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The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock by Ferdinand Brock Tupper
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Queenstown Heights, &c


CHAPTER XV.

Sir R. Sheaffe and armistice--Further remarks on Sir Isaac
Brock--Americans obtain the command of Lake Ontario--Capture
of York--Attack on Sackett's Harbour--Colonel Proctor's
proceedings near Detroit--Defeat of British squadron on Lake
Erie--Retreat and surrender of Major-General Proctor's
army--Capture of Fort George, and surprise of the American
troops at Stoney Creek--Attack on Michilimakinack--23 British
deserters--Peace--Sir G. Prevost's death and
character--Inscription on monument to--Colonel
Tupper--Connected notice of Tecumseh


CHAPTER XVI.

Servant--Letters from the Duke of York--J. Savery and Irving
Brock, Esqrs. and Mrs. Eliot--Introduction of four Indian
chiefs to George the Fourth, at Windsor--Destruction of
Monument, and "gathering" on Queenstown Heights--Intended
obelisk--Notice of Sir Isaac Brock's brothers, sisters, and
nephews


APPENDIX A.

SECTION I.--BRITISH AUTHORS.
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