Baltimore in 1800, i. 29, 131; population in 1810, v. 289; threatened by Cockburn, vii. 269; chief object of British attack, viii. 121, 127; defences of, 166, 167; British attack on, 168–172; banks suspend payment, 213; saved by engineers and sailors, 219; inhabitants to feel Ross’s visit, 315; effect of repulse at Ghent, 35, 36; depreciation of currency, ix. 62; shares loan of 1815, 102; growth of, 156; steamboat at, 172. Baltimore riot, July 27, 1812, vi. 406–409. Bancroft, George, ix. 206. Bangor, in Maine, plundered by British expedition, viii. 96. Bank of England, drain of specie from, 1817–1819, ix. 127. Bank of the United States, Jefferson’s hostility to, ii. 130, 131; Gallatin’s dependence on, v. 167; bill introduced for rechartering, 207, 208; hostile influence of State Banks, 327, 330, 332, 335, 336; pretexts for opposition to charter of, 328, 329; necessity for, 329; Crawford’s bill for rechartering, 332; debate on, 332–336; defeat of, 337; a fatal loss to the Treasury, vii. 386; viii. 214; plan for, with fifty millions’ capital, recommended by Dallas in October, 1814, 249, 250; Dallas’s plan of, approved by House, October 24, 250; Calhoun’s plan of, approved by House, 251; Senate bill, 257; defeated in the House, 257–258; Webster’s plan adopted by Congress, 259, 260; vetoed, 260; new bill introduced, passes the Senate Feb. 11, 1815, ix. 56, 57, 82; postponed by the House, 82; recommended by Dallas in his annual report of 1815, 106; Dallas’s scheme of 1816, 111; bill for incorporating, 116, 117; bill passes and becomes law, 118; capital subscribed, 131; begins operations, January, 1817, 131.