ii. 404-406;
recaptured by British squadron, 406 (note).

_Lewis, Morgan._
American general, ii. 47;
temporarily succeeds Dearborn in command at Niagara, 50.

_Licenses._
British to American merchant vessels, i. 203-206;
for the supply of armies in Spanish Peninsula, i. 265, 409-412;
ii. 9, 15, 21, 170-175.

_Liverpool, Earl of._ Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Quotations from correspondence of, relative to the peace negotiations,
chap. xviii., ii. 409-434.

_Macdonough, Thomas._ Captain, U.S.N.
Commands flotilla on Lake Champlain, ii. 356;
operations prior to Prevost's invasion, 356-363;
preparations for battle, 367-371, 376-377, 380;
wins battle of Lake Champlain, 377-381;
effects of the victory, 381-382, 427, 430-431;
news of the victory received in London, 426.

"_Macedonian._" British frigate.
Captured by the United States, i. 416-422.

"_Macedonian._" American frigate (captured as above).
Unable to get to sea, ii. 25,
and blockaded in New London during the war, 148-150.

_Macomb, Alexander._ American general.
Left by Izard in command at Plattsburg, ii. 365;
operations before, and at, Plattsburg, 366-367;
opinions of, as to distance of Macdonough's squadron from the shore
batteries, 369.

_M'Clure, George._ American, general of N.Y. militia.
Left in command of Niagara frontier, ii. 118;
difficulties of situation of, 119;
retreats to American side of river, 120;
burns Canadian village of Newark, 120;
this action of, disavowed by the Government, 120.

_Madison, James._ Secretary of State, and President of the United States.
Close association of, with events leading to War of 1812, and summary
of its cause, i. 41;
characterization of, 106;
discussion of questions of blockade, 110, 111;
pronouncement on impressment, 114, 131, 132;
instructions to Monroe and Pinkney to reopen negotiations, 1807, 133;
narrow outlook of, 139;
opinion of the Berlin Decree, 142, 182;
upon the Rule of 1756, 152;
instructions to Monroe by, in the "Chesapeake" affair, 161, 241;
object of Jefferson's course in that affair, stated by, 164;
use of the affair, made by, 170;
explanation of the motive of the Embargo of 1808 by, 183;
relation of, to Non-Intercourse Act, 215;
misled (as President) in negotiations with Erskine, 216-218;
proclamation, renewing intercourse with Great Britain, 219;
annulled, 219;
negotiations with