d 11 wounded.

I have the honour to be, &c.,
J. BIDDLE.

No. 49. (p. 253)
PLATE L.

_March 4, 1817--March 4, 1825._

James Monroe President of the U. S. A. D. 1817. [Rx]. Peace and
friendship.

PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE.

[_Fifth President of the United States of America._]

JAMES MONROE PRESIDENT OF THE U. S. (_United States_) A. D. (_Anno
Domini: The year of our Lord_) 1817. Bust of President Monroe, facing
the right. FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).

PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP. Two hands clasped in token of amity; on the cuff
of the left wrist three stripes, and buttons with the American eagle
on them; the other wrist bare; above the hands, a calumet and a
tomahawk crossed--Indian emblems of peace and war.

JAMES MONROE was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, April 28,
1758. He was educated at William and Mary College, Virginia, served
with distinction in the revolutionary war from 1776 to 1778; was
member of the Virginia Assembly, 1782; delegate to Congress,
1783-1786; senator of the United States, 1790-1794; minister to
France, 1794-1796; governor of Virginia, 1799-1802; was sent on a
special mission to France for the acquisition of Louisiana, 1802; was
minister to England, 1803-1808; and to Spain, 1805; governor of
Virginia, 1810; secretary of State under President Madison, 1811-1817;
acting secretary of War, 1814-1815; President of the United States
(first term), 1817-1821; (second term), 1821-1825. He died in the city
of New York, July 4, 1831, on the fifty-fifth anniversary of the
Independence of the United States.

No. 50. (p. 254)
PLATE LI.

_October 5, 1813._

Major General William H. Harrison. [Rx]. Resolution of Congress
April 4. 1818.

MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.

[_Victory of the Thames._]

MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM H. (_Henry_) HARRISON. Bust of General Harrison,
in uniform, facing the right. FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).

RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS APRIL 4, 1818. America, personified as a
maiden, with a spear in her right hand and resting on the American
shield, places with her left a crown of laurel on a trophy formed of
the arms of the enemy, on which hangs a buckler, with the inscription
FORT MEIGS BATTLE OF THE THAMES. Exergue: BATTLE OF THE THAMES OCTOBER
5. 1813. FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).

WILLIAM