Pierre Berton's War of 1812 (133 page)

THE BURNING OF WASHINGTON

1
l.3
Barrett, pp. 117–32.

2
l.10
Ibid., pp. 131–33.

3
l.33
Ibid., p. 134.

4
l.14
Lord, p. 98.

5
l.28
Barrett, p. 138.

6
l.5
Ibid., p. 138; Lord, p. 119.

7
l.14
Sir H. Smith, pp. 158–59.

8
l.2
C. Ingersoll, p. 175.

9
l.7
Barrett, p. 138.

10
l.15
ASPMA, I: 556–57, Winder narrative.

11
l.24
Ibid.

12
l.28
Ibid., p. 581, Gen. Van Ness statement, 23 Nov. 1814.

13
l.8
Ibid., p. 539, Armstrong to Johnson, 17 Oct. 1814; ibid., p. 554, Winder narrative, 26 Sept. 1814.

14
l.20
Ibid., p. 569, Col. George Minor statement.

15
l.31
Ibid., pp. 553–54, Winder narrative.

16
l.1
Ibid., p. 557.

17
l.3
Ibid.

18
l.9
Ibid.

19
l.26
Marine, pp. 105–11.

20
l.34
ASPMA, I: 536, Monroe to?, 13 Nov. 1814; ibid., p. 573, Wm. Pinkney statement, 16 Nov. 1814; C. Ingersoll, p. 174.

21
l.7
ASPMA, I: 560–62, Gen. Stansbury report, 15 Nov. 1814; ibid., pp. 563–65, Smith statement, 6 Oct. 1814; ibid., p. 563, Lt.-Col. Sterrett statement, 22 Nov. 1814.

22
l.11
Ibid., p. 552, Winder narrative, 26 Sept. 1814.

23
l.4
Ibid., p. 596, Wm. Simmon letter, 28 Nov. 1814.

24
l.10
Marine, pp. 113–14.

25
l.12
Barrett, p. 140.

26
l.20
Ibid., p. 138.

27
l.24
Ibid., p. 153.

28
l.2
Marine, pp. 112–13.

29
l.5
Ibid., p. 114.

30
l.13
“Old Sub,” p. 456.

31
l.20
ASPMA, I: 530, Johnson report; ibid., p. 565, Smith statement, 6 Oct. 1814.

32
l.29
Barrett, p. 139.

33
l.4
D. Madison,
Memoirs
, pp. 108–9, Dolley Madison to Anna.

34
l.8
Ibid., p. 109.

35
l.18
Ibid., pp. 110–11; C. Ingersoll, p. 206; Barrett, pp. 146–47.

36
l.24
Lord, p. 151.

37
l.35
Ewell, p. 7.

38
l.11
Barrett, p. 143.

39
l.21
Padover, p. 473, Latrobe to Jefferson, n.d.

40
l.25
Barrett, p. 145.

41
l.32
Smith, p. 111, Smith to Kirk-patrick; DNB, Ross entry.

42
l.2
Lord, p. 169; D. Madison,
Memoirs
, p. 112.

43
l.7
C. Ingersoll, p. 186.

44
l.14
Ewell, p. 13.

45
l.18
Ibid., p. 16.

46
l.28
C. Ingersoll, p. 189; Sir H. Smith, p. 112, Smith to Kirkpatrick.

47
l.33
C. Ingersoll, p. 208.

48
l.9
Barrett, p. 148.

49
l.15
Ibid., pp. 148–50.

THE BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN

1
l.10
Hill, pp. 180–81.

2
l.16
Ibid., p. 181.

3
l.22
Ibid.

4
l.27
Ibid.

5
l.17
Macdonough, p. 138.

6
l.20
Folsom, p. 247.

7
l.25
Ibid.

8
l.3
Macdonough, p. 172.

9
l.8
Robinson, “Expedition to Plattsburgh,” p. 505.

10
l.13
W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 357, Macomb to SW, 15 Sept. 1814.

11
l.21
Ibid., p. 358; Lossing, p. 862.

12
l.16
Robinson, “Expedition to Plattsburgh,” p. 509.

