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42
Ibid., p. 231, Solomon Van Rensselaer to Lewis, 11 Sept. 1812.

43
Ibid.

44
Tupper, p. 293.

45
Ibid.

46
Ibid., p. 280, Brock to his brothers, 16 Aug. 1812.

47
Ibid., pp. iio-ii, Brock to Savery Brock, 7 Oct. 1811; pp. 112–13, Brock to Irving Brock, 30 Oct. 1811.

48
Ibid., p. 113, Brock to Irving Brock, 30 Oct. 1811.

49
Ibid., pp. 284–8$, Brock to his brothers, 3 Sept. 1812.

50
Ibid.

51
Ibid., p. 286, Brock to his brothers, 3 Sept. 1812.

52
Ibid., p. 287, Sewell to Brock, 3 Sept. 1812.

53
Ibid., p. 287, Maitland to Brock, 8 Oct. 1812.

54
Ibid., p. 28$, Powell to Brock, 27 Aug. 1812.

55
Ibid., p. 284, Brock to his brothers, 3 Sept. 1812.

56
Ibid., p. 301.

57
Ibid., p. 28$, Brock to his brothers, 3 Sept. 1812.

58
Ibid., p. 300, Baynes to Brock, 13 Aug. 1812.

59
Ibid., p. 299.

60
Wood, I: 587, Brock to Prevost, 7 Sept. 1812.

61
Ibid., pp. 586–87.

62
Ibid., p. 587.

63
Ibid.

64
Cruikshank, Documentary History, III: 271–73, Brock to Procter, 17 Sept. 1812; Wood, I: 593, Brock to Prevost, 18 Sept. 1812.

65
Wood, I: 593, Brock to Prevost, 18 Sept. 1812. 216 31 Ibid., p. 593; Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 36–37, Prevost to Bathurst, 5 Oct. 1812.

66
Wood, I: 596, Brock to Prevost, 28 Sept. 1812.

67
Tupper, p. 316, Brock to Savery Brock, 18 Sept. 1812.

68
Ibid., p. 325, Prevost to Brock, 25 Sept. 1812.

69
Ibid.

70
Ibid., p. 314, Brock to Prevost, 18 Sept. 1812.

71
Ibid., pp. 315–16,
Brock to Savery Brock, 18
Sept. 1812.

72
Ibid., p. 316.

73
Wood, I: 588–89, Brock to Prevost, 13 Sept. 1812.

74
Tupper, p. 316, Brock to Savery Brock, 18 Sept. 1812.

75
PAC, RG 8, vol. 677, p. 131, note signed “Winfield Scott,” Nov. 1863.

76
Wood, I: 588–89, Brock to Prevost, 18 Sept. 1812.

77
Tupper, p. 317, Brock to Savery Brock, 18 Sept. 1812.

78
Ibid., pp. 316–17.

79
Bonney, p. 221, Lovett to Van Vechten, 28 Aug. 1812.

80
Cruikshank, Documentary History, III: 227, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Tompkins, 31 Aug. 1812.

81
Tompkins, III. 105, Tompkins to Porter, 9 Sept. 1812. 220 23 Cruikshank, Documentary History, III: 223–24, Porter to Tompkins, 30 Aug. 1812.

81a
Bonney, p. 228, Lovett to Alexander, 6 Sept. 1812.

82
Ibid., p. 239, Lovett to Van Vechten, 8 Sept. 1812.

83
USNA, M221/43/D130, Dearborn to SW, 15 Aug. 1812.

84
USNA, M221/43/D154, Dearborn to SW, 22 Aug. 1812.

85
USNA, M221/43, Dearborn to SW, 14 Sept. 1812.

86
USNA, M221/43/D145, encl. Wadsworth, 26 Aug. 1812 (extract).

87
USNA, M221/43/D146, Dearborn to SW, 4 Sept. 1812.

88
USNA, M221/43/D158, Dearborn to SW, 8 Sept. 1812.

89
USNA, M221/43, Dearborn to SW, 14 Sept. 1812.

90
Bonney, p. 231, Solomon Van Rensselaer to Lewis, 11 Sept. 1812.

91
Ibid.

92
Cruikshank, Documentary History, III: 264–65, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Tompkins, 15 Sept. 1812.

93
Bonney, p. 233, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Dearborn, 17 Sept. 1812; p. 236, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Tompkins, 17 Sept. 1812.

94
Ibid., p. 237, Lovett to Alexander, 22 Sept. 1812; p. 242, Lovett to Alexander, 6 Oct. 1812.

95
Ibid., pp. 242–43, Lovett to Alexander, 6 Oct. 1812.

96
Ibid., p. 228, Lovett to Alexander, 6 Sept. 1812.

97
Ibid., p. 243, Lovett to Alexander, 6 Oct. 1812.

98
Cruikshank, Documentary History, III: 295–96, Dearborn to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 26 Sept. 1812.

