THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES MADISON 1813–1817 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. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DURING THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES MADISON BY HENRY ADAMS VOL. II. NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1891 _Copyright, 1890_ BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS. University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAPTER PAGE I. MASSACHUSETTS DECIDES 1 II. CHIPPAWA AND LUNDY’S LANE 24 III. FORT ERIE 62 IV. PLATTSBURG 91 V. BLADENSBURG 120 VI. BALTIMORE 149 VII. SLOOPS-OF-WAR AND PRIVATEERS 174 VIII. EXHAUSTION 212 IX. CONGRESS AND CURRENCY 239 X. CONGRESS AND ARMY 263 XI. THE HARTFORD CONVENTION 287 XII. NEW ORLEANS IN DANGER 311 XIII. THE ARTILLERY BATTLE 340 XIV. THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS 367 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. CHAPTER I.