Captured as the result of capitulation: from the surrender of Gen. Hull at Detroit, Aug. 16, 1812.
1812. Should Gen. Dearborn enter the territory, he ought, if he means not to be Hull’d, or defeated, to have 25 or 30,000 men.—Connecticut Courant, Sept. 22.
1812. These facts show the absurdity of the idea of a force of 4,000 men marching to be Hull-ed, in a country where 19,000 of their countrymen were once before BURGOYNED.—Military Monitor, Oct. 5: from The Aurora.
1813. From every section of the union we hear of the march of troops, and active preparations to open the campaign on the northern frontier with vigor, and unless our gallant army is again Hulled, the British flag will soon disappear from Canada.—New Hampshire Gazette, April 20.
1814. The prevailing opinion now is, that the campaign will be opened at Niagara; some suppose Detroit. If at the latter place, with the paltry force now marching in that direction, we shall most certainly get Hull’d.—N.Y. Herald, March 30: from a Herkimer (N.Y.) paper.
*** These four citations are taken from the valuable monograph of Mr. Albert Matthews on “Uncle Sam,” 1908.
