[257] Madison’s Memorandum, Aug. 24, 1814; Works, iii. 422.
[258] Stansbury’s Report; State Papers, Military Affairs, i. 562.
[259] Madison to Monroe, Aug. 26, ten o’clock P.M.; Ingraham’s “Sketch of the Events,” p. 61.
[260] Note of Aug. 27, 1814; MSS. War Department Archives.
[261] Report of Captain Gordon, Sept. 9, 1814; James, Appendix no. 84.
[262] Monroe’s Memorandum; Gilman’s Monroe, p. 119.
[263] Williams; Capture of Washington, p. 105.
[264] McKenney’s Memoirs, p. 47.
[265] Madison’s Memorandum; Works, iii. 424. Letter of Jacob Barker, Feb. 8, 1843; Life of Barker, pp. 114, 115.
[266] Armstrong’s Letter of Sept. 13, 1814; Niles, vii. 6.