Description of Medal........................................ 203 Biographical Sketch of Jacob Brown.......................... 203 Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Generals Brown, Scott, Porter, Gaines, Macomb, Ripley and Miller................................ November 3, 1814... 204 General Brown to the Secretary of War....... July 7, 1814... 205 General Orders.............................. July 6, 1814... 208 General Brown to the Secretary of War....... August, 1814... 208 General Brown to the Secretary of War. September 29, 1814... 211 General Brown to the Secretary of War.... October 1, 1814... 214 40 MAJOR-GENERAL PETER BUEL PORTER. XLI [_Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie._] Description of Medal........................................ 215 Biographical Sketch of Peter Buel Porter.................... 215 General Porter to General Brown........September 22, 1814... 216 41 BRIGADIER-GENERAL ELEAZER WHEELOCK RIPLEY. XLII [_Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie._] Description of Medal........................................ 219 Biographical Sketch of Eleazer Wheelock Ripley.............. 219 General Ripley to General Gaines. August 17, 1814........... 220 42 BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES MILLER. XLIII [_Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie._] Description of Medal........................................ 223 Biographical Sketch of James Miller......................... 223 43 MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT. XLIV [_Victories of Chippewa and Niagara._] Description of Medal........................................ 224 Biographical Sketch of Winfield Scott....................... 224 44 MAJOR-GENERAL EDMUND PENDLETON GAINES. XLV [_Victory of Erie._] Description of Medal........................................ 226 Biographical Sketch of Edmund Pendleton Gaines.............. 226 General Gaines to the Secretary of War... August 15, 1814... 227 General Gaines to the Secretary of War... August 23, 1814... 227 General Gaines to the Secretary of War... August 26, 1814... 231 45 MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER MACOMB. XLVI (p. lx) [_Victory of Plattsburgh._] Description of Medal........................................ 233 Biographical Sketch of Alexander Macomb..................... 233 General Macomb to the Secretary of War................................. September 15, 1814... 234 Resolution of Congress Voting Rifles to Martin J. Aitkin and others...................... May 20, 1826... 237 46 MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON. XLVII [_Victory of New Orleans._]