Washington City, captured by British, pillaged and capitol building burned
Wasp captures Frolic and is captured
Wasp captures Reindeer, Avon and three other prizes and mysteriously disappears
Whitney, Eli, inventor cotton gin
Winder, General, trying to raise troops to defend capitol
Xenophon, the, on the Maryland coast
Young members in Congress who favor war with England elect Henry Clay speaker
York, siege of
Zeal of Jefferson to aid French