Niles' Register, vol. iii. p. 111. Quoted from a publication of 1759.
490
The Prince Regent. George III. was incapacitated at this time.
491
Admiralty Out-Letters, British Records Office.
492
Rodgers to the Secretary, April 29, 1812. Decatur, June 16, 1812. Captains' Letters.
493
Naval Chronicle, vol. xxviii. p. 73.
494
Ibid.
495
Ibid., pp. 138, 139.
496
Naval Chronicle, vol. xxviii. p. 139.
497
Writings of Madison (ed. 1865), vol. ii. p. 545.
498
Niles' Register, vol. iii. p. 220.
499
Annals of Congress, 1812-13, p. 301.
500
Castlereagh to the Admiralty, Aug. 6 and 12, 1812. British Record Office MSS. Warren's Letter to the United States Government and Monroe's reply are in American State Papers, vol. iii. pp. 595, 596.
501
Captains' Letters. Navy Department MSS.
502
Niles' Register, vol. ii. p. 101.
503
Annals of Congress, 1811-12, p. 1593.
504
These data are summarized from Niles' Register, which throughout the war collected, and periodically published, lists of prizes.
505
A synopsis of the "Rossie's" log is given in Niles' Register, vol. iii p. 158.
506
Gallatin, Dec. 8, 1812. American State Papers, Finance, vol. ii. p. 594.
507
Jones, July 21, 1813. American State Papers, Finance, vol. ii. p. 645.
508
In the memoir of Commodore Barney (p. 252), published by his daughter, it is said that, successful though the "Rossie's" cruise was in its issue, he was dissatisfied with the course laid down for him by his owners, who did not understand the usual tracks of British commerce.
509
Account of the Private Armed Ship "America," by B.B. Crowninshield. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. xxxvii.
510
Naval Chronicle, vol. xxviii. p. 431.
511
Niles' Register, vol. iii. p. 320.
512
Naval Chronicle, vol. xxviii. p. 257.
513
American State Papers, Commerce and Navigation, vol. i. p. 992.
514