New-England Palladium Vol. XLII No. 49- December 17, 1813
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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.- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Periodicals
- Description
- A four page, semi-weekly paper that was published from 1803 to 1814.
Page 1:
• Report that documents of high importance had been found in Proctor’s papers from the correspondence between an American officer and Gen. Brock
• Col. Smith in command at Sackett’s Harbour, British have three vessels being built in Kingston
• News from Northern Army: British expedition to retrieve 3000 barrels of provisions from American territory, but Wilkinson’s force arrived before British to take provisions, and British returned to Canada
• Naval captures, arrivals, etc.
Page 2:
• British official notice of defeat of British fleet on Lake Erie, and of Proctor
• Return of right division of army of Upper Canada including number killed
• Excerpt from private journal about brig Saratoga
• Report on American prisoners at Halifax
• Report of victory by Americans over Creek natives
• Article claiming report that Americans attempted to attack Kingston (with Wilkinson’s force) and Montreal (with Hampton’s force)
• Report from “a friend in Halifax” of poor conditions for American prisoners on British POW ships
• Notice of expiry of three month’s drafted militia term, return to families expected
• Letter from “a friend” listing various naval correspondence, vessels captured, etc.
• Report of US ship Congress arriving at Portsmouth, news of her cruise
• Various naval arrivals, captures, etc.
Page 3:
• Report of naval arrivals, captures, etc. at Boston - Publisher
- Young & Minns
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date of Publication
- 17 Dec 1813
- Subject(s)
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Brock University ArchivesEmail:dsharron@brocku.ca
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