Excerpt from A Complete History of the Late American War With Great-Britain and Her Allies: From the Commencement of Hostilities in 1812, Till the Conclusion of Peace With the Algerines in 1815; With Geographical Notes, Relative to the Seat of War and Scene of Battle, and Biographical Sketches of the Principal Actors Notwithstanding the great desire which the people of the United States possessed of maino taining peace and friendship with all the nations of the world, but particularly with G. Britain, viii) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.