[267] McKenney’s Memoirs, p. 44.
[268] Monroe to Madison, Sept. 25, 1814; Madison MSS. State Department Archives.
[269] Report of Captain Gordon, Sept. 9, 1814; James, ii. Appendix no. 84.
[270] Chamier’s “Life of a Sailor.” Preface to Second Edition, chap. xviii.
[271] Life of a Sailor, Bentley, 1850, p. 180.
[272] James, ii. 276.
[273] Report of Acting-Commodore Crease, Sept. 1, 1814; Niles, vii., Supplement, p. 150.
[274] Chamier’s “Life of a Sailor,” pp. 183–191.
[275] Report of Lieutenant-Colonel Armistead, Sept. 24, 1814; Niles, vii. 40.
[276] Army Returns; MSS. Adjutant-General’s office, War Department.