Eppes, John W., member of Congress from Virginia, ii. 95; opposes suspension of habeas corpus, iii. 339; opposes fortifications, 351; opposes increase of army, iv. 211; supports increase of army, 217; opposes submission to England, 451; chairman of Committee of Ways and Means in Eleventh Congress, v. 76; his appropriation bills for 1810, 200; his bill for reviving non-intercourse against Great Britain, 338; maintains doctrine of contract with France, 341; waits arrival of Serurier, 345; amends his non-intercourse bill, 351; quarrels with John Randolph, 352; defeats John Randolph for Congress, vii. 51; chairman of Ways and Means committee, 53; defeated for the Fourteenth Congress by Randolph, viii. 239; his treasury-note scheme, 247–249; silent about legal tender, 248, 254; reports treasury-note bill, 254; favors doubling taxes, 255; Ticknor’s report of his remark to Gaston, 262; moves to reduce term of military service, 279; defeated for the Fourteenth Congress, ix. 93. Erie Canal, i. 112; ix. 168, 169. Erie, Fort (see Fort Erie). Erie, Lake, armaments on, vi. 296, 304, 317, 344; Perry’s victory on, vii. 115–129. Erskine, Lord Chancellor, iii. 393; his speech against the Orders in Council, iv. 320; on the American war, vii. 18. Erskine, David Montague, succeeds Merry as British minister at Washington, iii. 250, 423; takes Monroe’s treaty to Madison, 429; at the White House, iv. 35, 36; his reports on the “Chesapeake” excitement, 37, 78, 142, 143; reports intended commercial restrictions, 144; reports Jefferson’s conversation on the “Chesapeake” negotiation, December, 1807, 162; reports an embargo to be imposed in expectation of a retaliatory Order in Council declaring a blockade of France, 175, 176, 332; accompanies Rose to Madison, 193; reported by Rose, 199; interview with Jefferson, Nov. 9, 1808, 351–353; reports the opinion of members of Jefferson’s cabinet on the situation in November, 1808, 384; informs Canning of the warlike attitude of the government, 386; reports Gallatin’s remarks as to foreign relations, 389; advises Canning that war is imminent, 392, 393; reports Madison for war, 394; his account of the struggle for the repeal of the embargo, 443 _et seq._; his report, March 17, 1809, of Turreau’s anger at the repeal of embargo, v. 34, 35; his threatening despatches of November and December, 1808, 49, 50; his instructions of Jan. 23, 1809, 52–57, 66, 70–72, 90, 94, 111; his reasons for exceeding instructions, 67, 70, 94; his settlement of the “Chesapeake affair,” 67, 68; his “Chesapeake” settlement disavowed by Canning, 88, 89;