Kingston, on Lake Ontario, vii. 145; Armstrong’s plan of attacking, 149; British garrison at, 150, 151; Dearborn decides not to attack, 152, 153; Prevost embarks at, 163, 164; Wilkinson ordered to attack, 176; Wilkinson decides to pass, 178; Armstrong and Wilkinson change opinions regarding, 180–182; Brown ordered to attack, in February, 1814, viii. 27; Prevost visits, in October, 1814, 92, 118; preparations at, for the siege of Sackett’s Harbor, 118, 119. “Knickerbocker” school of literature, ix. 209–212. Labouchère, iii. 379; v. 238, 239. Lacock, Abner, senator from Pennsylvania, opposes the appointment of Dallas to the Treasury, vii. 397; consents to Dallas’s appointment, viii. 243. Lacolle River, Wilkinson’s defeat at, viii. 25, 26; British force at, 26. Lady “Prevost,” 13-gun British schooner on Lake Erie, vii. 120; in action, 124; crippled and captured, 127. Laffite, Jean, Pierre, and Dominique, of Barataria, viii. 321. Lambert, Henry, captain of the British frigate “Java,” vi. 385, 386. Lambert, John, Travels of, a description of New York under the embargo, iv. 278. Lambert, John, British major-general, ordered on the expedition to New Orleans, viii. 314; arrives at New Orleans, 367; commands reserve, 372; his report of the assault, 376, 377; recalls Thornton, 380, 381; escapes, 382; captures Fort Bowyer, 383–385. “Landrail,” British cutter captured in the channel, viii. 195, 196. Langdon, John, of New Hampshire, offered the Navy Department, i. 220; Jefferson writes to, 330; nominated for the Vice-Presidency, vi. 214. Lansdowne, Marquess of, moves for a committee on the Orders in Council, vi. 275; on British naval success, vii. 17. Latour, A. Lacarriere, chief engineer to Jackson at New Orleans, reports to Jackson the numbers of the British advance, viii. 343, 344; lays out lines on the west bank, 370; his services, ix. 236. Latrobe, Benjamin H., report on steam-engines, i. 68, 70, 112; letter of, to Volney, 130; architect of the Capitol, iv. 152; rebuilds the capitol, ix. 142, 143. Lauriston, Marquis de, French ambassador to Russia, v. 418. Laussat, Pierre Clement, French prefect in Louisiana, ii. 5; arrives at New Orleans, 10, 13; defines the boundaries of the Louisiana purchase, 255; declares the Rio Bravo the western limit of Louisiana, 298; iii. 164; his account of the situation, 298. “Lawrence,” Perry’s flagship, vii. 120, 127; viii. 111.