Message, first annual of President Madison, May 23, 1809, i. 76; annual, of Nov. 29, 1809, 176–178; special, of Jan. 3, 1810, asking for volunteers, 179; annual, of Dec. 5, 1810, 317–319; special, of Feb. 19, 1811, on the revocation of the French decrees, 347, 348; annual, of Nov. 5, 1811, ii. 124–126; special, of March 9, 1812, communicating John Henry’s papers, 181; special, of April 1, 1812, recommending an embargo for sixty days, 198; of April 24, 1812, asking for two Assistant Secretaries of War, 206; of June 1, 1812, recommending a declaration of war with England, 221–226; annual, of Nov. 4, 1812, 430–433. Michigan territory, population in 1810, i. 289. Michillimackinaw, Island of, ii. 294; captured by British expedition, 314, 320. Militia, constitutional power of Congress over, ii. 159, 160, 400; Cheves’s opinion on the war power, 160; act authorizing call for one hundred thousand, 204, 390; refuses to cross the frontier, 351, 352, 360; of Kentucky, 391, 393. Miller, James, Lieutenant-Colonel of Fourth U. S. Infantry, at Detroit, ii. 326, 328. Mitchell, D. B., Governor of Georgia, ii. 242. Mobile, ii. 236. Monroe, James, Madison’s advances to, i. 159, 161, 162; his state of mind, 162; offered the State Department, 366; his acceptance and policy, 368–374; takes charge, 380; Secretary of State, April 1, 1811, ii. 50; his sensitiveness about the title to West Florida, 38; his reply to Foster’s protest against the seizure of Florida, 38, 39; blames Jonathan Russell for questioning the revocation of the French decrees, 42; asserts the revocation of the French decrees, 42, 43; abandons task of reconciliation with England, 44; requires revocation of the Orders in Council, 45; delays Barlow’s departure, 50; his remonstrances to Serurier about Napoleon’s conduct, 51, 54, 188, 189, 194, 195, 200, 217; his remarks on protection accorded to commerce, 58; his acceptance of Madison’s policy, 59–61; affirms to Foster the repeal of Napoleon’s decrees, 65; his letter of June 13, 1812, to John Taylor, of Caroline, 66; his language to Serurier, in October, 1811, 120; informs Serurier, in November, of executive plan, 129; agrees to assist the independence of Spanish America, 130; negotiates purchase of Henry’s papers, 178–180; his remarks to Foster on Wellesley’s instructions, 192; his conference with House Committee of Foreign Relations, March 31, 1812, 197; his remarks on the embargo, 199, 200, 202; his relations toward Matthews and the occupation of East Florida, 238, 240, 241, 242; his criticisms on the conduct of the war, 396, 397;