Banks, State, in Boston in 1800, i. 22; in New York, 25; in the South, 31; hostility to, in 1800, 65; popularity of, in 1812, vi. 208, 209; their capital in 1813, vii. 386; their circulation, 386, 388; of New England financial agents of the enemy, 387; capital of New England, 387; specie in New England, 388; pressure of New England on other, 389; suspend specie payments in September, 1814, except in New England, viii. 213, 214; worthlessness of the suspended notes of, 215, 244–246; suspended notes taken in payment of taxes, 256, 257; of Massachusetts refuse loans to State government, 302, 303; currency of, affected by the peace, ix. 61, 62, 98–103; of Massachusetts drained of specie after the peace, 97; discount on notes of, in the autumn of 1815, 98; special treasury accounts in notes of, 98, 99; resist return to specie payments, 128–130; resume specie payments, Feb. 20, 1817, 131, 132; increase of, in Massachusetts, 157, 158; increase of, in Virginia, 162; in New York and Pennsylvania, 166. Bankhead, Dr., vi. 414. Bankruptcy, of the national government, in 1814, viii. 213–215; formally announced, Nov. 9, 1814, 244, 245, 252, 254, 260–262. Baptists in New England, i. 89. Baptists, ix. 133. Barataria, smuggling station at, viii. 321; “hellish banditti” of, 325; work guns at New Orleans, 359. Barbary Powers, war with the, i. 244 _et seq._; ii. 425 _et seq._ Barbour, James, senator from Virginia, ix. 107, 108. Barbour, Philip P., member of the Fourteenth Congress, from Virginia, ix. 107; on the effect of the Compensation Act, 137; opposes internal improvements, 150. Barclay, Captain Robert Heriot, of the Royal Navy, sent to command the British squadron on Lake Erie, vii. 119; his fleet, 120; his report of the battle, 124; his losses, 127. Barclay, John, iii. 231. Baring, Alexander, ii. 358; on neutral frauds, iii. 52; iv. 69; his reply to “War in Disguise,” 317; on British policy, vi. 276; on impressment, vii. 24; correspondence with Gallatin in July, 1813, 343, 349; assists Gallatin to negotiate, 355. Baring, Sir Francis, at the dinner to the Spanish patriots, iv. 331. Barker, Jacob, takes five millions of the loan in 1814, viii. 17, 18; fails to make his payments, 213, 241.