Bayard, James A., member of Congress from Delaware, i. 269, 271; his reply to Giles, 291 _et seq._; beaten by Cæsar A. Rodney, retires to the Senate, ii. 76; re-elected to the House, 201; moves the form of question in the Chase impeachment, 237, 241; senator from Delaware, iii. 339, 461; iv. 146; vi. 229; appointed peace commissioner to Russia, vii. 42; sails for St. Petersburg, 46; nominated and confirmed, 59, 61; arrives at St. Petersburg, 339, 340; obliged to wait at St. Petersburg, 349; goes to London with Gallatin, 355, 363; ix. 1; nominated and confirmed as joint commissioner to Ghent, vii. 371; at Ghent, ix. 14, 15; his remarks to Goulburn, 22; on the Florida policy, 29; Adams’s opinion of, 51; secures the success of the negotiation, 52; appointed minister to Russia, 89; his death, 89. Bayonne Decree. (See Decrees.) Baynes, Edward, colonel of Glengarry Light Infantry, British adjutant-general, negotiates armistice with Dearborn, vi. 323; commands expedition against Sackett’s Harbor, vii. 164, 165; his report, 167. Bayou Bienvenu, selected as line of British advance to New Orleans, viii. 337–339. Beall, William D., colonel of Maryland militia at Bladensburg, viii. 143, 153. Beasley, Daniel, commands at Fort Mims, vii. 229; surprised and killed, 230. Beaujour, Felix de, quoted, i. 46, 165. Beckwith, Sir Sydney, British major-general, repulsed at Craney Island, vii. 272, 274; captures Hampton, 276. Beecher, Lyman, ix. 206. Belden, Lieutenant, iv. 32. Belknap, Jeremy, i. 93. Bellechasse, M., of New Orleans, iii. 300, 305 _et seq._ “Belvidera,” British frigate, blockading New York, vi. 364, 365; escapes from Rodgers’ squadron, 366; chases “Constitution,” 368, 370. Benedict on the Patuxent, Ross’s army lands at, viii. 123, 128; Monroe scouts to, 131. Bentham, George, commander of British sloop-of-war “Carnation,” his part in destroying the “General Armstrong,” viii. 202–207. Benton, Thomas Hart, his opinion of the Louisiana legislation, ii. 119; his brawl with Andrew Jackson, vii. 235. Berkeley, Admiral George Cranfield, issues orders to search the “Chesapeake” for deserters, iv. 3; approves the attack on the “Chesapeake,” 25; recalled and his attack on the “Chesapeake” disavowed, 51. Berlin Decree of Nov. 21, 1806, iii. 389, 412, 416, 427; enforced in August, 1807, iv. 82, 109; Napoleon’s defence of, 221, 295; his persistence in, 295. (See Decrees.) Bermuda, governor of, licenses importation from eastern States, vii. 31. Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste, appointed minister at Washington, ii. 10; Talleyrand’s instructions to, 11. (See Sweden.)