and so this is how we came to the treaty of ghent. i have not gone through other the discussions back and forth between the english and what is a proposed and what we proposed. in end result at the end, we had achieved a victory of a stalemate. and mr. quincy adams is supposed to have said that he hopes this was the last treaty between the united states and england. i am not a particularly religious man but i can devoutly hope that is the case. now, this ends my presentation on the treaty of ghent. i wish to go forward in time. now we have the matters of the abdication of napoleon. napoleon, who was in exile in elba, returned in march of 1815 and began a march. -- a march on paris. which no one would have credited him with being able to do. and yet, by june of this year he brought in army and to the northeastern part of france and fed into the low countries not , far from where we were negotiating. at waterloo, a great battle over three days between the french on one side and on the other, the russians and the english and duke of well

gallatin was treasury secretary and a member of the commission that because she did the treaty of ghentnext, a historical interpreter portrays him, talking about the war of 1812 and the peace treaty that ended it. this talk was hosted by the u.s. capital historical society and is about one hour.

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

gallatin was treasury secretary and a member of the commission that because she did the treaty of ghent. next, historical interpreter for trace albert gallatin who talks about the war of 1812, and the peace treaty that ended. this talk was hosted by the u.s. capital has started -- u.s. capitol historical society and is one hour. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen. i am very pleased of this introduction. i have to ask who is this person that montoya was referring to, this wonder can -- this wonder kindt he was speaking of. i would like to thank my hosts for this afternoon.