[39] “The Public Life of Sir George Prevost,” 136, quoted by Mahan, 362.
[40] Report in Canadian Archives, 1896, Lower Canada, p. 31. For some mortifying details in this subject see Mahan, “The War of 1812,” 363-365.
[41] The most complete account of this battle and events connected with it is in Mahan, 377-381, largely drawn on in this account.
[42] Instructions to Peace Commissioners, August 14, 1814.
[43] For a complete account see Mahan, “War of 1812,” II, 391, 396.
[44] Quoted by Maclay, “History of the Navy,” II, 82.
[45] Quoted by Soley, “Admiral Porter,” 41.
[46] Not so young, however, as was, when appointed midshipman, an admiral under whom the author served in 1865, S. W. Godon. He told me that he was appointed at so early an age that for some years he was taken by a servant on quarter day to the navy yard to draw his pay.
[47] Spears, 112.
[48] Chadwick, “The Causes of the Civil War,” American Nation Series, Vol. XIX, 124, 125.