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tured by Lieutenant Elliott, 355; takes part as American in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 81; lost, 327. _Calhoun, John C._ Member of American Congress. Confidence concerning the conquest of Canada, i. 303. _Campbell, Hugh G._ Captain, U.S.N., commanding Georgia coast district. Reports on coast conditions, ii. 185, 186, 195, 196, 197, 198. _Canada._ Expected by British writers to take the place of the United States in supplying West Indies, i. 45, 48; unable to do so, 64, 86; benefited, however, by enforcement of navigation laws against the United States, 78, 79; propriety of invasion of by the United States, in 1812, considered, 292-294; object of invasion of, defined by Monroe, 293; how regarded in England, ii. 356. _Canning, George._ British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Takes office, i. 134; statement as to the British right of impressment from foreign merchant vessels, 115; refusal to re-open treaty negotiations with Monroe and Pinkney, 135; characteristics of his letters, 154; negotiations with Monroe, concerning the "Chesapeake" affair, 156-168; instructions to Erskine, for proposals to United States, 215-219; Erskine's action disavowed by, and Jackson sent in place, 221; misquotation of, by Robert Smith, American Secretary of State, 226, 227; duel with Castlereagh, 229; succeeded in office by Lord Wellesley, 229. _Carden, John S._ Captain, R.N. Commands "Macedonian" captured by "United States," i. 416. _Castlereagh, Lord._ British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Duel with Canning, i. 229; remains in office after Perceval's assassination, 273; opinion on political movements in United States immediately before war, 274; concerning Napoleon's alleged decree of April 28, 1811, 276; instructions to the peace commission at Ghent, 415-418; quoted in connection with the peace negotiations, 410, 417, 418, 420, 428, 429. _Chalmers, George._ British writer on political and economical subjects. Quoted, i. 21, 26, 32, 36, 50, 68, 77 (note). _Champagny, Duc de Cadore._ French Minister of Foreign Affairs. Quoted in connection with Napoleon's Decrees, i. 174. 175, 181; celebrated letter of, August 5, 1810, 237; accepted by American Government as a valid revocation of the Decrees, 238; discussion of, 239-242; rejected as a revocation by Great Britain, 242. _Champlain, Lake._ Natural highway
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