[4]Daniel Curtis to Col. Kingsbury, Sept. 21, 1812, Kingsbury Papers, Chicago Historical Library. Curtis also wrote to a friend named James Cullen C. Witherell on Oct. 4, 1812, concerning the siege. This second letter is almost a copy of the one sent to Kingsbury and is found in the Indiana Historical Society Library.
[5]IHC, IX, Harrison’s Messages and Letters, ed. Logan Esarey, p. 89.
[6]T. B. Helm, History of Allen County, Indiana, p. 39.
[7]IHC, IX, Harrison’s Messages and Letters, ed. Logan Esarey, p. 99.
[8]Ibid., p. 99.
[9]Fort Wayne Times, May 27, 1856.
[10]Curtis to Kingsbury, Sept. 21, 1812, Chicago Historical Society Library.
[11]IHC, XV, Fort Wayne Garrison Orderly Books, ed. Bert J. Griswold, p. 371.
[12]Fort Wayne Times, May 27, 1856.
[13]Ibid.