[278] Writings of Madison, Edition of 1865, vol. ii. p. 413.
[279] Wilkinson's letter to a friend, April 9, 1814. Niles' Register, vol. vi. p. 166. His official report of the affair is given, p. 131.
[280] Yeo's Report, Canadian Archives, M. 389.6, p. 116.
[281] The armaments of the corresponding two British vessels were: "Prince Regent", thirty long 24-pounders, eight 68-pounder carronades, twenty 32-pounder carronades; "Princess Charlotte", twenty-four long 24-pounders, sixteen 32-pounder carronades. Canadian Archives, M. 389.6, p. 109.
[282] Captains' Letters.
[283] Canadian Archives, C. 683, p. 157.
[284] Woolsey's Report, forwarded by Chauncey June 2, is in Captains' Letters. It is given, together with several other papers bearing on the affair, in Niles' Register, vol. vi. pp. 242, 265-267. For Popham's Report, see Naval Chronicle, vol. xxxii. p. 167.
[285] Canadian Archives, C. 683, p. 225.
[286] Cruikshank's Documentary History, 1814, pp. 18-20.
[287] Writings of Madison (Edition of 1865), vol. iii. p. 403.