War of 1812 – May 4
On Sunday Evening last his Honor Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe and Suite arrived in town, from York, which place they left on Tuesday, the 27th …
20 Apr
War of 1812 – April 20
War of 1812 – April 20
Image: Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, British General of the War of 1812, from Wikimedia Commons. YORK, March 27, 1813 SIR, I have the honor to convey to you …
13 Apr
War of 1812 – April 13, 1813
War of 1812 – April 13, 1813
This letter from the American Colonel Macombe to his superior General Dearborn reports on the British success at Ogdensburg on February 24th (see our February …
09 Mar
War of 1812 – March 9, 1813
War of 1812 – March 9, 1813
Image: Frozen Shore of Lake Ontario Near Amherst Island. Photo courtesy of Bruce M. Di Labio / Di Labio Birding / Bruce Di Labio’s Blog. “On …
02 Mar
War of 1812 – March 2, 1813
War of 1812 – March 2, 1813
Image: Gold Epaulette from an 1812 Militia Uniform, Courtesy of the Niagara Historical Society & Museum. COMMUNICATION. KINGSTON, 27th February, 1813 The last quota of the Men who …
23 Feb
War of 1812 – February 23, 1813
War of 1812 – February 23, 1813
Portrait of General George Prevost, by Jean-Baptiste Roy-Audy, from the Collection of the Museum of Château Ramezay, Montréal, via Wikimedia Commons. Last Evening, about ten o’clock, …
16 Feb
War of 1812 – February 16, 1813
War of 1812 – February 16, 1813
Image: Jesse Duncan Elliot, 1814, from Wikimedia Commons, which cites as its source the Special Collections Library of Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA. From the lakes we …
06 Feb
War of 1812 – February 6, 1813
War of 1812 – February 6, 1813
Image: Rev. James Richardson, D.D., from The Canadian Portrait Gallery, Volume 3, edited by John Charles Dent, (1881), from Internet Archive. MARRIED–On Sunday Evening last, by …
30 Jan
War of 1812 – January 30, 1813
War of 1812 – January 30, 1813
Image: View of Dipper Harbour, site of the Plumper shipwreck, from Canada’s Historic Places website. His Britanic Majesty’s brig of war Plumper, having on board one …
23 Jan
War of 1812 – January 23, 1813
War of 1812 – January 23, 1813
Image: Army Surgeon’s Regulation Case (1812), from the Collection of the Museum of Health Care at Kingston. WINDSOR, (Vt.) Dec. 21 OUR DYING TROOPS. The following is from …