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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._]
Description of Medal........................................ 238 Biographical Sketch of Andrew Jackson....................... 238 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Jackson.............................. February 27, 1815... 239 General Jackson to the Secretary of War. January 13, 1815... 240 General Jackson to the Secretary of War. January 19, 1815... 241 General Jackson's Farewell Address to his Army....................................... March, 1815... 242 Resolutions of Congress complimentary to Commodore D. T. Patterson and others........... February 15, 1815... 243 Resolutions of Congress complimentary to the People of the State of Louisiana, etc.............. February 15, 1815... 244
47 CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART. XLVIII
[_Capture of the Cyane and of the Levant._]
Description of Medal........................................ 245 Biographical Sketch of Charles Stewart...................... 245 Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Stewart, etc......................... February 22, 1816... 246 Captain Stewart to the Secretary of the Navy... May, 1815... 246 Minutes of the Action between the Const.i.tution, Cyane, and Levant.................... February 20, 1815... 247
48 CAPTAIN JAMES BIDDLE. XLIX
[_Capture of the Penguin._]
Description of Medal........................................ 249 Biographical Sketch of James Biddle......................... 249 Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Biddle, etc.......................... February 22, 1816... 250 Captain Biddle to the Secretary of the Navy.................................... March 25, 1815... 250
49 PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE. L
[_Fifth President of the United States of America._]
Description of Medal........................................ 253 Biographical Sketch of James Monroe......................... 253
50 MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. LI (p. lxi)
[_Victory of the Thames._]
Description of Medal........................................ 254 Biographical Sketch of William Henry Harrison............... 254 Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to General Harrison and Governor Shelby, etc................. April 4, 1818... 255 General Harrison to the Secretary of War. October 5, 1813... 255 General Harrison to the Secretary of War. October 9, 1813... 256 General Orders of Debarkation, of March, and of Battle.............................. September 27, 1813... 261
51 GOVERNOR ISAAC SHELBY. LII
[_Victory of the Thames._]
Description of Medal........................................ 265 Biographical Sketch of Isaac Shelby......................... 265
52 TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH FRANCE. LIII
Description of Medal........................................ 266 Biographical Sketch of Bertrand Andrieu..................... 266 Biographical Sketch of Raymond Gayrard...................... 267 Treaty of Commerce with France............. June 24, 1822... 267
53 PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. LIV
[_Sixth President of the United States of America._]
Description of Medal........................................ 270 Biographical Sketch of John Quincy Adams.................... 270
54 PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON. LV
[_Seventh President of the United States of America._]
Description of Medal........................................ 271
55 COLONEL GEORGE CROGHAN. LVI
[_Defence of Fort Stephenson._]
Description of Medal........................................ 272 Biographical Sketch of George Croghan....................... 272 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Colonel Croghan, etc.................................. February 13, 1835... 273 Major Croghan to General Harrison......... August 5, 1813... 273
