A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America: With an Appendix, and Plates, Volume 2author, 1818 - United States |
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... Destroyed August 22d 1814 . Mount Pleasant British Camp Aug. 22d Upper Marlboro Bishop Claggets ↳ Odens Church / Matupany StPauls Bladensburg with VA VA Billingsly's of the Branch Eaftern Potomac Bryan Town Gr . Swansons [ British Camp ...
... Destroyed August 22d 1814 . Mount Pleasant British Camp Aug. 22d Upper Marlboro Bishop Claggets ↳ Odens Church / Matupany StPauls Bladensburg with VA VA Billingsly's of the Branch Eaftern Potomac Bryan Town Gr . Swansons [ British Camp ...
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... destroying the town of Newark . " * It is Mr. O'Connor whom we have to thank , for being explicit upon this point . " As a measure deemed necessary to the safety of the troops , the town of Newark was burned . This act , ' said general ...
... destroying the town of Newark . " * It is Mr. O'Connor whom we have to thank , for being explicit upon this point . " As a measure deemed necessary to the safety of the troops , the town of Newark was burned . This act , ' said general ...
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... destroyed they then proceeded as far as Tone- wanto Creek , which is within 10 miles of Buffaloe ; but , finding the bridge broken , re- turned , and crossed over to Queenstown . The exposed state of the American Niagara- * See Plate I ...
... destroyed they then proceeded as far as Tone- wanto Creek , which is within 10 miles of Buffaloe ; but , finding the bridge broken , re- turned , and crossed over to Queenstown . The exposed state of the American Niagara- * See Plate I ...
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... destroyed . All the inhabitants having left Black Rock and Buffaloe , the two villages shared the fate of Newark . The United States ' vessels Chippeway , Little Belt , and Trippe , were found aground near Buffaloe Creek ; and , along ...
... destroyed . All the inhabitants having left Black Rock and Buffaloe , the two villages shared the fate of Newark . The United States ' vessels Chippeway , Little Belt , and Trippe , were found aground near Buffaloe Creek ; and , along ...
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... of British to pursue and punish those guilty wretches ; many of whose dwellings happily shared the fate of the * Sketches of the War , p . 193 . town which they had destroyed . Yet - mark the 28 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
... of British to pursue and punish those guilty wretches ; many of whose dwellings happily shared the fate of the * Sketches of the War , p . 193 . town which they had destroyed . Yet - mark the 28 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
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