1813 January 25 . John Cotton Smith Pr. DS to Elisha Hinsdale; Hartford, [Connecticut].
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Appointment to Lieutenant of the Torrington Company of Volunteers.
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1813 February 1 . Samuel Gaxton ALS to Calvin Stebbins; Attica, [New York].
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Events in Canada since start of war; his experiences in camp has led him to "a full knowledge of the Conduct, of the great men of our Nations; or in other words the Men in Power; and suffer me to tell you that in my opinion they are leading us all to ruin." He mentions Hull's defeat and the "attempt of Smith to invade Canada; all fruitless..."
1813 February 10 and 1813 May 3 . B.F. Stickney ALS, ADS to Jacob Fowler; McPherson’s Block House.
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Letter and warrant for Captain Lewis, a Shawnee Chief; "you have taken a retain a horse belonging to Capt Lewis. The horse was delivered to Lewis by order of Gen Harrison... as will appear by a certificate Lewis now holds." Includes a receipt for a horse pressed into public service dated May 3, 1813 for $60.
1813 February 11 . John Armstrong DS; Department of War, [Washington, D.C.].
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Order regarding payment of troops; "The paymaster is required to cause to be advanced to the officers non-commisioned officers and privates of two Regiments of militia, which have been called into service by Gov. Meigs in the State of Ohiol Two months pay and amoluments."
1813 February 25 . Charles Wale Partially printed DS; Fort Royal, Martinique.
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License for safe passage for any unarmed American ship from New London (Conn.) to Fort Royal. Signed by Wale, the British Governor of Martinique. Tonnage endorsed on page two, for the Brig Godfry & Mary, New London, May 17, 1813.
1813 February 20 . George Beale ADS to William Jones; Plattsburg, [New York].
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Regarding payment for provisions and "the payment of the officers and men on this station."
1813 February 20 . Ohio Legislature Document; Groton.
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Regarding the Lake Erie Tax for 1812; "A Tax Bill for the Proprieters in the 1st. Section in the Town of Groton in the County of huron, in the State of Ohio, in that part called firelands, and was Levyed by the Legislator…in, and for, the year 1812, which Tax is $28..78.- and each proprietors is as followeth."
1813 February 22 . John Clopton ALS; Representative Chamber [Washington, D.C.].
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Clopton, a U.S. Representative from Virginia, nominates George Kennon to be navy surgeon; "I have been requested to nominate Doctor George T. Kennon for the appointment of a surgeon in the navy. Though not personally acquainted with Doctor Kennon, such recommendations of him has been communicated to me that, I cannot hesitate in nominating him to you."
1813 February 23 . W[illiam] Jones ALS to Manuel Eyre; Washington, [D.C.].
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Regarding the non-importation act; "Nothing could justify the measure but the conviction that it is or soon will be a mere nominal Act defeated by evasion and smuggling…"
1813 March 15 . J. Broadus DS to Frederick Spofford; Boston, [Massachusetts].
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Certificate of resignation as an ensign in the Massachusetts militia; he is honorably discharged.