Volume 2 — CHAPTER XLIX.
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CHAPTER XLIX.
Declaration of War by the United States 331-336
Declaration of war, June 18, 1812; votes in the House of Representatives for and against it 331
Character of the war party and its Generals 333
Opposition to the war, and reasons against it, by a State Convention of New York 333
Address of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts against the war 334
The Orders in Council, as administered, beneficial to American merchants 335