. >> allard gallatin was treasury secretary and a member of the commission that because she did the treaty of ghent. this talk was hosted by the u.s. capital historical society and is about one hour. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen. i have to ask who is this person that montoya was referring to, this wonder can -- this wonder kindt he was speaking of. to thank my hosts for this afternoon. beis a great pleasure to among my fellow citizens and be able to discuss at some length what happened in ghent, and to address a few other matters which are of interest to us at this particular time, which is the recent application of napoleonic and the possibilities being discussed, the removal of the capital from the current location to another. i will save those for the end of our discussion. as you know or may not know, i was a relatively young man when i came to the treasury. was 40 years old. now i am 54 years old. as you can see there has been some change in my appearance in that time. some would say it is the responsibilities. i would simply