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correspondence with, and in the case of, Jackson, the British minister to Washington, 222-228; attributes to Madison's intervention an offensive expression in letter to Erskine, 228-229.

_Smith, Samuel._ Senator from Maryland. Quoted in connection with Embargo legislation, i. 184.

_Stewart, Charles._ Captain, U.S.N. Commands "Constellation," ii. 11, when driven into Norfolk, and there blockaded for the rest of the war, 12; his reports while in Norfolk waters, 10, 17, 160-162; transferred to the "Constitution," at Boston, 161, 162; difficulty in escaping from Boston, 147 (see also i. 405 and ii. 12); first cruise in "Constitution," 230-231; second escape, 404; captures "Cyane" and "Levant," 405-406; quoted, ii. 12, 20.

_Strong, Caleb._ Governor of Massachusetts. Quoted, in support of British claim to impress, i. 7; in condemnation of the war, and of the invasion of Canada, ii. 352.

_St. Vincent, Earl of._ British admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty. Statements and opinions concerning impressment, during Rufus King's negotiations, i. 124-126.

_Turreau, General._ French Minister to the United States. Opinion that Erskine's concessions showed the break-down of Great Britain, i. 230.

_Vincent, John._ British general, commanding on Niagara line, at the time of Dearborn's attack, ii. 38; retreat to Burlington, 39; attack by, at Stony Creek, 46; on American retreat reoccupies peninsula, except Fort George, 47-48; superseded by De Rottenburg, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, 69; left again in command by De Rottenburg's departure to Kingston, 110; retreats again to Burlington on the news of battle of the Thames, 103, 118; ordered to retire further, to York, and reasons for not doing so, 118.

_Warren, Sir John._ British admiral, and commander-in-chief on North American station,