13
l.24
Ibid., p. 512.

14
l.35
Ibid., p. 510.

15
l.14
Ibid.

16
l.26
Ibid., p. 510.

17
l.34
W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 379–81, Downie to Prevost, 7 Sept. 1814; ibid., Prevost to Downie, 8 Sept. 1814.

18
l.7
Ibid.; ibid., p. 377, Yeo to Croker and enclosures, 29 Sept. 1814.

19
l.20
Hill, p. 182.

20
l.32
Macdonough, p. 150.

21
l.7
Richards, p. 91.

22
l.12
W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 356, Macomb to SW, 15 Sept. 1814.

23
l.9
Richards, p. 90.

24
l.16
Ibid., p. 87.

25
l.23
Ibid., p. 92.

26
l.30
Ibid., pp. 93–94.

27
l.1
Bathurst, p. 291, Robinson to Merry, 22 Sept. 1814.

28
l.10
C. Muller,
Proudest Day
, p. 348, n. 2.

29
l.20
W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 381, Prevost to Downie, 9 Sept. 1814.

30
l.27
Ibid., p. 383, Prevost to Downie, 10 Sept. 1814.

31
l.3
Ibid., p. 461, Pring statement.

32
l.5
Ibid., p. 421, Cox testimony.

33
l.10
Ibid., pp. 411–12, Brydon testimony.

34
l.24
Ibid., p. 442, Pring testimony.

35
l.34
Ibid., p. 437.

36
l.8
Ibid., p. 414, Brydon testimony.

37
l.29
Mahan, II: 377.

38
l.35
W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 471, Robertson statement; ibid., p. 414, Brydon testimony.

39
l.8
Folsom, p. 253.

40
l.11
Macdonough, p. 176.

41
l.23
Lossing, p. 867.

42
l.30
Ibid., pp. 866–67.

43
l.6
Macdonough, p. 178; Folsom, p. 253.

44
l.16
Macdonough, pp. 179–80; Roosevelt, p. 392.

45
l.21
Roosevelt, p. 393.

46
l.28
W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 422–23, Bodell testimony.

47
l.5
Macdonough, p. 180; W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 430, Lt. Bell testimony; ibid., pp. 484, 490, Hicks testimony.

48
l.15
Macdonough, p. 181.

49
l.21
Niles Register
, supplement, vol. 7, p. 135, Henley to SN, 12 Sept. 1814.

50
l.31
Folsom, p. 254; P. Palmer,
Lake Champlain
, p. 204.

51
l.6
Clark, p. 83, Macdonough to SN, 11 Sept. 1814.

52
l.25
Lossing, pp. 871–72.

53
l.9
W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 383–84, Robertson to Pring, 15 Sept. 1814; ibid., pp. 418–19, Brydon testimony; P. Palmer,
Lake Champlain
, p. 205.

54
l.19
W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 373–77, Robertson to Pring, 12 Sept. 1814.

55
l.24
Ibid., pp. 490–91, Hicks testimony.

56
l.33
Macdonough, p. 185.

57
l.6
Ibid., p. 188.

58
l.24
Robinson, “Expedition to Plattsburgh,” p. 510.

59
l.2
Ibid., pp. 511–12.

60
l.6
Lossing, p. 874.

61
l.18
Ibid., p. 875.

62
l.28
W. Wood, SBD, III, pt. 1: 360, Macomb to SW, 15 Sept. 1814.

63
l.8
Bathurst, pp. 292–93, Robinson to Merry, 22 Sept. 1814.

GHENT

1
l.5
J.Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, III: 3–4, 7 Aug. 1814.

2
l.23
Ibid.; Clay, I: 963, Clay to Monroe, 18 Aug. 1814.

3
l.27
Ibid.

4
l.35
J.Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, III: 5–6.

5
l.24
Ibid., p. 9.

6
l.4
Ibid., p. 15.

7
l.26
Ibid., pp. 17–19; Clay, I: 968–70, journal, 19 Aug. 1814.

8
l.30
J.Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, III: 19.

9
l.34
Ibid., p. 20.

10
l.7
Ibid., pp. 20–23.