99
Ibid., p. 296.

100
Ibid.

101
Ibid., p. 300, Smyth to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 29 Sept. 1812.

102
Van Rensselaer, p. 18.

103
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 41, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Dearborn, 8 Oct. 1812.

104
Ibid.

105
Ibid.

106
Ibid., p. 42.

107
Bonney, p. 242, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Smyth, 5 Oct. 1812.

108
Ibid., p. 242, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Smyth, 6 Oct. 1812.

109
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 79, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Eustis, 14 Oct. 1812.

110
Severance, p. 218.

111
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 41, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Dearborn, 8 Oct. 1812.

112
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 45, Elliott to SN, 9 Oct. 1812.

113
Roach, p. 132.

114
Ibid., pp. 132–33.

115
Ibid., p. 134.

116
Ibid., pp. 134–35; Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 52, Hall to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 10 Oct. 1812; p. 54, inquiry on loss of Detroit.

117
Richardson, Richardson’s War, PP. 50–51.

118
Wood, I: 601–3, Brock to Prevost, 11 Oct. 1812; Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 60–62, quoting Buffalo Gazette, 13 Oct. 1812.

119
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 60–62, quoting Buffalo Gazette, 13 Oct. 1812, pp. 45–47, Elliott to SN, 9 Oct. 1812,10 Oct. 1812; Elliott, pp. 51–53.

120
Wood, I: 601–3, Brock to Prevost, 11 Oct. 1812.

121
Ibid.

122
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 80–81, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Eustis, 14 Oct. 1812; Van Rensselaer, pp. 21–23.

123
Bonney, p. 249

124
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 60, Fenwick to Stephen Van Rensselaer, undated.

125
Ibid., p. 81, Stephen VanRensselaer to Eustis, 14 Oct.1812.

126
Bonney, p. 251, Van Vechten to Solomon Van Rensselaer, 12 Oct.1812.

127
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 81, Stephen Van Rensselaer to Eustis, 14 Oct. 1812.

128
Bonney, p. 271, Lovett to VanVechten, 21 Oct. 1812.

129
PAC, MG 24 F70, Thomas Evans to ?, 15 Oct. 1812.

130
bid.

131
Scott, pp. 56–57.

132
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 96, Chrystie to Cushing, 22 Feb. 1813.

133
Ibid., p. 96; p. 81, Stephen VanRensselaer to Eustis, 14 Oct.1812.

134
Scott, pp. 56–57; Elliott, p. 57;Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 96, Chrystie to Cushing, 22 Feb. 1813.

135
Bonney, p. 279, Lovett to Alexander, 4 Nov. 1812; Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV:93, Col. Meade’s statement, 18Nov. 1812.

136
Bonney, p. 266, Lovett to Alexander, 14 Oct. 1812.

137
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 103, (J.B. Robinson] to?, 14 Oct. 1812.

138
Stubbs, pp. 24–25.

139
Bonney, p. 266, Lovett to Alexander, 14 Oct. 1812.

140
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 96–97, Chrystie to Cushing, 22 Feb. 1813.

141
Van Rensselaer, pp. 28–29.

142
Ibid., p. 29.

143
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 98, Chrystie to Cushing, 22 Feb. 1813.

144
Cruikshank, “Letters of 1812,” pp. 45–47, C. Askin to J. Askin,14 Oct. 1812.

145
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 98, Chrystie to Cushing, 22 Feb. 1813.

146
Bonney, pp. 275–76, Lovett to Alexander, 2 Nov. 1812

147
Ibid., p. 272, Wool to Solomon Van Rensselaer, 23 Oct. 1812; pp. 267–68, Lovett to Alexander, 14 Oct. 1812; Crooks, p. 40.

148
Bonney, p. 272, Wool to Solomon Van Rensselaer, 23 Oct. 1812.

149
Nursey, pp. 158–59.

150
Robinson, p. 34, Robinson to ?, 14 Oct. 1812.

151
Ibid., p. 104.

152
Wood, I: 605–8, Sheaffe to Prevost, 13 Oct. 1812.

153
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 116, Jarvis narrative.

154
Ibid.

155
Fortescue, p. 540.

156
Elliott, p. 61.

157
Canadian War Museum, Brock uniform; Elliott, p. 61; Kosche, pp. 33–56.

158
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 116, Jarvis narrative.

159
Robinson, p. 35, Robinson to ?, 14 Oct. 1812.

160
Ibid., p. 36.

161
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 105, IJ.B. Robinson! to ?, 14 Oct. 1812.

162
Ibid., p. 116, Jarvis narrative. Ibid.

163
Robinson, pp. 36–37, Robinson to ?, 14 Oct. 1812.

164
p. 115, McLean narrative, from Quebec Mercury, 27 Oct. 1812.

165
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 115, McLean narrative, from Quebec Mercury, 27 Oct. 1812.

166
Ibid., p. 115.

167
Ibid.

168
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 101, Chrystie to Cushing, 22 Feb. 1813.

