Lewis, Morgan, of the Livingston connection, i. 108; elected in 1804 governor of New York, iv. 283; appointed major-general, vii. 37, 156; on the capture of Fort George, 158; withdraws from Stony Creek, 160; on Dearborn’s health, 161; ordered to Sackett’s Harbor, 162, 177; commands division under Wilkinson, 184; ill at Chrystler’s Farm, 188, 190; commands district, 407. Lewis, William, i. 127. Lewis, William, colonel of Fifth Kentucky militia, vii. 88, 89, 91; captured, 96. Liancourt, Duc de, describes Philadelphia, i. 28, 117; on the Virginians, 33; on life in Pennsylvania, 42, 45, 52; on Virginia culture, 133, 157, 165. Libraries in 1800, i. 61, 63, 129, 152. Licenses of trade, British, proposed by Spencer Perceval, iv. 88; favored by Canning, 92; prescribed by Orders in Council, 103, 323; v. 59, 64; scandal of, 273; debate on, 274, 275; Canning’s remarks on, 278, 280; Sidmouth’s conditions on, 281; Castlereagh proposes to abandon, 221, 282; to be restricted in the war to New England vessels, vii. 31. Licenses, Napoleon’s system of, v. 246–249; promised abandonment of, 392, 393; continued issue of, 400; repudiated by Napoleon, 414, 417, 422; municipal character of, vi. 43; their continued issue, 54; extension of, 250. Lieven, Prince de, Russian ambassador in London, vii. 340; informs Roumanzoff of Castlereagh’s refusal of mediation, 346, 349; ordered to renew the offer, 348, 351, 352; refuses to renew the offer, 353. Lincoln, Abraham, i. 171. Lincoln, Levi, Attorney-General, i. 219, 304; ii. 2; on the acquisition of new territory by the United States, 78; resigns, iii. 10; governor of Massachusetts, iv. 416; declines appointment as justice, v. 359. Lingan, James Maccubin, killed by Baltimore rioters, vi. 407, 408. Linn, James, member of Congress from New Jersey, i. 295. Linn, John Blair, i. 123. “Linnet,” British 18-gun brig on Lake Champlain, viii. 103; her armament, 104; in the battle of Plattsburg, 110. Liston, Robert, British minister, ii. 340, 367. Literature, American, in 1800, i. 41, 75 _et seq._, 93; in 1817, ix. 175–218, 238. “Little Belt,” British sloop-of-war, affair of, v. 25–37, 45, 270. “Little Belt,” 3-gun British sloop on Lake Erie, vii. 120. Little Warrior of Wewocau, joins Tecumthe, vii. 223; murders white families on the Ohio, 224; is put to death, 225. Livermore, Edward St. Loe, member of Congress from Massachusetts, v. 184. Liverpool, meeting of merchants at, in September, 1814, viii. 198.