The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle - 1812 October
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
- Sylvanus Urban
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Periodicals
- Description
- Specific pages related to the War of 1812 include:
Page 385: Report that the revocation of the orders in council were unlikely to produce conciliation. Report of the capture of Fort Detroit; battles at Plattsburgh and Sackett’s Harbour.
Page 389: On 10 October 1812, Major General Sir Isaac Brock was knighted.
Click on the pdf links to the right to view the monthly issue.
The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle was a monthly periodical published in England during the years of 1736-1833. The volumes of interest from 1812-1815 were written and compiled by Sylvanus Urban, Gentleman. These volumes were printed in London by Nichols, Son and Bentley at Cicero’s Head, Red Lion Passage and Fleet Street.
The magazine contains accounts of important historical events, abstracts of foreign occurrences, letters from noted figures, articles on geography, biographical entries for prominent people, poems, statistics, obituaries, reviews of books and more.
- Publisher
- Printed by: Nichols, Son and Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Pagination
- pp.305-408
- Date of Original
- October 1812
- Subject(s)
- Collection
- Brock University, James A. Gibson Library, Special Collections and Archives
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.02482 Longitude: -79.34379
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Terms of Use
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Brock University ArchivesEmail:dsharron@brocku.ca
Website:
Address:James A. Gibson Library,
Brock University,
500 Glenridge Avenue,
St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1
Telephone: 905-688-5550 x3264
