1Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 30 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
, lost their lives during the War of 1812.
2To James Madison from Wilson Cary Nicholas, 10 May 1816 (Madison Papers)
and n. 1. Because of delays caused by the War of 1812, the survey did not begin until 1816 (see ibid., 6:509 n. 3).
3To James Madison from Wilson Cary Nicholas, 23 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
...of “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman” and one of “ungentlemanly conduct” claimed that in August 1815 Nicholas had published a notice in a Pittsburgh newspaper falsely accusing his superior officer of misconduct during the War of 1812; that in 1815 and 1816 Nicholas had attempted to spread lies about Bissell, accusing him of numerous crimes, including possibly murder, while also...