8937. WAR, Unprepared for.—
We are now at the close of our second campaign with
England. During the first we suffered several
checks, from the want of capable and tried
officers; all the higher ones of the Revolution
having died off during an interval of thirty
years of peace. But this second campaign
has been more successful, having given us
all the Lakes and country of Upper Canada,
except the single post of Kingston, at its lower
extremity.—
To Don V. Toronda Coruna. Washington ed. vi, 275.
(M.
Dec. 1813)
