^{FN1 Ch13} Calendar of Official Correspondence and Legislative Papers Nova Scotia, 1802-1815; compiled by Ells; Pub. #3 (Halifax: PANS, 1936) at p. 285. In a letter to Bathurst, dated May 4th, 1813, Sherbrooke reported that there was a "change in military arrangements whereby the 104th Regt. was sent to Canada." (Ibid., p. 286.) Their concern for the Upper-Canadians was well-founded, for, on April 27th, 1813, certain of the American forces raided York (Toronto) looting and burning buildings, including the governor's house and the provincial legislative building.

^{FN2 Ch13} Murdoch, History of Nova Scotia, vol. 3, p. 341.

^{FN3 Ch13} Murdoch, Vol. 3, p. 341. We see from John Liddell's diary, a merchant at the time, at Halifax, that on May 22nd, "Sailed HMS Minerva, [32 guns] Nymph [38 guns] & Crescent [38 guns] with a convoy of Transports having on board Wattevilles Regt of Germans and 2nd battn of 89th Regt for Quebec --" On May 30th, "Arrived Transports from Martinique with part of the 13th & 64th Regts on board." On June 1st, "Arrived HM Brig Rifleman [18 guns] with several Transports having on board the remainder of the 13th & 64th Regts from Martinique ..." [See Fergusson's Glimpses of Nova Scotia (Halifax: PANS, No. #12, 1957)]

^{FN4 Ch13} On the 5th of May, 1813. Murdoch, Vol. 3, p. 341.

^{FN5 Ch13} Kent and other British naval officers did indeed build a navy which was to take command across the Great Lakes. The British maintained naval control over Lake Erie for more than a year. Their presence on Lake Erie however came to an end when the British ships were lost to an American squadron under Commodore Perry.

^{FN6 Ch13} Mahan, Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 1, p. 385. The United States declared war on Britain on June 18th, 1812.

^{FN7 Ch13} Mahan's Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 2, p. 26 & p. 153.

^{FN8 Ch13} The Admiralty determined however to make Newfoundland a separate command. See Mahan, Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 1, p. 387. With the war winding down, in 1814, the Admiralty determined to split the command into three: the North Atlantic, Jamaica and Leeward Islands. This was done at the same time they brought Warren home. (Ibid., p. 330.)

^{FN9 Ch13} This from a letter from the Admiralty, dated January 9th, 1813. It was quoted by Mahan, Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 2, p. 210.

^{FN10 Ch13} Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 2, p. 155.

^{FN11 Ch13} Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 1, p. 400.

^{FN12 Ch13} Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 2, p. 156.

^{FN13 Ch13} Mahan, Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 2, p. 157. Mahan, an American historian, observed how Cockburn made it known to those who might supply provisions to the British would be paid in British bills, provided that there was no resistance to the British in the neighbourhood.

^{FN14 Ch13} Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 2, p. 156.

^{FN15 Ch13} Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 2, p. 162.

^{FN16 Ch13} "His force may have been really inadequate ... certainly it was far smaller than was despatched to the same quarter the following year; but the Admiralty probably was satisfied by this time that he had not the enterprise necessary for his position, and a successor was appointed during the following winter." (Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 2, p. 167.)

^{FN17 Ch13} As set out by Mahan in Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 2, p. 194.