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during the winter—I hope that you will strongly urge Sir George to 
strengthen you by every means that he can spare from below so that 
we may be prepared to meet the foe in the spring should no accommo- 
dation take place between the two Governments previous to that time— 
but I most ardently pray may be the case, what an neglect and infatu- 
ation it has been in our Rulers at home, not having immediately on 
receiving the declaration of War expedited a force sufficient for the 
defence of these Provinces, such a measure would have. effectually sup- 
ported the powers vested in Sir John Warren’s mission. 
Lieut. Col. Nichol to Talbot. 
Dec. 12. 1812. 
Dear Colonel. 
I am so busy that I can not write you, as I could wish I however 
enclose you Genl. Smyth’s proclamation. I shall write you by the very 
next opportunity a very long—and I trust a very satisfactory letter. 
Believe me dear Coll. 
very faithfully yours. 
Rost. NicHoL. 
P.S.—I have got the Genl. to pass your estimates—Couche should 
be hanged. 
Addressed 
Coll. Talbot 
Dover Mills. 
Printed fly-sheet. 
AT A MEETING OF THE PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS OF THE 
TOWN OF YORK AND ITS VICINITY, HELD AT YORK 
ON TUESDAY THE 15th DAY OF DECEMBER, 181%, pur- 
suant to PUBLIC NOTICE. THE HONORABLE CHIEF 
JUSTICE SCOTT, Chairman, it is RESOLVED, 
1st—That a select Society be established by annual Subscription 
throughout the Province, to be called THE LOYAL AND 
PATRIOTIC SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA, for the fol- 
lowing specific purposes: 
