An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . ARMISTICE REFUSED, 489. CAPTUKE OF THE CALKDONIA AND DaTROIT. that Great Britain had offered an armistice, grounded on the repealof the orders in council ; but that as no disposition was manifestedto abandon the practice of impressment, he had rejected it. Congressapproved his conduct, at the same time authorizing him to raisetwenty additional regiments of infantry, and ten compan
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . ARMISTICE REFUSED, 489. CAPTUKE OF THE CALKDONIA AND DaTROIT. that Great Britain had offered an armistice, grounded on the repealof the orders in council ; but that as no disposition was manifestedto abandon the practice of impressment, he had rejected it. Congressapproved his conduct, at the same time authorizing him to raisetwenty additional regiments of infantry, and ten companies of bill was also passed authorizing the construction of four seventy-four gun ships, six frigates of forty-four guns, and six of money were also made for defraying the expensesof the war At the presidential election this year, James Madison was re-elected, while Elbridge Gerry succeeded Mr. Clinton as Vice-Presi-dent.
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