Brougham, Henry, his speculations on the cause of English prejudice against America, iv. 73; his hostility to Perceval’s orders, 318; at the bar of the House opposing the Orders in Council, 321; organizes agitation against Orders in Council, vi. 271, 280, 283; his speech of March 3, 1812, 276; obliges ministers to grant a committee of inquiry, 283–285; moves repeal, 285. Brown, Charles Brockden, i. 123. Brown, Jacob, brigadier-general of N. Y. militia, vii. 164, 408; takes command at Sackett’s Harbor, 165; his remarks on the battle at Sackett’s Harbor, 165, 166, 169; appointed brigadier-general in the U. S. army, 170; commands a brigade in Wilkinson’s expedition, 177, 184; favors moving on Montreal, 185; landed on north bank of the St. Lawrence, 187; clears the bank, 188, 191; his opinion of Boyd, 188; appointed major-general, 408; his fitness described by Wilkinson and Scott, 408, 409; ordered to Sackett’s Harbor in February, 1814, viii. 24; carries his army to Niagara, 27; returns to Sackett’s Harbor, 28; at Buffalo in June, ordered to capture Fort Erie, 33; his forces, 34–38; crosses the Niagara River, 39; fights the battle of Chippawa, 40–42; his letter to Commodore Chauncey, 45–46; falls back from Queenston to Chippawa, 47, 48; orders Scott to march toward Queenston, 50; his order to Miller at Lundy’s Lane, 54; his position at Lundy’s Lane, 57; wounded, 58; orders the array to retire, 59; orders Ripley to return to Lundy’s Lane, 64; taken to Buffalo, 66; summons Gaines to Fort Erie, 67; his quarrels with Chauncey and Ripley, 81; his qualities, 82, 218; resumes command, 82, 83; his sortie from Fort Erie, 84–89; asks Izard’s aid, 113; meets Izard at Batavia, 114; distrusts Izard, 115; favors attack on Chippawa in October, 1814, 115; sent to Sackett’s Harbor, 116; Izard’s opinion of, 117; his letter of August 19, 1814, complaining of being left to struggle alone, 218; head of army board for reducing the army, ix. 88; commands northern military district, 88. Brown, James, secretary of the Louisiana Territory, ii. 220; iii. 219, 280. Bruff, Major of Artillery, sounded by General Wilkinson, iii. 222, 241; his charge against Wilkinson, 454. Bruin, Judge, iii. 325. Bryant, William Cullen, i. 110, 132; his poem “The Embargo,” iv. 279; his poem “Thanatopsis,” ix. 207, 208, 213, 216, 217, 238. Buckminster, Joseph, i. 81; remonstrates with Hosea Ballou, ix. 183, 184. Buckminster, Joseph Stevens, i. 90, 162; ix. 177; his Phi Beta Kappa oration, 199, 204; one of the Anthology Club, 202, 203.