Note 1182 — Chapter IX
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Irving to Miss Fairlie, July 7, 1807, Irving, i, 153. "The only reason given for immuring him in this abode of thieves, cut-throats, and incendiaries," says Irving, "was that it would save the United States a couple of hundred dollars (the charge of guarding him at his lodgings), and it would insure the security of his person."