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Regarding the Battle of Lundy’s Lane.

Bunbury, the Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, provides his reasons for objecting to the proposed expedition to New Orleans; "I now venture to submit to you…the principal reasons which incline me to think that it would be better & safer for The King's Service that the Enterprize should be deferred."

People of Maine anxious for peace suffering from blockade. Coastal towns threatened with invasion. Comments on Brown’s victory and mentions that "I have but little hopes of peace since the downfall of Bonaparte."

Describes march under hard conditions from Montreal to Kingston; "the Commander of the Forces was at Montreal when we arrived & saw us next morning in a field adjaecent to the Town: it is a large papulous fine Town with good streets & regular: plenty of everything but the war makes all things extremely dear."

Report and resolutions from the Committee for the Defense of Philadelphia; "we are authorized to call upon you for such aid in resisting any attack from the enemy as will be consistent with the duties of your department to grant considering the aid of Naval resources and the personal services of the Officers seamen & Marines..."

Regarding the burning of War Department in Washington and a model of field magazine saved from destruction; "At the destruction of the public Works at Washington, it fell to me to burn the War Office, and amongst two or three things which I saved from the flames, is the accompanying model, which appears to be intended as a kind of field magazine for powder."

Meeting minutes; draft of resolutions regarding British depredations and county offices, decries the conduct of the British military, particularly in the burning of Washington. Resolutions include establishing a Committee of Correspondence and the election of "two Candidates for Congress, eight Candidates, for the General Assembly of this Commonwealth and six Candidates for Auditors of this County."

1870s newspaper of material related to War of 1812 taken from a National Intelligence Officer. Includes an account of the capture of Washington and the Battle of Fort Erie.

Camp life; "I asure you we presented rather a formidable appearance, we were under arms the whole day & marched about five or six miles…we are now in the service of Uncle Sam…I have been with our company to work & the fortifications at Harlaem; in a short time we expect to have an army of militia in & about this city of nearly twenty five thousand men."

Receipt of 57 cents for tax upon Hawkins' property, "under the act of congress passed the 2d August, 1813, to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States."