1To James Madison from Charles W. Goldsborough, 21 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
...would seek a court-martial of Catalano on the grounds that he could not have witnessed all the tests made of Ewell’s gunpowder. (2) He stated that Lieutenant Neal, who had loaded the eprouvette, had showed “great resentment” at Goldsborough’s allegation that he had practiced deception in the test of the gunpowder. Ewell also published a certificate from John T. Frost to the effect that Frost...
2To James Madison from Thomas Ewell, 23 May 1813 (Madison Papers)
A glance of your Eye, will detect, one too bad—to be imposed on any who have minds. Captn. morris from a series of experiments established that 85 yds. in the Brass Eprouvette—was equal to over 200 in the Iron. Lt. Miller of the Marine corps—disgraced by expulsion from the mess of the officers—reports that my powder threw the Ball 100 yds. in the Brass Eprouvette—and only 74 yds. in the Iron!!!
3To James Madison from Thomas Ewell, 27 July 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...would have been accepted if at all possible because it was badly needed. Stoddert’s rejoinder of 12 May asserted that Morris’s report was invalidated by Catalano having been allowed to load the eprouvette, and asked that Ewell’s powder be tried again, “without suffering Catilano to have any kind of agency” in the proceedings. On 22 May, Jones replied that Catalano had had no......eprouvette...