[144] Croker to Warren, Jan. 9, 1813. Admiralty Out-Letters, British Records Office. My italics.
[145] Message of the Governor of Connecticut, October, 1813. Niles' Register, vol. v. p. 121.
[146] Message of the Governor of Connecticut, October, 1813. Niles' Register, vol. v. p. 121.
[147] Niles' Register, vol. v. p. 302.
[148] Captains' Letters.
[149] Niles' Register, vol. vi. p. 136.
[150] Captains' Letters, Nov. 3 and Dec. 31, 1809; March 26, 1810; and Oct. 12, 1813.
[151] American State Papers, Naval Affairs, vol. i. p. 307.
[152] Ante, page 16.
[153] The official reports of Warren and Cockburn concerning these operations are published in the Naval Chronicle, vol. xxx. pp. 162-168.