Armstrong's Notices of the War of 1812, vol. i. p. 237.
440
The Writings of Madison (ed. 1865), vol. ii. p. 563. See also his letter to Dearborn, Oct. 7, 1812. Ibid., p. 547.
441
Hull's Trial, p. 127. Porter was a witness for the defence.
442
Hull's Trial, Appendix, p. 4.
443
Life of Brock, p. 192.
444
Writings of James Madison (Lippincott, 1865), vol. ii. p. 543.
445
Eustis to Hull, June 24, 1812. From MS. copy in the Records of the War Department. This letter was acknowledged by Hull, July 9.
446
Hull's Trial, Appendix, p. 9.
447
Hull to Eustis, July 22, 1812. Hull's Trial, Appendix, p. 10.
448
Hull's Trial, Defence, p. 45.
449
Canadian Archives MSS. C. 676, p. 177.
450
Ibid., p. 242.
451
Hull's Trial. Evidence of Lieutenant Gooding, p. 101, and of Sergeant Forbush, p. 147 (prisoners in Malden).
452
Life of Brock, p. 250.
453
Letter of Colonel Cass to U.S. Secretary of War, Sept. 10, 1812. Hull's Trial, Appendix, p. 27.
454
Life of Brock, p. 267.
455
Hull's Trial. Defence, p. 20.
456
Hull's Trial. Testimony of Captain Eastman, p. 100, and of Dalliby, Ordnance Officer, p. 84.
457
Ibid. Hull's Defence, pp. 59-60.
458
Madison to Dearborn, Oct. 7, 1812. Writings, vol. ii, p. 547.
459
Baynes to Prevost. Canadian Archives, C. 377, pp. 27-37.
460
Life of Brock, p. 258. Brock first heard of the suspension August 23, at Fort Erie, on his return toward Niagara. Life, p. 274. See also a letter from Brock to the American General Van Rensselaer, in the Defence of General Dearborn, by H.A.S. Dearborn, p. 8.
461
Chauncey to the Secretary of the Navy, Sept. 26, 1812. Captains' Letters, Navy Department MSS.
462
Elliott's report of this affair will be found in the Captains' Letters, Navy Department MSS., forwarded by Chauncey Oct. 16, 1812.
463
Life of Brock, p. 315.
464