Clinton, De Witt, i. 112, 228, 233; resigns his senatorship to become mayor of New York, 266, 281; attacks Burr through Cheetham, 331; his duel with Swartwout, 332; ii. 206; presides over a “Chesapeake” meeting in New York, iv. 28; his attitude toward the embargo, 283; takes electoral votes from Madison, 287; nominated for the Presidency by New York, vi. 215; his canvass, 409, 410; his electoral vote, 413; vii. 48; favors Erie Canal, ix. 168. Clinton, George, i. 114; governor of New York, 228; ii. 173; nominated for Vice-President, 180; Vice-President, iii. 126; his casting vote confirms Armstrong, 153, 172; renominated for Vice-President in 1808, iv. 226, 287; his hostility to Madison, 227; supported by Cheetham for the Presidency, 227, 284; his opinions reported by Erskine, 385; his opposition to Madison, 428, 430; presides in the Senate, v. 76, 190; his vote against the Bank Charter, 337; his political capacity, 363, 364; his death, vi. 214. Clopton, John, member of Congress from Virginia, on the army bill, iv. 212. Coast survey, appropriation for, by Congress, iii. 355. Coasting trade under the embargo, iv. 251 _et seq._; tonnage employed in 1807–1810, v. 15. Cobbett, William, i. 46; in Philadelphia, 118; on the “Chesapeake” affair, iv. 44, 73, 329; his “Weekly Register” on the American war, vii. 356. Cochrane, Sir Alexander, British vice-admiral succeeding Sir John Borlase Warren, communicates with refugee Creeks, vii. 258; joint commander with Ross of expedition in the Chesapeake, viii. 124; his instructions, 124, 125; his orders for general retaliation, 125–127; his letter to Monroe, 128; fails to capture Fort McHenry, 171, 172; sails for Halifax, 173; recommends expedition to Mobile, 311; at New Orleans, 365; suggests canal, 367. Cockburn, Sir George, British rear-admiral, his operations in Chesapeake Bay, vii. 265–269, 274, 276; at Ocracoke, 277, 329; at Cumberland Island, 277, 278; lands with Ross, and urges attack on Washington, viii. 127; pursues and destroys Barney’s flotilla, 129, 130; enters Washington and burns the White House, 145, 146; destroys the type of the “National Intelligencer,” 147; an incendiary, 164; at the attack on Baltimore, 170. Cocke, John, major-general of Tennessee militia, vii. 240; surprises Hillabee village, 241; put under arrest, 252. Cocke, William, senator from Tennessee, ii. 113; censures Randolph, 240. Codrington, Sir Edward, British admiral, his account of the artillery battle at New Orleans, viii. 364.