The Amphibious Campaign for West Florida and Louisiana, 1814-1815

with Sir Guy Carleton on the new government of Quebec. All this is made clear in Treasury and Foreign Office documents. Despite its shortcomings, the book serves the valuable purpose of examining in some detail the career of a loyalist who does not fit neatly into the conservative mold too often reserved for such men by historians. Smith was a leader of the opposition in New York at least until 1765, and he believed that the American colonies should be given a considerable amount of autonomy within the British Empire. Many other loyalists also espoused the same theory of the relationship between England and her colonies, and regarded themselves as true American patriots even though they supported the British. Upton's work will substantially assist in granting these men the recognition the deserve

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