Hamilton, Paul, appointed Secretary of the Navy, v. 9, 206; his orders to Commodore Rodgers of June 9, 1810, vi. 26; of May 6, 1811, 25; his supposed incompetence, 169, 290, 395, 398; his orders to Rodgers, Decatur, and Hull in June, 1812, 363–365, 368; his orders of September, 1812, 378; resigns, 428. Hammond, George, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, v. 45. Hampshire county-meeting in January, 1809, iv. 410. Hampton, village of, captured and plundered, vii. 275, 276. Hampton, Wade, brigadier-general in U. S. army, hostile to Wilkinson, v. 169; takes command at New Orleans, 175; vi. 291; appointed Major-General, vii. 37; sent to Lake Champlain, 174; his hostility to Wilkinson, 175; not under Wilkinson’s orders, 175, 176; ordered to prepare winter quarters, 183, 197; his force on Lake Champlain, 192; advances to Chateaugay, 192; reaches Spear’s, 193, 194; his force, 196; his check and retreat, 197; offers resignation, 198; falls back to Plattsburg, 199; blamed by Wilkinson and Armstrong, 199, 200; his resignation accepted, 199, 200, 416; fortifies Norfolk, 271; on Hull’s court-martial, 415; Armstrong’s treatment of, 416. Hanson, A. C., a victim of the Baltimore riot, vi. 407; on the popularity of the war, vii. 69, 70; his speech, Nov. 28, 1814, on the destitution of government, viii. 252, 253. Hardin, Benjamin, member of the Fourteenth Congress from Kentucky, moves to repeal the direct tax, ix. 113; on the effect of the Compensation Act, 137. Hardy, Sir Thomas M., captain in British navy, blockades New York, vii. 278; countenances ship-duels, 286; escorts British expedition to Moose Island, viii. 94. Harper, Robert Goodloe, ii. 154; one of Chase’s counsel, 228, 232; federalist leader in 1799, vi. 144; senator from Maryland, ix. 108. “Harpy,” privateer, viii. 196. Harris, Thomas K., member of Congress from Tennessee, on Giles’s militia bill, viii. 275. Harrison, Fort (see Fort Harrison).