his settlement of commercial disputes, 70–73; his commercial arrangement received in England, 87; disavowed, 90, 95; his explanation of the Order of April 26, 1809, 82, 83; his reply to Canning’s criticisms, 94; his recall, 95; effect of his disavowal in the United States, 109; Jackson’s opinion of, 119, 120; his farewell audience, 120; effect of his arrangement on Napoleon, 139, 140, 141; comparison between his pledges and those of Champagny, 301. Erving, George W., as _chargé d’affaires_ replaces Pinckney at Madrid, iii. 37, 377, 388. Erwin, Dr., iii. 263, 265. “Espiègle,” British sloop-of-war, vii. 289, 290. Essex county in Massachusetts, declaration of meeting, July 21, 1812, vi. 402. Essex Junto, the, i. 89, 314; iv. 29, 401, 403, 405, 412, 442, 462. “Essex,” Sir William Scott’s judgment in the case of, iii. 44, 45; received in the United States, 96, 97; Madison’s remarks on, reported by Merry, 98; remarks of “a confidential person,” 99; effect of, in America, 143; Boston memorial against, 144; Philadelphia and Baltimore memorials, 144. “Essex,” 32-gun frigate, her action with the “Alert,” vi. 35, 377; arrives with despatches, 52, 56; sails in July, 1812, 377; returns to port, 378; in the Pacific, vii. 287, 311; viii. 175–177; her force, 178; blockaded at Valparaiso, 179; tries to run the blockade, 179; driven back and captured, 179, 180. Etiquette at Washington, ii. 362 _et seq._, 380. Eustis, Dr. William, member of Congress from Boston, i. 93, 281; his opinion on the political rights of the people of Louisiana, ii. 123, 124; appointed Secretary of War, v. 9; orders Wilkinson not to camp at Terre aux Bœufs, 172, 174; authorizes Harrison to buy Indian land in the Wabash valley, vi. 82; approves Harrison’s purchase, 85; orders Harrison to preserve peace with Indians, 88, 93; orders the Fourth Regiment to Indiana, 92, 93; his lost letter of Sept. 18, 1811, to Harrison, 95; appears before the Committee of Foreign Relations, 129; his supposed incompetence, 168, 206, 392, 395, 396, 397, 398; his duties in 1812, 168; on recruiting, 294; his letters to William Hull, announcing war, 299; and ordering conquests in Canada, 302; his orders to Dearborn to repair to Albany, 306, 308, 309; and to take direction of militia at Niagara, 310, 321, 340; resigns, 422; vii. 81; orders out fifteen hundred Tennessee militia for service in Florida, 206. Evans, Oliver, his inventions, i. 68, 71, 182; his experiments with a stern-wheel steamboat, iii. 217. Evans, Samuel, captain in U. S. navy, commands “Chesapeake,” vii. 291.