ALS, 1814 September 1 : Washington, to Littleton Tasewell.

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ALS, 1814 September 1 : Washington, to Littleton Tasewell.

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The U.S. Attorney General reports: "A dispatch was yesterday received by the Secretary of State from Admiral Cochrane Commander in Chief of the British ships ... Cochrane explicitly declares it to be his intention ... 'to destroy and lay waste such towns and districts upon the coast as may be found assailable.'"

2 p. ; 26 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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