1814 December 23 . William King ALS to Henry Dearborn; Boston, [Massachusetts].
3 pages
Box 4
Regarding troop movements and militia.
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1814 December 30 . Lt. Blackshear ALS to John McIntosh; Camp on Oakmulgee Creek.
2 pages
Box 4
Discusses marching, during which he detached two companies to clear a road and make a bridge.
[1814 to 1815] . 2 Manuscript notebooks.
33 pages
Box 4
Two notebooks about United States privateers and warships; one is nine pages in length, the other is twenty four. The nine-page manuscript is entitled, "A Journal of Privateers & U.S. vessels That Sailed from the United States In 1814 or a part of them."
1814 . Committee of British Merchants Document.
55 pages
Box 4
Letter, minutes, and a printed appendix addressed to Sir George Prevost. The minutes suggest new boundaries and provide suggestions pertaining to American forts and vessels.
1814 . Connecticut Adjutant General’s orders Pr. Document; Connecticut.
1 page
Box 4
Broadside announcing that the captain general "is informed that doubts are entertained" whether officers of the militia are allowed to discharge commissioned officers; he believes that late Governor Trumbull's orders delegating this authority to the General Officers have not been revoked. He reminds officers of the stipulations under which discharges are acceptable. Includes writing from Ebenezer Huntington regarding returns of militia and list of [officer's] names that need to be sent to his office.
[post 1814] . Unknown AL to Unknown.
4 pages
Box 4
Incomplete account of an individual’s military exploits during the War of 1812, including the Battle of Sackett’s Harbor. Born in Pennsylvania in 1786, the writer includes a brief autobiography. He joined the army as a 2nd lieutenant in the 15th Infantry under Col. Pike.
1815 January 2 . George Washington Campbell ADfS to John Armstrong; Nashville, [Tennessee].
3 pages
Box 5
Comments on economic situation, the destruction of naval forces near New Orleans; "Our gun boats on the lakes near N. Orleans have been taken or [destroyed]…Will England make peace, if not…by the result of the Congress at Vienna?" He requests to information on political affairs.
1815 January 9 . Joseph S. Winter ALS to Elisha I. Winter; New Orleans, [Louisiana].
7 pages
Box 5
Discusses the Battle of New Orleans; "The British yesterday made a grand assault upon our Works and were repulsed with a most unprecedented loss on their side of killed & wounded & there is an armistice until 12 o'clock today for them to bury their dead…"
1815 January 12 . Joseph S. Winter ALS to Elisha I. Winter; New Orleans, [Louisiana].
4 pages
Box 5
Describes the Battle of New Orleans; "never was there an action wherein one side suffered so much and the other so little we having lost but six men killed and nine wounded & the British lost at least 1500 killed wounded & prisoners…" Includes a breakdown of the British troops that are killed or imprisoned (wounded and unwounded).