Authors: Pierre Berton

Pierre Berton's War of 1812 (127 page)

78
l.10
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 127–28, Laura Secord narrative.

79
l.14
Moir, pp. 107–8, certificate of James FitzGibbon, 11 May 1827.

80
l.35
Ibid.; PAO, Misc. coll., Story of Laura Ingersoll Secord as related by Laura Secord Clark, 1933.

81
l.6
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 130–31, Boerstler narrative.

82
l.11
Chapin, p. 10.

83
l.32
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 95–96, Dearborn to Armstrong, 20 June 1813.

84
l.5
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 126, Ducharme to?, 5 June 1826.

85
l.8
Ibid., p. 95, SW to Dearborn, 19 June 1813; ibid., p. 6, Dearborn to SW, 6 June 1813.

86
l.14
Chapin, p. 10.

87
l.34
Ibid., p. 40, Chapin to Armstrong, 26 April 1838.

88
l.35
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 132, Boerstler narrative.

89
l.12
Ibid., p. 136; Chapin, p. 10.

90
l.13
Chapin, p. 10.

91
l.17
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 151, report of court of inquiry, 17 Feb. 1815.

92
l.20
Ibid., p. 146, Roach journal.

93
l.23
Ibid., p. 131, Boerstler narrative.

94
l.29
Ibid., p. 148, Roach journal.

95
l.32
Ibid.

96
l.35
Ibid., p. 131, Boerstler narrative.

97
l.6
Ibid., p. 126, Ducharme to?, 5 June 1826.

98
l.12
Ibid., pp. 126–27.

99
l.28
Ibid., pp. 130–37, Boerstler narrative.

100
l.12
Chapin, pp. 9–15.

101
l.15
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 133–34, Boerstler narrative; FitzGibbon, p. 87.

102
l.35
FitzGibbon, p. 87.

103
l.10
Ibid.

104
l.20
Chapin, p. 14.

105
l.27
FitzGibbon, pp. 89–91.

106
l.35
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 151, Roach journal; ibid., pp. 120–21, FitzGibbon to Kerr, 30 March 1818; ibid., p. 127, Ducharme to?, 5 June 1826; W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 2: 585, Merritt narrative.

107
l.4
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 141, Boerstler to Dearborn, 25 June 1813; ibid., p. 114, return of prisoners, 24 June 1813.

108
l.7
Ibid., pp. 142–44,
Buffalo Gazette
, 29 July 1813.

109
l.14
Quoted in Cruikshank, “Fight in the Beechwoods,” p. 22.

110
l.18
Ibid., p. 21.

111
l.20
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 187, SW to Dearborn, 6 July 1813.

112
l.32
Ibid., p. 228, statement by FitzGibbon.

113
l.3
PAC, MG 24, F4, Bisshopp Papers, Hackett to Bisshopp, 20 July 1813; PAC, RG 8, vol. 679, pp. 108–9, Fulton to Prevost, 18 June 1813.

114
l.13
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 228, statement by FitzGibbon.

115
l.26
Ibid., p. 228.

116
l.35
Ibid.

117
l.4
Ibid.

118
l.12
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 223–24, Porter to Dearborn, 13 July 1813; “Burning of Buffalo,” p. 263; “Village of Buffalo,” pp. 92, 193.

119
l.29
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 228–30, Sloan recollection.

120
l.3
PAC, MG 24, F4, Bisshopp Papers, Bisshopp to sister, 21 March 1813.

121
l.5
Ibid.

122
l.7
FitzGibbon, p. 110.

123
l.10
Ibid.

124
l.17
PAC, MG 24, F4, Bisshopp Papers, Hackett to Bisshopp, 20 July 1813.

125
l.30
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 224, Porter to Dearborn, 13 July 1813.

126
l.33
Ibid., pp. 224–25.

127
l.10
PAC, MG 24, F4, Bisshopp Papers, Hackett to Bisshopp, 20 July 1813.

128
l.16
Ibid.

129
l.21
Ibid.

130
l.25
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 230, Sloan recollection; FitzGibbon, p. no.

131
l.26
PAC, MG 24, F4, Bisshopp Papers, Hackett to Bisshopp, 20 July 1813.

132
l.35
Ibid.

133
l.4
Firth, p. 316,
Kingston Gazette
, 10 Aug. 1813.

134
l.17
Ibid., p. 319, Allan to Baynes, 3 Aug. 1813.

135
l.23
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 302, Powell and Strachan to Freer, 2 Aug. 1813.

136
l.9
Ibid., pp. 302–3.

137
l.15
Ibid., p. 303.

138
l.21
Firth, p. 319, Allan to Baynes, 3 Aug. 1813.

139
l.31
Ibid.; Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 303, Powell and Strachan to Freer, 2 Aug. 1813.

140
l.35
PAC, RG 5, A1, vol. 16, information of George Cullen, 16 Aug. 1813.

141
l.3
Ibid.; also Wm. Huff information, 7 Sept. 1813.

142
l.11
Firth, pp. 282–83, Ely Playter Diary.

143
l.15
Cruikshank,
Documentary History
, VI: 308–9, Chauncey to SN, 4 Aug. 1813.

144
l.35
PAC, RG 5, A1, vol. 16, Wm. Forrest information, 16 Aug. 1813; Jacob Anderson information, 18 Aug. 1813.

145
l.10
Ibid., Robinson to De Rottenburg, 16 Aug. 1813.

THE SIEGE OF FORT MEIGS

1
l.9
Harrison, II: 417, Harrison to SW, 15 April [?] 1813; E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 371.

