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CONTENTS.

ANNALS OF AMERICA.

CHAPTER I.-§ 1. Introduction. 2. Expedition of general Hull. 3. March through the Indian country. 4. Invasion of Canada. 5. Reconnoitering on the Thames. 6. Attack on the British advanced posts. 7. Fall of Michillimackinac. 8. Policy of Britain and America towards the Indians. 9. Skirmishing. 10. American supplies intercepted. 11. Battle of Maguago. 12. Canada evacuated. 13. Detroit summoned. 14. Surrender of the army. 15. Massacre at Chicago

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CHAPTER II-§ 1. Character of the American navy. 2. Cruise of the squadron under commodore Rodgers. 3. Pursuit of the Belvidera., 4. Escape of the Constitution. 5. Capture of the Guerriere. 6. Cruise of the Essex. 7. Rodgers' second cruise. 8. The Argus. 9. Capture of the Macedonian. 10. Capture of the Frolick and Wasp. 11. Affairs on the lakes. 12. Capture of the Caledonia and Detroit. 13. Battle of Queenstown. 14. Smyth's abortive expedition 13 CHAPTER III.-§ 1. Military ardour of the western states. 2. Fort Wayne relieved. 3. Indian expeditions. 4. March through the wilderness to Fort Defiance. 5. Failure of Tupper's projected expedition. 6. Expedition to the rapids of the Miami. 7. Second expedition thither. 8. Siege of Fort Harrison. post. 10. Expedition against the Peoria towns. the Indian towns on the Wabash. 12. Destruction of the Indian towns on the Mississinewa. 13. Expedition against the Florida Indians 29 CHAPTER IV.-1. The Bonne Citoyenne challenged. 2. Capture and destruction of the Java. 3. Capture and destruction of the Peacock. 4. Cruise of the Chesapeake. 5. Captured by the Shannon. 6. Capture of the Argus. 7. Capture of the Boxer. 8. Cruise of the President and Congress. 9. Cruise of the Essex. 10. Loss of national vessels. 11. American privateers. 12. The Rolla. 13. The Comet. The General Armstrong. 15. The Decatur CHAPTER V. § 1. Battle near the River Raisin. 2. Battle of Frenchtown. 3. Massacre of the prisoners. 4. Fort Meigs constructed. 5. Siege of Fort Meigs. 6. Skirmishing on the St. Lawrence. Capture of Ogdensburg. 8. Capture of York. 9. Capture of Fort George. 10. Generals Chandler and Winder made prisoners. 11. Capture of Borstler's detachment. 12. Attack on Sackett's Harbour. 13. Sodus burnt. 14. Second attempt on Sackett's Harbour. 15. Attack on Black Rock. 16. Siege of Lower Sandusky CHAPTER VI.-§ 1. Norfolk threatened by a British squadron. 2. Bombardment of Lewistown. 3. Capture of the Dolphin, &c. 4. Acb

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tion between the Fox and Adeline. 5. Annapolis and Baltimore threatened. 6. Burning of the villages of Havre-de-Grace, &c. 7. Attack on Craney Island. 8. Outrages at Hampton. 9. Decatur's squadron driven into New London. 10. Attempt to blow up the Ramilies. 11. Explosion of a torpedo

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CHAPTER VII. § 1. Cruises on lake Erie. 2. Capture of the British squadron. 3. Evacuation of Malden and Detroit. 4. Capture of the British army. 5. Moderation of the conquerors. 6. Expedition to the Peoria lake. 7. Inactivity of the army at Fort George. 8. Chauncey's cruises on lake Ontario. 9. Engagement with the Royal George under Kingston batteries. 10. Engagement with Yeo's squadron. 11. Yeo chased round the lake. 12. Chauncey's second engagement with Yeo. 13. Capture of the British transports CHAPTER VIII. § 1. Movements on lake Champlain. 2. General Hampton invades Canada. 3. Wilkinson moves down the St. Lawrence. 4. Battle of Williamsburgh. 5. Hampton declines a junction. 6. The army moves into winter-quarters. 7. Evacuation of Fort George. 8. Fort Niagara taken by storm. 9. The Niagara frontier laid waste

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CHAPTER IX.-§ 1. Events on the southern frontier. 2. Seizure of Mobile. 3. War with the Creek Indians. 4. Capture of Fort Mims. 5. Battle of Tallushatches. 6. Battle of Talledega. 7. Destruction of the Hillibee towns. 8. Battle of Autossee. 9. Expedition to the Tallapoosie river. 10. Prospects of peace. 11. Retaliation. 12. Correspondence on the employment of the Indians

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.

American and British manifestoes

American and British proclamations on the invasion of Canada
American and British accounts of the capture of Michillimackinac
Attack on the British advanced posts at the river Aux Canards

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American and British accounts of the surrender of the army under general Hull

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Evacuation of Chicago

Cruize of the squadron under commodore Rodgers

Escape of the Constitution

Captain Hull's second cruize

American and British accounts of the capture and destruction of

the Guerriere

Cruize of the Essex

Capture of the Nautilus

Cruize of commodore Rodgers

American and British accounts of the capture of the Frolic and
Wasp

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American and British accounts of the capture of the Macedonian

Capture of the Caledonia and the Detroit

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Battle of Queenstown

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American and British accounts of the capture and destruction of

the Java

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Cruize of the Chesapeake

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Capture and shipwreck of the Vixen

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Capture and destruction of the Peacock

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American and British accounts of the capture of the Chesapeake [169

Capture of the Fly

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Capture of the Dominica

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Capture of the Argus

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Capture of the Boxer

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Cruize of commodore Rodgers

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Capture of the Dart

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Cruize of the Essex

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American and British accounts of the attack on Sackett's Harbour [230

American and British accounts of the capture of generals Chandler

and Winder

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American and British accounts of the capture of the detachment

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British account of the defeat of general Proctor and captain Bar

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British account of a skirmish with the advanced guard of the army

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American and British accounts of the capture of Fort Niagara, and

the desolation of that frontier

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Manifesto & Acla/war 133

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