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issued by Jefferson excluding British armed vessels from American waters, after "Chesapeake" affair, 160-161; Royal, directing commanders of British naval vessels to impress British-born seamen found in foreign merchant ships, and denying efficacy of naturalization papers to discharge from allegiance, 166; by Jefferson, against combinations to defy Embargo laws, 207; by Madison, permitting renewal of trade with Great Britain, 219, and withdrawn, 219; by Madison, announcing revocation of Napoleon's Decrees, 238.

_Procter, Henry._ British general. As colonel, in command of Fort Malden, i. 345; acts against Hull's communications, 345; instructions from Brock, after fall of Detroit, 367; compels surrender of Winchester's detachment at Frenchtown, 370; subsequent action, 373; ii. 67, 68; attack on Fort Meigs, 68; project against Erie, 69; baffled at Fort Stephenson, 73; upon Harrison's approach, after battle of Lake Erie, evacuates Detroit and Malden, retreating up valley of the Thames, and defeated at Moravian Town, 103; reaches British lines at Burlington, with remnant of his force, 103.

_Quincy, Josiah._ Representative in Congress from Massachusetts. Defines position of New England concerning Orders in Council and impressment questions, i. 211-212; disproves the accuracy of the charge brought by the Administration against the British minister, Jackson, 232; supports the report for increase of navy, 260; predicts that a suitable naval establishment would be a unifying force in national politics, 261; sends word to seaports of intended embargo of April, 1812, 263.

"_Rattlesnake._" American brig of war. Particulars of cruise of, ii. 231-233.

_Reeves._ British writer on the Navigation Laws, quoted, i. 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 39 (note).

"_Reindeer._" British sloop of war. Captured by "Wasp," ii. 254.

_Riall, Phineas._ British general, commanding on Niagara frontier, December, 1813. Captures Fort Niagara, and raids successfully western New York, burning towns in retaliation for the burning of Newark, ii. 120-122; in 1814, suggests destruction of Fort Niagara, 275; at Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, with intervening operations, 295-298, 306-310; wounded and captured at Lundy's Lane, 310.

_Rodgers, John._ Captain, U.S.N. Encounter with British sloop "Little Belt," i. 256-259; commands a squadron at declaration of war, 314; opinion as to proper mode of using navy against enemy's commerce, 317-320; ii. 130-131, 216; orders of Navy Department to, 320; sails with squadron on the first cruise of the war, 322; incidents, 323-324, and effects, direct and indirect, of first cruise of, 324-327; effects of second cruise, 402-404; incidents of second cruise, with "President" and "Congress," 407-409; incidents of third cruise, in "President" alone, ii. 128-129; after fourth cruise, enters New York, and turns over command of "President" to Decatur, i. 405. Employed in Potomac River, harassing retreat of British squadron from Alexandria, 350.

_Rose, George H._ British special envoy to Washington for settlement of "Chesapeake" affair, i. 165-167; failure of mission, 167.

_Ross, Robert._ British general employed in Chesapeake expedition. Instructions issued to, ii. 331; capture of Washington, 340-351; killed in advance against Baltimore, 357; instructions to, for New Orleans expedition, 385-386; sanguine expectations of, after capture of Washington, 424-425; succeeded by Sir Edward Pakenham for New Orleans expedition, 392, 427.

_Rottenburg, De._ British general in command on Niagara frontier June, 1813, ii. 69; declines to detach to aid of Procter and Barclay on Lake Erie, 69; proceeds to Kingston, with re-enforcements, in anticipation of American attack, 110-111; despatches detachment in pursuit of Wilkinson's movement down the St. Lawrence, 114.

_Russell, Jonathan._ American _chargé d'affaires_ in France, after Armstrong's departure,