2
l.21
E. Wood, “Journal,” pp. 378–79.

3
l.28
Harrison, II: 427, Harrison to SW, 21 April 1813.

4
l.32
Bourne, p. 41.

5
l.13
USNA, M221/57/S126, Shelby to SW, 20 March 1813; Harrison, II: 428, SW to Harrison, 27 April 1813.

6
l.16
Lossing, p. 475.

7
l.18
E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 383; Harrison, II: 430.

8
l.4
Harrison, II: 416, Harrison to Shelby, 9 April 1813; E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 377; USNA, M221/57/S126, Shelby to SW, 20 March 1813.

9
l.16
E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 384.

10
l.19
Harrison, II: 416, Harrison to SW, 9 April 1813.

11
l.28
E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 385.

12
l.30
Harrison, II: 430, Harrison to SW, 28 April 1813.

13
l.5
Richardson,
Richardson’s War
, pp. 155–58.

14
l.17
Lossing, p. 478.

15
l.7
Ibid., p. 482.

16
l.30
Ibid.

17
l.31
Averill, p. 23.

18
l.10
E. Wood, “Journal,” pp. 387–90.

19
l.19
Winter, pp. 122–23.

20
l.29
Richardson,
Eight Years
, p. 135.

21
l.12
Randall, p. 486.

22
l.13
Bourne, pp. 139–40, 148–49.

23
l.27
Ibid., pp. 148–49.

24
l.6
E. Wood, “Journal,” pp. 389–90.

25
l.12
Lossing, p. 483.

26
l.24
Richardson,
Eight Years
, p. 136.

27
l.28
“Siege of Fort Meigs,” p. 59.

28
l.31
McAfee,
History
, p. 262.

29
l.4
Howe, p. 865.

30
l.16
Ibid., p. 868, Lorraine’s narrative.

31
l.26
Ibid., p. 869, Lorraine’s narrative.

32
l.35
Ibid.

33
l.9
Bourne, pp. 151–53.

34
l.17
Howe, p. 869.

35
l.24
Harrison, II: 431, Harrison to SW, 5 May 1813; “Siege of Fort Meigs,” p. 60; E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 392.

36
l.29
E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 393.

37
l.23
Howe, p. 865.

38
l.3
E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 394; Harrison, II: 432, Harrison to SW, 5 May 1813; Lossing, p. 485.

39
l.22
Harrison, II: 432, Harrison to SW, 5 May 1813; McAfee,
History
, p. 265.

40
l.9
Howe, p. 869, Underwood narrative; Draper MSS, Tecumseh Papers, 6YY23, Underwood narrative.

41
l.15
Lossing, p. 480.

42
l.7
Draper MSS, Tecumseh Papers, 6YY23, Underwood narrative.

43
l.27
Brannan, pp. 158–59, Clay to Harrison, 13 May 1813.

44
l.31
Ibid.

45
l.32
Ibid.

46
l.35
Harrison, II: 443, Harrison to SW, 13 May 1813.

47
l.1
E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 394.

48
l.9
Draper MSS, Tecumseh Papers, 6YY23, Underwood narrative.

49
l.24
Howe, p. 870, Underwood narrative.

50
l.29
Lossing, p. 485.

51
l.2
Richardson,
Eight Years
, p. 138.

52
l.10
Howe, p. 870; “General Orders,” p. 11, General Order, 6 May 1813.

53
l.22
Bourne, p. 39.

54
l.30
Richardson,
Eight Years
, pp. 137–38;
Richardson’s War
, pp. 150–51.

55
l.6
Howe, p. 870, Underwood narrative.

56
l.26
Ibid.

57
l.2
Draper MSS, Tecumseh Papers, 6YY22, Combs to Laughlin; Howe, p. 871, Underwood narrative.

58
l.7
Draper MSS, Tecumseh Papers, 6YY22, Combs to Laughlin.

59
l.10
New Monthly Magazine
, December 1826.

60
l.19
Howe, p. 871, Underwood narrative.

61
l.2
Draper MSS, Tecumseh Papers, 6YY23, Underwood narrative.

62
l.10
Ibid., 6YY22, Combs to Laughlin.

63
l.16
Howe, p. 873, Underwood narrative.

64
l.24
Richardson, “Canadian Campaign,” p. 169;
Richardson’s War
, pp. 158–59.

65
l.6
Ibid.

66
l.25
Lossing, p. 480.

67
l.2
Ibid., pp. 487–88; Richardson,
Richardson’s War
, pp. 152–53; Brannan, pp. 152–54, Harrison to Armstrong, 9 May 1813; E. Wood, “Journal,” p. 401.

68
l.9
W. Wood, SBD, II: 35, Procter to Prevost, 14 May 1813.

69
l.19
Ibid.; Richardson,
Richardson’s War
, p. 160.

70
l.24
Richardson,
Richardson’s War
, pp. 160–61.

71
l.32
W. Wood, SBD, II: 35, Procter to Prevost, 14 May 1813.

72
l.35
Brannan, p. 156, Harrison to SW, 13 May 1813.

73
l.6
W. Wood, SBD, II: 39, General Order, 21 May 1813.

74
l.12
“General Orders,” p. 13, General Order, 9 May 1813.

75
l.19
Ibid., pp. 15–16.

THE CONTEST FOR LAKE ERIE

1
l.4
Metcalf, p. 95, Elliott to Chauncey, 11 Oct. 1812.

2
l.8
Rosenberg, pp. 55–56.

3
l.28
Parsons,
Battle
, p. 33.