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=== Charlottetown ===
Selman and Broughton gathered intelligence that the Governor of St. John Island was recruiting for the war efforts against the Americans. Selman wrote the Vice-President of the United States that they were, “supposing we should do essential service by breaking up a nest of [loyalist] recruits.”<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070578813&view=1up&seq=32 Selman letter. 1813]</ref> As a result, Broughton headed for Charlottetown.<ref>
[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112005302416&view=1up&seq=1372 p. 1322 – Selman’s full account]</ref><ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070578813&view=1up&seq=32 Selman letter. 1813]</ref>
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