Porter, Peter Buell, member of Congress from New York, vi. 122; on Committee of Foreign Relations, 124, 128; his report favoring war, 133–136; his war speech, 136; favors small army, 151; asks for provisional army, 165; introduces embargo bill, 201; calls for volunteers, 355; charges General Smyth with cowardice, 358; his duel with Smyth, 358; raises volunteer brigade under Brown, viii. 34; strength of his brigade, 37; at Chippawa, 40, 41, 44; at Lundy’s Lane, 53, 56, 58, 64; at Fort Erie, 71, 83; brings volunteers to Brown, 85; leads sortie from Fort Erie, 87, 88; wounded, 88; fails to create a brigade respectable in numbers, 218; in the Fourteenth Congress, ix. 107; helps to defeat Crawford, 123; assists Erie canal, 168. “Portfolio,” the, i. 85, 119, 121; its character and influence, ix. 198–201. Portland, Duke of, Prime Minister of England, iv. 55; his opinion on Spencer Perceval’s proposed Order in Council, 88; his death, v. 107. Portugal, her ports ordered to be closed, iv. 106; forced into war, 118; divided by Napoleon into three parts, 121. Postal System of the United States in 1800, i. 61; in 1816, ix. 170, 171. Postmaster-General (see Gideon Granger, R. J. Meigs). Potomac (see Eastern Branch). Pottawatomies, charged by Tecumthe with bad conduct, vi. 111, 112. Potter, Elisha, member of Congress from Rhode Island, v. 167; vi. 447; opposes the repeal of the restrictive system, vii. 376. Power, ------, major-general in British army, commanding brigade at Plattsburg, viii. 101. Pozzo di Borgo, ii. 66. Prairie du Chien, captured by British expedition, viii. 32. “Preble,” 7-gun sloop in Macdonough’s fleet on Lake Champlain, viii. 105; in the battle of Plattsburg, 109. Preble, Commodore Edward, appointed in command of the Mediterranean squadron, ii. 137; at Tripoli, 426. Prescott, opposite Ogdensburg, vii. 147; British garrison at, 151; passed by Wilkinson, 185. Prescott, William, delegate to the Hartford Convention, viii. 292. Prescott, William Hickling, ix. 206. “President,” American 44-gun frigate, ordered to sea, May 6, 1811, vi. 25, 26; chases a British war-vessel, 27; fires into the “Little Belt,” 30; at New York, 363, 365; goes to sea, 366; cruise of, 366, 368; returns to Boston, 375, 378; sails again, 381; returns to Boston, Dec. 31, 1812, 381; vii. 285; goes to sea, April 30, 1813, 285; returns to Newport, Sept. 27, 1813, 310; goes to sea, Dec. 4, 1813, 311; in British waters, 333; captured by British squadron, Jan. 15, 1815, ix. 63–70. Press, Jefferson’s remarks on the, iii. 7. (See Newspapers.)