1To James Madison from John Armstrong, 20 October 1813 (Madison Papers)
All the troops have quitted this place & are now at Grenadier Island—excepting Scott’s (who since the enemy’s abandonment of the peninsula, has set out to join us with 750 men) & Cols. Randolph and Coles, who are at Oswego with nearly an equal number. As the Gen. is now Compos, I shall forbear my visit to Canada untill a future day. The enemy’s fleet, apprised of our Movement, shewed itself...