14–16, 31, 46–48, 52–53, 61, 69–71, 77, 80, 82, 84, 87–89, 104, 109–10, 113, 117, 144–45, 165, 239–40, 313, 320, 325, 327, 348, 365
Senator Gore, 47, 131, 165–66, 280, 284, 326
Sioussat, Jean Pierre (French John), 208, 229, 238, 355
Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, The, 283
Skinner, John, 280, 291–93, 302
slaves, slavery, 3, 8, 24, 38, 149, 155–56, 168, 173, 230, 234, 238, 258, 294, 312
Society of Friends, 24, 38, 82. See also Quakers
South Lawn, 36, 163
Spain, 7, 81, 154, 166, 367
Sparks, Jared, 17–18, 20
“Star-Spangled Banner,” 316, 366
Stanbury, General, 203
State Department, 8, 197, 229
Stevenson, Sally, 105, 347
St. John’s College, 202
St. Lawrence River, 163
St. Leonard’s Creek, 158, 168, 172
St. Petersburg, Russia, 16, 104, 113
Stricker, John, 299–300
Stuart, Gilbert, xii, 4, 364–65
Stuart, Philip, 181
Surprise, 293, 303
Susquehanna River, 6, 310
Suter, Mrs., 242, 245, 251
T
Tangier Island, 168
Tatham, William, 180–81
Taylor, Robert B., 94
Thornton, Anna Marie, 291
Thornton, Dr. William, 29–31, 35, 54, 116, 215, 330, 350
Tingey, Thomas, 214, 237–38
Todd, John, 24–25,
Todd, Lucy, 202
Tompkins, Daniel, 281, 283
Tonnant, 289, 291, 293, 303
torpedoes, 31, 3
9–40, 45, 59–62, 95, 111, 118, 133
trade, 8, 12–13, 15, 27, 41–43, 53–54, 67–68, 74–75, 93, 125, 145, 148, 154, 166, 188, 335
Treasury secretary, 15–16, 48, 63, 70, 72, 77, 105, 113, 145, 164, 170, 215, 259
treaties, 12, 15, 35, 49, 110, 113, 137, 144, 154, 164, 166, 193, 310, 327, 338, 346–48,
Treaty of Ghent, 347, 370
Tunisian saber, 38, 221–22
Tyro, 125, 127
U
USF Constellation, 66, 84, 94–95
USS Chesapeake, 66, 68, 129
USS President, 18
U.S. Treasury, 16, 48, 61, 69, 71, 86, 132, 176, 242, 246, 251, 256, 261, 313, 324
USS United States, 52, 283
V
Van Ness, John Peter, 108–9, 156, 161–62, 175–77, 181, 191, 192–95, 199, 231, 288, 320, 325–26, 329, 343–44, 346, 357
Van Ness, Maria, 357
Virginia, 3–4, 24, 40–41, 45–46, 57, 64–66, 73, 76, 79, 82, 87, 89, 99–100, 103, 105, 114, 124, 135, 141–42, 152–54, 162, 177, 180–81, 198, 213, 229, 234, 250, 255, 288–89, 311, 316, 318, 320, 343, 362, 370
Virginia Assembly, 156
Virginia Company, 99
Virginia Plan, 74, 76
W
Waddell, Elizabeth Pemberton, 72–73
Wadsworth, Decius, 172
War Department, 41, 108, 149, 162, 270, 324, 337, 344
War of 1812, xii, 4, 12, 30, 60, 156, 186, 364, 366–67, 370
Warren, Sir John B., 7, 17, 26, 45, 60, 65, 83–84, 95, 100, 102–4, 109, 115, 137–38, 146–48
Washington, George, xii, 4, 46, 49, 54, 74–76, 87, 123–24, 197, 223, 242, 250, 267, 307, 311, 317, 320, 334, 355, 364, 367
Washington City, 4, 6, 11, 14, 21, 23, 26, 29–31, 34, 38–39, 42, 45–47, 49, 52, 55–57, 66, 69, 79, 100, 108, 112, 115–116, 124–25, 134, 139, 141–42, 147, 149, 157, 159–62, 172–74, 181, 183–84, 192, 194, 197, 202, 207, 214, 222, 229, 235–36, 268–70, 291, 295, 307–8, 312–14, 316–17, 319–20, 324–25, 328, 330, 344–45, 347, 350, 359
Webster, Daniel, 80
Weems, Mason Lock, 355–56
Weightman, Roger, 247–48
Westphal, George Augustus, 9, 19, 84
White House, xi–xiv, 43, 69, 123–25, 127, 131, 134, 139, 143, 163, 202, 206, 208, 211, 214, 221–22, 228, 234, 238–39, 242, 244, 246, 248–50, 255–56, 267–68, 282, 319–20, 326, 330, 341, 343, 348–50, 354–55, 361, 362–65, 370
Wilkinson, James, 43, 55–57, 112, 115, 141–43
William and Mary, 154
Winder, William, 174–77, 180–81, 193–95, 197–98, 209, 213–16, 218–20, 227, 258, 260, 270, 275, 287–88, 344
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