Congress, the Seventh, first session of, i. 264–307; second session, 427–433; ii. 74–77; the Eighth, first session of, 92, 96–159; second session, 206–242, 396; session of 1804–1805, iii. 9; problems before, December, 1805, 91; meeting of the Ninth, Dec. 2, 1805, 126; close of first session, 196; opening of second session, Dec. 1, 1806, 328; close of, 369; Tenth, character of, iv. 146; meeting of, Oct. 26, 1807, 152; close of the first session, 223; meeting of second session, Nov. 7, 1808, 354, 361; close of, 453, 454; first session of Eleventh, meets, May 22, 1809, v. 76; proceedings of, 77–86; adjourns June 28, 86; second session meets, Nov. 27, 1809, 176; proceedings of, 178–209; adjourns, May 2, 1810, 209; character of, 316; election of Twelfth, 316; third session of Eleventh, 319–358; close of Eleventh, 358; first session of Twelfth, meets Nov. 4, 1811, vi. 118; its composition, 122; chooses Henry Clay speaker, 124; war-debate in, 133–153; proceedings of, 133–175, 201, 202, 204; declares war against England, 228, 229; adjourns, July 6, 1812, 235; decline of influence, 437; second session of Twelfth, 435–458; meeting of Thirteenth, May 24, 1813, vii. 53; proceedings of first session, 54–64, 67, 70, 71; meeting of second session, Dec. 6, 1813, 364; proceedings of, 369, 372–379, 381–390; Federalist strength in, viii. 228; meeting of third session, Sept. 19, 1814, 239; proceedings of, 247–262, 266–280; peace legislation of, ix. 82–87; close of, 87; meeting of Fourteenth, 106, 107; superiority of Fourteenth, 108–111, 138; proceedings of first session of, 112–122; close of first session, 125; popular rebuke of, 138; second session of, 143; proceedings of second session, 144–153. (See Acts of.) “Congress,” 38-gun frigate, vi. 363; at Boston, 378; her cruise in 1812, 381; returns to Boston, Dec. 31, 1812, vii. 285; goes to sea, April 30, 1813, 285; unseaworthy, 287; returns to Boston, Dec. 14, 1813, 310, 311. Connecticut, i. 105; legislature, action of, in February, 1809, iv. 418, 455; disaffection of, vii. 33, 34; viii. 13; prosperity of, during the war, 15; withdraws militia, Aug. 24, 1814, from national service, 221; appoints delegates to the Hartford Convention, 227; resolutions of legislature against the militia bill, in October, 1814, 278; approves report of the Hartford Convention, 304; regular troops stationed in, 317; elections of 1816, ix. 133, 139; growth of population, 154, 155; increase of wealth in, 157.