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1	O. P. Chitwood, F. L. Owsley, and H. C. Nixon, The United States from Colony to World Power, (New York, 1954),218. Delegates from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire met at Hartford, Connecticut, December 15,
1814,	to declare their opposition to the war. Declaring that a state could interpose its authority against unconstitutional acts of the Federal Government, the Convention also proposed seven constitutional amendments and appointed a committee to go to Washington to negotiate with the Government. Shortly after the committee?s arrival, however, word came of the overwhelmingAmericanvictory at New Orleans, so that the representatives retired without revealing the purpose of their trip.
2	The northern states were more concerned with the infamous ?Orders of Council" passed by the British Government permitting that nation?s navy to search any United States ship on the pretense of looking for English deserters, and forbidding any intercourse between France and America. The firing on the American frigate Chesapeake inthe summer of 1807 by the British warship Leopard for the former vessel's refusal to be searched, brought the two countries dangerously close to war, and Federalist apathy was almost swept away by an aroused public opinion.
3	Charles B. Brooks, The Siege of New Orleans, (Seattle, 1961,) 12. Jackson assumed command of the Military District on May 28.
4	Enroute to Mobile Jackson on August 10 concluded a peace treaty with the Creeks, requiring that tribe to reside on lands bordered by the Coosa River to the west, the Chattahoochee in the east, and to the south, by a line running east and west. It was thought that the Creeks and Seminoles would thus be separated, and contact broken with British agents. John H. DeWitt, ?General James Winchester, 1752-1826,??in Tennessee Historical Magazine
I	(1915), 183.
.5 Coffee was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, June 2, 1772, and died at his home ?HickoryHill??near Florence. Alabama, July 7, 1833. Migrating to Tennessee in 1798 with his widowed
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mother, Coffee became a successful merchant and surveyor. In 1809 he married Mary Donelson. Their farm on Stone?s River in Rutherford County was 10 miles from the Hermitage. ?Letters of General John Coffee to His Wife, 1813-1815,? in Tennessee Historical Magazine, II, (1916), 264-65. Coffee?s granddaughter, ElizaCroom Coffee, described him as possessing a commanding appearance with brilliant black eyes and a dark skin. "His expression," she wrote, "was quiet and serious, but not sad, and showed deep thought. His manners were courteous and gentle.? Eliza Croom Coffee, ?Sketch of the Life of General John Coffee,? Florence, Alabama, 1897 (Script in Manuscript Collection, Tennessee Historical Society, Tennessee State Library and Archives.)
6	Nashville Whig, September 21, 1814, p. 3.
7	John Coffee to Mary Donelson Coffee, Camp Gaines, October 22,
1814,	in Tennessee Historical Magazine, n (1916), 285-86.
8	C. S. Forester, "Victory of New Orleans,? in American Heritage vni, (1957), 8.
9	N. Floyd McGowin, * ?Some A spects of Waning British Influence in the Middle Gulf Region,? in The Alabama Review, IX (1956), 166-67.
10	Born near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1788, Carroll came to Nashville in 1810 to open a mercantile store. His fondness for studying military tactics endeared him to Andrew Jackson, then Major General of the Second Tennessee Division encompassing West (now Middle) Tennessee. When Jackson resigned in 1813 to command the United States Army in defense of the Southern frontier, Carroll received the appointment. Later, as Governor of Tennessee, Carroll distinguished himself for his frugality and business acumen.
11	Nashville Clarion, November 1, 1814. p. 3.
i2*The Clarion and Tennessee State Gazette,November 22, 1814, p. 3.
13	Nashville Whig, November 16, 1814. p. 3.
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