Letter: to Colonel Jacob Kingsbury /by Amos Stoddard, 1812 Aug 30.

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Letter: to Colonel Jacob Kingsbury /by Amos Stoddard, 1812 Aug 30.

Congratulates Colonel Kingsbury on his recent command in Newport, Rhode Island. He tells him that the British have taken Detroit and captured General Hull and his army.

1 p.; 25 cm.

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Stoddard, Amos, 1762-1813

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Amos Stoddard, first civil and military commander of Upper Louisiana. From the description of Letter: to Colonel Jacob Kingsbury /by Amos Stoddard, 1812 Aug 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702130227 Lawyer, soldier, acting governor of Louisiana (1804) From the description of Letter : Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, to John Sevier, 1810 Aug. 30. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40342758 Amos Stoddard was born in Woodbury, Connecticut in 1762. As...

Hull, William, 1753-1825

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William Hull (1753-1825) was a lawyer and a soldier. He served in the Revolutionary War and afterwards in the U.S. Army where he attained the rank of Brigadier-General. In 1805 he was appointed Governor of the Michigan Territory. In 1812 he was court-martialed and cashiered from the Army because of the failure of his campaign into Canada against the British. Hull succeeded William Wetmore as a trustee of the New England Mississippi Land Company, one of the "Yazoo" companies. The Yazoo companies ...

Kingsbury, Jacob, 1756-1837

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United States Army officer; born in Norwich, Connecticut and died in Franklin, Missouri. Entered the Continental Army in 1775 and served in the Western Army at Detroit, Fort Mackinaw, Fort Adams, New Orleans, and elsewhere. From the description of Jacob Kingsbury papers, 1764-1891. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476053212 U.S. Army officer. From the description of Jacob Kingsbury papers, 1727-1856 (bulk 1800-1825). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980...