[137] Correspondence of Thomas Barclay, edited by George L. Rives, New
York, 1894. For instances, see Index, Impressment.
[138] Works of John Adams, vol. viii. p. 456.
[139] Ante, p. 6.
[140] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. i. pp. 123-124.
[141] Jefferson's Works, Letter to T. Pinckney, Minister to Great
Britain, June 11, 1792.
[142] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. ii. pp. 145-150.
[143] See, for example, Naval Chronicle, vol. xxvi. pp. 215-221,
306-309.
[144] Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, vol. iii. p. 115.
[145] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. ii. p. 150.
[146] Ibid., p. 493.
[147] Niles' Register, vol. v. p. 343.
[148] Correspondence, p. 210.
[149] Correspondence, p. 219.
[150] Ante, p. 7.
[151] Niles' Register, vol. v. Supplement, p. 105.
[152] King to Thomas Erskine. Life of King, vol. iii. p. 401.
[153] Russell to the Secretary of State, Sept. 17, 1812. American
State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. p. 593.
[154] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. ii. pp. 427, 473.
[155] Ibid., vol. iii. p. 90.
[156] Ibid., p. 98.
[157] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. ii. pp. 776-798.
[158] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. p. 131.
Author's italics.
[159] For the American report of these interviews, see Ibid., pp.
133-135.
[160] Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates, vol. xxvi. p. 1103.
[161] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. pp. 137-140.
[162] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. p. 140.
[163] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. p. 140.
[164] Ibid., p. 139.
[165] Ibid., pp. 166-173.
[166] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. p. 198.
[167] Niles' Register, vol. v. p. 377.
[168] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. p. 139.
[169] Ibid., p. 161.
[170] Ibid., p. 173.
[171] Niles' Register, vol. v. Supplement, p. 102.
CHAPTER IV
FROM THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL TO WAR
1807-1812
When the treaty of December 31, 1806, was about to be signed, the
British negotiators delivered to the Americans a paper, of the general
character of which they had been forewarned, but which in precise
terms then first came before them. Its origin was due to a
pronouncement of the French Emperor, historically known as the Decree
of Berlin, which was dated November 21, while the negotiations were in
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