1. See Memorandum on Cabinet Meeting, 7 June 1814, PJM-PS, description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (8 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 7:545. Armstrong’s 9 June 1814 instructions to Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, dated 10 June 1814 in the War Department letterbook and filed after 19 July, ordered Brown to proceed with his army to Burlington Heights but explained in detail why the expedition should not be undertaken before Capt. Isaac Chauncey gained control of Lake Ontario, and suggested that Brown attack Fort Erie in the meantime (Quimby, U.S. Army in the War of 1812, 2:514–15; DNA: RG 107, LSMA).

2. For the creation of the Tenth Military District on 2 July 1814, see PJM-PS, description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (8 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 7:600 n. 1. Armstrong wrote Brig. Gen. William Winder the same day, informing him that he was to command the district and asking him to come to Washington as soon as convenient. On 18 July 1814 Armstrong notified Winder that militia from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia were subject to his call (DNA: RG 107, LSMA).