The War- June 15, 1813
Description
- Sponsors
This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.- Creator
- Samuel Woodworth
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Periodicals
- Description
- This newspaper was published bi-weekly from June 1812 to September 1814 by S. Woodworth & Co. in New York. Editor Samuel Woodworth formed the content of the newspaper using official documents from both the American and British side with the intention to report the events of the war.
The contents included in this issue are Official Accounts of the Capture of Fort George with copies of letters written by Commodore Isaac Chauncey, Major-General Henry Dearborn, Morgan Lewis, and Lieutenant Colonel James P. Preston. It also has articles discussing the Chesapeake and Shannon, Disaster on Lake Champlain, the loss of General Pike, Halifax, a list of captured British ships, naval court of inquiry, opinion pieces, a notice to persons employed on board private armed vessels and a British account of the attack made on Sacket’s Harbor.
- Publisher
- S. Woodworth & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Pagination
- p. 4
- Date of Original
- 1813 June 15
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 2008.001.020
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
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- Image courtesy of the Niagara Historical Society & Museum
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