[34]Major Jenkinson to Mrs. Jenkinson, March 14, 1814, Fort Wayne Public Library.
[35]George Washington Whistler rose to fame in the topographical service of the government. His death occurred in Russia in 1849, while he was superintending the construction of the St. Petersburg to Moscow railroad. His son, James Abbott McNeil Whistler, became one of the most famous artists.
[36]M. M. Quaife, “Detroit Biographies: John Whistler”, Burton Historical Collection Leaflet, V (1926), p. 4.
[37]Fort Wayne Times, Oct. 17, 1869, Fort Wayne Public Library.
[38]Major Whistler to General McArthur, July 1, 1814, Burton Historical Collection.
[39]Fort Wayne Times, April 7 to April 15, 1858, Fort Wayne Public Library.
[40]Whistler to McArthur, July 1, 1814, Burton Historical Collection.
[41]Whistler to McArthur, October 17, 1815, Burton Historical Collection.
[42]Stickney to Secretary of War, April 30, 1815, Michigan Pioneer Collection, XVI, p. 87.