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in connection with the bay which it commanded, where there was good 
anchorage. Its situation on the height, not easily ascended, rendered it per- 
fectly defensible with a sufficient force. To the east it commanded the line 
to some extent cleared where the main streets of Hamilton are now to be 
found. Vincent here established himself to await orders from Quebec.” 
STONEY CREEK. 
Note 8, page 6. 
For account of battle of Stoney Creek, see Kingford’s “ History 
of Canada,” vol. VIII., pp. 276-286. Kingsford agrees with Miss Fitzgibbon 
that the name of ‘“‘Stoney Creek” was given to the locality from one Edmund 
Stoney, referred to in the records as one of the early settlers. Through the 
energetic efforts of Mrs. John Calder, President of Women’s Wentworth 
Historical Society, the old Gage Homestead—in which Brigadiers Chandler 
and Winder were captured by Harvey—and four and one-half acres of land, 
have been purchased for the use of the public. The old house has been 
repaired and fitted up with quaint furniture of the beginning of the century. 
See note to Kingsford, vol. VIII., p. 277, for a brief sketch of this historic 
house and battle field. James Gage, the owner of the house in 1813, was 
grandfather of Mrs. Calder. 
LAURA SECORD. 
Note 9, page 6. 
The verse cited in the address is from a spirited poem by Miss Ellen 
Murray, of St. John, N.B., the granddaughter of a Loyalist. See “ Makers of 
Canada,” by the present writer, Canadian Magazine for June, 1898, where the 
poem is given in full. Laura Secord was the daughter of Charles Ingersoll, 
a Loyalist, and married toa man of the same class. See Kingsford, vol. VIIL., 
pp. 289-295. A movement is in progress to raise a suitable monument to this 
Canadian heroine. 
COLONEL FITZGIBBON. 
Note 10, page 7. 
The reader is referred to “A Veteran of 1812” (Toronto, 1894), by Miss 
Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon for a most readable and accurate account of the battle 
of Beaver Dams, and of the services of Colonel Fitzgibbon, the grandfather 
of the authoress. The portrait given in the address is taken by permission of 
the authoress from this book, which contains also illustrations of De Ceu’s 
house, the battle-ground of Stoney Creek, Gage’s house at the latter place, a 
diagram of the battle of Beaver Dams, a portrait of Laura Secord, and 
specimens of Fitzgibbon’s handwriting. A new edition of this interesting 
volume should have an index. 
