Morier, J. P., British chargé at Washington, v. 219; his protest against the seizure of West Florida, 315. “Morning Chronicle,” the, on the “Chesapeake” affair, iv. 41, 54, 70; silent toward the American war in 1813, vii. 356; on American privateers, viii. 197; on the failure of the war, ix. 35, 43; on the Ghent correspondence, 43; on the news from Ghent, 54; on the treaty, 55. “Morning Post,” the, on the “Chesapeake” affair, iv. 41, 44, 53, 54, 70 _et seq._, 76; on the principle of retaliation, 132, 317; on the American frigates, vii. 13; calls for execution of British subjects taken in arms, 362; on the American government, ix. 4, 5. Morocco, ii. 137. Morris, Charles, captain in U. S. navy, commands corvette “Adams,” viii. 95; destroys his ship in the Penobscot, 96. Morris, Commodore Richard Valentine, dismissed, ii. 137. Morris, Gouverneur, i. 93; senator of the United States, in the judiciary debate, 279; assails the Government, 435; on the right of deposit, 435; ii. 283; on the Louisiana purchase, ii. 99, 101; his oration on the overthrow of Napoleon, viii. 19, 20; his letter on the Hartford Convention, 299; assists Erie Canal, ix. 168. Morrison, J. W., lieutenant-colonel of British Eighty-ninth Regiment, commanding at Chrystler’s Farm, vii. 189, 190; reinforces Drummond, viii. 46. Morse, Jedediah, i. 78, 93. Moscow, occupied by Napoleon, vii. 4, 27; abandoned, 9, 30. Moseley, Jonathan Ogden, member of Congress from Connecticut, viii. 277. Mountmorris, Lord, v. 265. Mulcaster, W. H., captain in British navy, commands flotilla in Wilkinson’s rear, vii. 187; wounded in attacking Oswego, viii. 29, 30. Mulgrave, Lord, British Foreign Secretary, his reception of Monroe’s complaints in 1805, iii. 47; his indifference to American affairs, 48; affirms the Rule of 1756, 48; fails to answer Burr’s inquiries, 229, 232. Murray, Sir George, British major-general, succeeds Prevost as governor-general of Canada, viii. 118, 267. Murray, J., colonel in British service, retakes Fort George, vii. 202; captures Fort Niagara, 203. Murray William A., Lieutenant of Artillery, his report of conversation in New Orleans respecting Burr’s conspiracy, iii. 303. Muscogee Indians (see Creeks). Nantucket, British naval station, vii. 278; viii. 287; relieved from operation of the embargo in 1814, 369. Napier, Charles James, lieutenant-colonel of British infantry, vii. 272; his remark on the Craney Island affair, 274; on the affair at Hampton, 276; on plundering the Yankees, 278.