Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1814.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1814.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191061638

Letter to "Mrs. Capt. Bacon" of York, Pa., describing Washington, D.C., after its burning and evacuation by the British.

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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Blake, Thomas H. (Thomas Holdsworth), 1792-1849

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Thomas Holdsworth Blake was an attorney, U.S. congressman from Indiana, and Commissioner of the General Land Office. Blake was born in Maryland and studied law in Washington, D.C. where he was a member of the District of Columbia militia. During the War of 1812, his unit fought at the Battle of Bladensburg in 1814. After the war, he moved to Kentucky and subsequently to Terre Haut, Indiana where he practiced law and was a circuit judge. Blake was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1...