11
l.9
ASPFR, III: 711–13, U.S. to British Commissioners, 24 Aug. 1814.

12
l.24
J.Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, III: 25;
Writings
, V: 112, Adams to Monroe, 5 Sept. 1814.

13
l.33
J.Q. Adams,
Writings
, V: 112, Adams to Monroe, 5 Sept. 1814.

14
l.4
Ibid., p. 119.

15
l.10
Wellington, IX: 221, Goulburn to Bathurst, 5 Sept. 1814.

16
l.19
Ibid., p. 249, draft note, 1 Sept. 1814.

17
l.21
Clay, I: 972, Clay to Crawford, 22 Aug. 1814.

18
l.28
Clay, I: 973, Clay to Goulburn, 5 Sept. 1814.

19
l.20
Bathurst, pp. 286–87, Liverpool to Bathurst, 14 Sept. 1814; Wellington, IX: 240, Liverpool to Bathurst, 11 Sept. 1814.

20
l.30
Bathurst, p. 287, Liverpool to Bathurst, 14 Sept. 1814.

21
l.10
Wellington, IX: 214, Liverpool to Castlereagh, 2 Sept. 1814.

22
l.28
Ibid., p. 240, Liverpool to Bathurst, 11 Sept. 1814.

23
l.4
Ibid., p. 265, Goulburn to Bathurst, 16 Sept. 1814.

24
l.8
Ibid., p. 266.

25
l.21
Ibid., p. 287, Goulburn to Bathurst, 26 Sept. 1814.

26
l.29
Bathurst, p. 289, Liverpool to Bathurst, 15 Sept. 1814.

27
l.12
Clay, I: 982, Goulburn to Clay, 3 Oct. [?] 1814.

28
l.25
Ibid., pp. 988–89, Clay to Crawford, 17 Oct. 1814.

29
l.27
J.Q. Adams,
Writings
, V: 161, Adams to Louisa Adams, 18 Oct. 1814.

30
l.30
Ibid.

31
l.2
J.Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, III: 51.

32
l.13
J.Q. Adams,
Writings
, V: 174, Adams to Louisa Adams, 28 Oct. 1814.

33
l.22
Ibid., p. 175.

34
l.24
Ibid., p. 108, Adams to Louisa Adams, 30 Aug. 1814; ibid., p. 205, Adams to Louisa Adams, 22 Nov. 1814.

35
l.8
Wellington, IX: 367, Liverpool to Castlereagh, 21 Oct. 1814.

36
l.9
Ibid., p. 383, Liverpool to Castlereagh, 28 Oct. 1814.

37
l.11
Ibid., p. 405, Liverpool to Castlereagh, 4 Nov. 1814.

38
l.19
Gallatin, I: 642, Gallatin to Monroe, 26 Oct. 1814.

39
l.8
J.Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, III: 60–66.

40
l.23
Castlereagh, pp. 186–89, Wellington to Liverpool, 9 Nov. 1814.

41
l.27
Wellington, IX: 432, Goulburn to Bathurst, 14 Nov. 1814.

42
l.34
Ibid., p. 438, Liverpool to Castlereagh, 18 Nov. 1814.

43
l.35
Ibid.

44
l.7
Clay, I: 1001, British to U.S. Commissioners, 26 Nov. 1814.

45
l.18
Wellington, IX: 452–54, Goulburn to Bathurst, 25 Nov. 1814.

46
l.21
J.Q. Adams,
Writings
, V: 219, Adams to Louisa Adams, 29 Nov. 1814.

47
l.4
J.Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, III: 101–3.

48
l.8
Ibid., p. 108.

49
l.25
Ibid., p. 120.

50
l.28
J.Q. Adams,
Writings
, V: 238, Adams to Louisa Adams, 16 Dec. 1814.

51
l.8
Ibid., pp. 237–39.

52
l.30
J.Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, III: 126.

AFTERVIEW

1
l.28
Bulger, p. 132, Bulger Report, 18 April 1815.

2
l.35
Ibid., p. 143, McDouall to Bulger, 2 May 1815.

3
l.9
Dunlop, p. 22.

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