Feb. 10—An act for commencing the Coast Survey, and appropriating $50,000 for that purpose, is passed.
The English had defeated and almost annihilated the French and Spanish navies, and became very tyrannical toward neutral nations, which begins to injure our commerce. Bonaparte retaliates in the same spirit which doubles the difficulty.
Mar. 18—A treaty made by American ambassadors with England was rejected by our government because the British refused to allow that British born citizens could become American citizens by naturalization. These the English government claimed the right of impressing from our vessels, which we denied.
June 22—A British ship of war, the Leopard, fires into the American frigate Chesapeake while unprepared to resist, and took several men from her. Three Americans were killed, and eighteen wounded. It greatly exasperated the Americans.
July 2—The President ordered all English ships of war to leave American waters.
Aug. 25—Com. Preble, of the U.S. navy, died.
Sept. 15—Aaron Burr tried for treason, (he was the leader of the conspiracy believed to have endeavored to detach the Mississippi Valley from the Union,) was acquitted for want of evidence, though generally believed guilty.
Nov. 26—Oliver Ellsworth, U. S. Chief Justice, died.
Dec. 17—Bonaparte’s “Milan Decree” subjects American commercial vessels to seizure.
” 22—This and like British “Orders in Council” caused Congress to lay an embargo, forbidding any vessels to sail from our ports.