reports Boerstler’s disaster, 163; removed from command, 171, 416; put in command of New York, 407, 416; president of court-martial on William Hull, 417; nominated Secretary of War in 1815, ix. 89. Dearborn, Fort, at Chicago, murders at, vi. 110; garrison at, 294; evacuated, 334. Debt, Public (see Finances). Decatur, James, killed at Tripoli, ii. 427. Decatur, Stephen, burns the “Philadelphia,” ii. 139; at Tripoli, 427; captain in U. S. navy, on Barron’s court-martial, iv. 21, 24; commands squadron, vi. 363; his orders, 363, 364, 368; his advice, 364; his first cruise in 1812, 366, 368, 375; his second cruise, 381; captures the “Macedonian,” 382, 383; returns to port with prize, 383; takes refuge with squadron in New London, vii. 278, 279; reports on blue lights, 279, 280; commands “President,” ix. 63; runs blockade, 64; his battle with the “Endymion,” 65, 69; his surrender, 70. Decrees, French, of 1798, vi. 139. Decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806, declaring Great Britain in a state of blockade, and excluding from French ports all vessels coming from British ports, iii. 389–391; its effect on Monroe and Pinckney’s negotiation, 412; its effect in the United States, 427; not enforced until August, 1807, iv. 82; its enforcement notified to Armstrong, Sept. 18, 1807, 109; Napoleon’s defence of, 110, 111, 221, 95; his varying objects in using, v. 24. ---- of Milan, Dec. 17, 1807, declaring good prize every neutral vessel that should have been searched by an English ship, or paid any duty to the British government, or should come from or go to a British port, iv. 126; its effect in the United States, 195. ---- of Bayonne, April 17, 1808, directing the seizure of all American vessels entering the ports of France, Italy, and the Hanse Towns, iv. 303, 304; rigorously enforced, 312.