War of 1812 collection, 1813-1932.

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War of 1812 collection, 1813-1932.

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This small collection includes documents pertaining to pensions and land claims, dated in the 1850s; two letters from Sergeant Hector Shields ( - ) of the 25th Infantry, written from Buffalo, N.Y., in 1814, describing the Battle of Chippewa; and a letter from John Rodgers (1773-1838) to Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1777-1849) requesting furlough for three army privates, 1814. There is a copy of letters from Commander Thomas Macdonough (1783-1825) and General Alexander Macomb (1782-1841) to the secretaries of the Navy and War describing the battles of Lake Champlain and Plattsburg (September 1814). There are fragments of rosters for the 40th infantry at Fort McClary, 1814, kept by Sergeant Richard Shapleigh ( - ). The collection also contains a report from the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners detailing the harsh treatment of American prisoners by the British and orders for retaliation against British prisoners, appeals by British prisoners to Masonic groups for aid in returning home at war's end in 1815, and a letter written by a British sea captain thanking the people of Salem, Mass., for their good treatment of him while he was a prisoner. The bulk of the collection consists of typed copies and photostats of thirteen letters from Captain Rufus McIntire (1784-1866) to John Holmes (1773-1843) of Alfred, Me. (the originals of which are located at the New York State Library).

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Gadsden Public Library

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Gadsden Public Library

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Shapleigh, Richard,

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McIntire, Rufus, 1784-1866

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U.S. Representative from York District, Me. From the description of Correspondence, 1827-1832. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978604 Born Rufus McIntire (name also cited as Rufus McIntyre) on Dec. 19, 1784, York, York County, Me.; died Apr. 28, 1866, Parsonsfield, Me.; lawyer, congressman, and land surveyor; known for War of 1812, Congressional Service, Aroostook War. From the description of Rufus McIntire letter to John Burleigh, 1827....

Macdonough, Thomas, 1783-1825

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Commander of the American squadron on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. From the description of Letter : U.S. Saratoga, Plattsburgh Bay, to Honble. Wm. Jones, Secretary of the Navy, 1814 Sept. 13. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33841454 American naval officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Benjamin Homans of the Navy Department in Washington, 1817 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606715 From ...

Holmes, John, 1773-1843

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John Holmes (1773-1843), lawyer, was a United States Senator from York County, Maine. From the description of John Holmes correspondence, 1803-1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122485368 From the guide to the John Holmes correspondence, 1803-1838, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) U.S. Commissioner under the Treaty of Ghent to divide the islands of Passamaquoddy Bay between the U. S. and Great Britain; later a Congressman from Mass...

Macomb, Alexander, 1782-1841

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Army officer. From the description of Letter of Alexander Macomb, 1831. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454178 Alexander Macomb was the commanding general of the U.S. Army from 1828 to 1841. He was the son of merchant Alexander Macomb (1748-1831) of Detroit and New York City. From the description of Alexander Macomb letters, 1813. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 713567317 American soldier. From the description of A...

Rodgers, John, 1773-1838

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U.S. Naval officer. From the description of Letter, 1812, Jan. 6 : Newport, Rhode Island, to William P.C. Barton. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992827 President of the United States Board of Navy Commissioners. From the description of Letters, 1818-1831. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70926243 John Rodgers was born in Maryland in 1773. He joined the Navy in the 1790s and served in the Quasi War with France, th...

Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777-1849

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Soldier, U.S. Army; served in War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Florida War and Mexican War; commanded Western Department and later Eastern Department; at odds with War Department over frontier defense during most of his career. From the description of Letter : Sand Hills near Augusta, Ga., 1825 Sept. 30. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31023735 U.S. Army general. From the description of Papers, 1815-1857. (Duke University Library). WorldCa...

Shields, Hector.

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