169
Elliott, pp. 63–64.

170
Scott, pp. 59–60.

171
Ibid., p. 60; Wood, III, part 2, p. 560, Merritt Journal.

172
Elliott, p. 65.

173
Fortescue, p. 54.

174
Bonney, p. 267, Lovett to Van Vechten, 14 Oct. 1812.

175
Scott, p. 60.

176
Crooks, pp. 32–33.

177
Ibid., pp. 33–34.

178
Ibid., p. 34.

179
Zaslow, pp. 39–40.

180
Norton, pp. 306–8.

181
Johnston, p. 101–2.

182
Wood, III, part 2, p. 561, Merritt Journal.

183
Crooks, p. 36.

184
Ibid.

185
Elliott, p. 65.

186
Crooks, p. 37.

187
Ibid.

188
Elliott, p. 66.

189
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 102–3, Chrystie to Cushing, 22 Feb. 1813; Scott, pp. 60–61; Robinson, pp. 37–38, Robinson to ?, 14 Oct. 1812.

190
Scott, pp. 61–62.

191
Elliott, p. 67; Scott, p. 62.

192
Scott, pp. 62–63.

193
Zaslow, p. 43.

194
Elliott, p. 67.

195
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 74, return, 15 Oct. 1812.

196
Stubbs, pp. 25–29.

197
Bonney, p. 268, Lovett to Alexander, 14 Oct. 1812; p. 274, Lovett to Alexander, 25 Oct. 1812; Van Rensselaer, p. 24.

198
Crooks, p. 37.

199
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 74, return, 15 Oct. 1812.

200
Ryerson, pp. 368–71.

201
Cruikshank, Documentary History, IV: 83, Glegg to Brock, 14 Oct. 1812.

202
Ibid., p. 146, Ridout to his brother, 21 Oct. 1812.

203
Nursey, p. 213.

204
MTPL, S135, Sandham Col., Ilbert to Taylor, 22 Oct. 1812.

205
PAC, MG 24 B16, Cochran MSS, Cochran to Stewart, 25 Oct. 1812.

206
Cruikshank,
Documentary History,
IV: 148, Prevost to Bathurst, 21 Oct. 1812.

207
Tupper, pp. 338–39; PAC, CO 42/147/233, 8 Dec. 1812, (Bathurst) to Prevost; Cruikshank,
Documentary History,
V, General Order, 10 March 1813.

208
Wood, III, part 2, p. 564, Merritt Journal.

209
Cruikshank,
Documentary History,
IV: 147.

210
Bonney, p. 274, Lovett to Alexander, 25 Oct. 1812.

211
Kingston Gazette,
24 Oct. 1812.

212
York Gazette,
12 Dec. 1812.

213
Loyal and Patriotic Society, Report, p. 365, Appendix no. 1, 22 Nov. 1812 (sermon).

214
PAO, Tupper MSS, Robinson to Tupper, 15 April 1846.

215
Canadian Monthly,
July 1874.

216
Quoted in Berger, p. 97.

1
Severance, p. 228.

2
Cruikshank,
Documentary History,
IV: 194, Smyth’s proclamation, 10 Nov. 1812.

3
Severance, p. 222, Smyth to Dearborn, 30 Oct. 1812.

4
Ibid.

5
Ibid., pp. 223–24, Smyth to Dearborn, 9 Nov. 1812; Cruikshank,
Documentary History,
IV: 249, statement of David Harvey.

6
Severance, p. 225, Smyth to Dearborn, 9 Nov. 1812.

7
Ibid., p. 225.

8
Lossing,
Field-book,
p. 426.

9
Cruikshank,
Documentary History,
IV: 227–28, Myers to Sheaffe, 22 [Nov.] 1812; pp. 233 35, McFeeley to Smyth, n.d.

10
Severance, p. 231.

11
Ibid., p. 232, Smyth to Porter [27 Nov. 1812].

12
Cruikshank,
Documentary History,
IV: 253–56, Bisshopp to Sheaffe, 1 Dec. 1812; pp. 26063, Winder to Smyth, 7 Dec. 1812.

13
Severance, p. 233.

14
Cruikshank,
Documentary History,
IV: 252, Sheaffe to Prevost, 30 Nov. 1812.

15
Ibid., p. 250, Smyth to Bisshopp, 28 Nov. 1812; p. 251, Bisshopp’s reply, n.d.

16
Severance, p. 233.

17
Ibid., p. 234, Smyth to his “Hearts of War,” 29 Nov. 1812.

18
Ibid., pp. 237–38, Smyth to McClure and others, 3 Dec. 1812.

19
Ibid., pp. 237–38; Lossing,
Fieldbook
y pp. 430–31.

20
Lossing,
Field-book,
p. 431.

21
York Gazette,
12 Dec. 1812, deposition of Bill Sherman, dated 3 Dec. 1812.