FOREWORD



  I have in my possession two notes from John Fiske, the
historian, from which I take the following extracts:-

  Dear Mr. C ,-I am glad that you will write the article on
General Hull, and do something in behalf of a sorely abused man. I,
too, intend to do something in the same way when I come to him in
my history, and I shall be especially glad to read your article.
AUGUST 25, I586.

  To another correspondent
                                             JANUARY 19, I893.
  Pray accept my sincere thanks for the copy of "Life of General
Hull," which I shall prize most highly. I look forward to treating
of the War of i812, and it has long been one of my cherished pur-
poses to do full justice to the memory of General Hull.

  John Fiske did not live to write the history of the War
of i8I2, but in two of his short histories, intended for
schools and for young people, he makes a brief mention of
the surrender of Detroit. In his "History of the United
States for Schools" are these words:-

It has since been made clear that Hull, a man whose bravery and
integrity were unimpeachable, acted with sound military judgment
and deserved no blame.