[389] Ante, p. 144.
[390] Adams, History of the United States, vol. viii. chap. viii.
[391] Sir J. Carmichael Smyth, Précis of Wars in Canada, p. 116.
[392] To Monroe, May 4, 1806. Jefferson's Writings, Collected and Edited by P.L. Ford, vol. viii. p. 450.
[393] Ibid., vol. vi. p. 75.
[394] Kingsford's History of Canada, vol. viii. p. 183. The author is indebted to Major General Sir F. Maurice, and Major G. Le M. Gretton, of the British Army, for extracts from the official records, from which it appears that, excluding provincial corps, not to be accounted regulars, the British troops in Canada numbered in January, 1812, 3,952; in July, 5,004.
[395] Giles, Annals of Congress, 1811-12, p. 51.
[396] June 13, 1812. Works of James Monroe, vol. v. p. 207.
[397] Prevost to Liverpool, July 15, 1812. Canadian Archives, Q. 118.
[398] Niles' Register, vol. vii. p. 195.