[182] State Papers, iii. 384.

[183] Empire, xii. 45.

[184] Armstrong to R. Smith, Jan. 10, 1810; MSS. State Department Archives.

[185] Thiers, xii. 126.

[186] Armstrong to R. Smith, July 18, 1810; MSS. State Department Archives. Cf. Correspondance de Napoleon, xx. 450, 451, note.

[187] Thiers, xii. 117.

[188] Napoleon to Champagny, Feb. 22, 1810; Correspondance, xx. 235.

[189] Thiers, xii. 117.

[190] Napoleon to Decrès, 8 July 1810. Correspondance, xx. 450.

[191] Note, July 5, 1810; Correspondance, xx. 444.