[108] I am indebted to Mr. Weise for courteous replies to several queries. He writes me: "The fact that the Wilsons received contracts for the supply of beef to the troops encamped at the cantonment at Greenbush, and that Samuel Wilson was an inspector, together with the information respecting the sites of the Wilson slaughtering houses in Troy, I obtained from old inhabitants of Troy intimately acquainted with the two brothers." Mr. Weise adds that the notes taken by him when preparing his various books on Troy are stored and so are inaccessible at present. [109] See p. 57, note 104, above. [110] See The Trojan Sketch Book, edited by Miss Abba A. Goddard (1846); Hunt's Merchants Magazine for June, 1846, XIV, 515-523; D. O. Kellogg's City of Troy (1847); Hunt's Merchants Magazine for September, 1849, XXI, 298-305; John Woodworth's Reminiscences of Troy (1853, second edition in 1860). Mr. Weise's History of the City of Troy was published in 1876. [111] "The army of the U.S." (_Salem Gazette_, January 21, 1812, p. 3-2). "An ambitious president ... might march the militia ... out of the U. S. and keep the whole of the regular force within" (_Connecticut Courant_, January 22, 1812, p. 3-4). "The Gull Traps which are now set through the U. States" (_Columbian Centinel_, February 19, 1812, p. 2-2). "Equipped at the expense of the U.S." (_Salem Gazette_, July 31, 1812, p. 3-2). "The army of the U.S." (_Yankee_, August 21, 1812, p. 3-2). "Which cost the U.S. five dollars to transport to Greenbush" (_Columbian Centinel_, September 26, 1812, p. 2-2). "War ... between the U.S. and G.B." (_Columbian Centinel_, December 19, 1812, p. 2-3). "Four regiments of U.S. troops" (_Columbian Centinel_, December 26, 1812, p. 2-3). "The enemies of the U. States" (_New York Spectator_, January 9, 1813, p. 2-5). "The President of the U. States" (_National Intelligencer_, January 12, 1813, p. 3-1). "The U. S. Senate" (_New York Spectator_, February 11, 1813, p. 1-1). "What shall we say of her conduct during the present war with the U.S.?" (_National Intelligencer_, April 3, 1813, p. 3-4). "A regiment of U. S. troops" (_Columbian Centinel_, June 16, 1813, p. 2-4). "The Navy of the U.S." (_Yankee_, July 23, 1813, p. 3-1). "U.S. Law" (_New England Palladium_, August 31, 1813, p. 1-1). "Gen. Varnum, ... (whose recent votes in the U. States' Senate shew, that he is beginning to reflect)" (_New England Palladium_, September 3, 1813). All these citations, which could be multiplied indefinitely, are of an earlier date than the first appearance of Uncle Sam. A few instances previous to 1812 may be given. "Major Rice of Hingham, we are informed, is appointed a Colonel in the U.S. army" (_Columbian Centinel_, October 27, 1798, p. 2-4). "The President of the U. States" (_Columbian Centinel_, March 20, 1799, p. 2-2). "Christopher Gore, Esq. Commissioner of the U. S. at the Court of London" (_Columbian Centinel_, March 20, 1799, p. 2-4). "The President