The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle - 1812 September

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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.

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Sylvanus Urban

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Periodicals

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Specific pages related to the War of 1812 include:

Page 282:
• News that, despite the orders in council having been revoked, it had been too late for it to have restored peace, and that negotiations would have to take place
• Report that Americans had fitted out 220 privateers
since the declaration of war, and that they had been successful in capturing English vessels
• Mention of border hostilities, the occupation of the town of Sandwich (in Canada, near Detroit (present day Windsor, Ontario)
• Report of a meeting held in Boston, at which resolutions were passed stigmatizing the war against Britain
• Report of a meeting held at Plymouth, Massachusetts, at which a resolution was passed that the war against Great Britain had been unnecessary, and that they would not be concerned in fitting out privateers
• Report of an exchange of prisoners between Great Britain and the United States
• Report of the riot in Baltimore
• Report of opposition of the war in the United States and that some of the militia had refused to march

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, letters from noted figures, articles on geography, biographical entries for prominent people, poems, statistics, obituaries, reviews of books and more.

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