Memoir, 1855.

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Memoir, 1855.

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A memoir of Colonel Cromwell Pearce, of Chester County, with an account of his ancestry. The volume contains a sketch of the distinguished services rendered by him as a colonel of the 16th Regiment of the United States Infantry in the War of 1812; a detailed description of the military campaign against Canada, the attack on Sackets Harbor and Little York, N.Y., the explosion of a powder magazine causing the death of General Zebulon M. Pike, sickness and lack of discipline among the soldiers, Commodore Isaac Chauncey's naval activities on the Great Lakes.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Chauncey, Issac, 1772-1840.

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Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813

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Army officer and explorer. From the description of Papers of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, 1805-1806. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070072 Zebulon Montgomery Pike was a soldier and explorer of the Louisiana Purchase. From the description of Journal of a voyage to the source of the Mississippi in the years 1805 and 1806, 1805 August 9-1806 April 30. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122473970 Explorer and U.S. Army officer. ...

Pearce, Cromwell, 1771-

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Col. Cromwell Pearce (1772-1852) was born to Cromwell and Margaret Boggs Pearce on their farm in Willistown on 13 Aug. 1772. He had a least six brothers; Richard, Edward, John, George, Marmaduke, and Joseph, and a sister, Frances. Col. Pearce was married twice. His first marriage was to Isabella Bull on 23 Apr. 1801, they had one child, Lewis G. Pearce. Isabella died 30 Mar. 1807, at age thirty-one. Cromwell later married the widow Mary Bartholomew; there were no children from this marriage. Whe...