Chapter I: Front Matter

THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION

OF

JAMES MADISON

1809-1813

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

BY

HENRY ADAMS.

VOLS. I. AND II.--THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF JEFFERSON.
1801–1805.

VOLS. III. AND IV.--THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF JEFFERSON.
1805–1809.

VOLS. V. AND VI.--THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF MADISON. 1809–1813.

VOLS. VII., VIII., AND IX.--THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF
MADISON. 1813–1817. WITH AN INDEX TO THE ENTIRE WORK. (_In
Press._)

HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DURING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF

JAMES MADISON

BY HENRY ADAMS

VOL. II.

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

1890

_Copyright, 1890_

BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.

University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. PINKNEY’S INAMICABLE LEAVE 1

II. THE “LITTLE BELT” 25

III. MADISON TRIUMPHANT 46

IV. HARRISON AND TECUMTHE 67

V. TIPPECANOE 90

VI. MEETING OF THE TWELFTH CONGRESS 113

VII. WAR DEBATES 133

VIII. WAR LEGISLATION 154

IX. MADISON AS MINERVA 176

X. HESITATIONS 199

XI. WAR 220

XII. JOEL BARLOW 245

XIII. REPEAL OF THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL 267

XIV. INVASION OF CANADA 289

XV. HULL’S SURRENDER 312

XVI. THE NIAGARA CAMPAIGN 336

XVII. NAVAL BATTLES 362

XVIII. DISCORD 388

XIX. EXECUTIVE EMBARRASSMENTS 412

XX. WAR LEGISLATION 435

INDEX 459

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.