FOOTNOTES:
[234] Napoleon to General Clarke, Dec. 23, 1807; Correspondance, xvi. 212.
[235] Napoleon to Champagny, Jan. 12, 1808; Correspondance, xvi. 243.
[236] Napoleon to General Clarke, Jan. 28, 1808; Correspondance, xvi. 281, 282.
[237] Napoleon to Champagny, Feb. 2, 1808; Correspondance, xvi. 301.
[238] Armstrong to Madison, Feb. 15, 1808; MSS. State Department Archives.
[239] Armstrong to Champagny, Feb. 5, 1808; MSS. State Department Archives.
[240] Napoleon to Champagny, Feb. 11, 1808; Correspondance, xvi. 319.
[241] Armstrong to Madison, Feb. 15, 1808; MSS. State Department Archives.
[242] Armstrong to Madison, Feb. 22, 1808; State Papers, iii. 250.
[243] Decrès to Rosily, Feb. 21, 1808; Thiers’s Empire, viii. 669.
[244] Napoleon to Talleyrand, Correspondance, xvii. 39, 49, 65.
[245] Napoleon to Decrès, May 13, 1808; Correspondance, xvii. 112.
[246] Napoleon to Gaudin, April 17, 1808; Correspondance, xvii. 16.
[247] Armstrong to Madison, April 25, 1808; MSS. State Department Archives. Cf. State Papers, iii. 291.
[248] Madison to Armstrong, May 2, 1808; State Papers, iii. 252.
[249] Jefferson to Madison, Sept. 13, 1808; Writings, v. 367. Cf. Jefferson to Armstrong, March 5, 1809; Works, v. 433.
[250] Champagny to Turreau, Feb. 15, 1808; Archives des Aff. Étr. MSS.
[251] Turreau to Champagny, June 28, 1808; Archives des Aff. Étr. MSS.
[252] Napoleon, to Champagny, June 21, 1808; Correspondance, xvii. 326.
[253] Champagny to Armstrong, June 22, 1808; MSS. State Department Archives.
[254] Armstrong to Madison, July 8, 1808; MSS. State Department Archives.
[255] Napoleon to Champagny, July 11, 1808; Correspondance, xvii. 364.
[256] Armstrong to Jefferson, July 28, 1808; Jefferson MSS.
[257] Armstrong to Champagny, July 4, 1808; State Papers, iii. 254.
[258] Madison to Armstrong, July 21, 1808; State Papers, iii. 254.
[259] Armstrong to Madison, Aug. 28, 1808; MSS. State Department Archives.
[260] Armstrong to Madison, Aug. 30, 1808; State Papers, iii. 256.