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The War of 1812, writings from America's second war of independence, Donald R. Hickey, editor

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The War of 1812

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Donald R. Hickey, editor

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writings from America's second war of independence

A collection of letters, speeches, diary entries, newspaper and magazine articles, memoir excerpts, poems, sermons, songs, and military reports that provide a rich first-hand panorama of the War of 1812 as it was experienced by a wide range of participants: Americans, Britons, Canadians, and Indians

"A solemn question", Washington, D.C., June 1812 / James Madison (War Message to Congress) -- "An immediate appeal to Arms", Washington, D.C., June 1812 / U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Relations (Report on the Causes and Reasons for War) -- "A solecism worthy of Don Quixot", Virginia, May 1812 / Thomas Jefferson to James Madison -- "The spirit of the whole people is on fire", Tennessee, June 1812 / Andrew Jackson to Willie Blount -- "All this Island will rise as one man", Northwestern Frontier, June 1812 / Tecumseh (Message from the Confederate Nations to Their British Allies and Huron Brothers) -- "Trade & fight, & fight & trade", Washington, D.C., June 1812 / James Monroe to John Taylor -- "The last resort of injured Nations", Washington, D.C., June 1812 / James Madison (Proclamation of War) -- "Long live America", Baltimore, June 1812 / Hezekiah Niles ("War against England") -- Canada, Commerce, and War, Virginia, June 1812 / Thomas Jefferson to James Madison -- "What are the United States to gain by this war?", Washington, D.C., June 1812 / Thirty-four Members of the U.S. House of Representatives (from "An Address of the Minority to Their Constituents") -- Silencing the Anti-War Press, Baltimore, Summer 1812 / Maryland House of Delegates, Committee of Grievances and Courts of Justice (Report on the Baltimore Riots) -- "Your country calls", Washington, D.C., July 1812 / Israel Pickens (Circular Letter to His Constituents in North Carolina) -- "It is a war fraught with ruin", Boston, July 1812 / William Ellery Channing (A Sermon, Preached in Boston, July 23, 1812, the Day of the Publick Fast) -- "I come to find enemies not to make them", Upper Canada, July 1812 / William Hull (Proclamation) -- "Repel the invader", Upper Canada, July 1812 / Isaac Brock (Proclamation) -- With Tecumseh and the British, Northwestern Frontier, July-August 1812 / Thomas Verchères de Boucherville (Journal) -- The Fort Dearborn Massacre, Northwestern Frontier, August 1812 / Nathan Heald to Thomas H. Cushing -- Massachusetts Defiant, Boston, August 1812 / Caleb Strong to William Eustis -- "The wheels of war", Washington, D.C., August 1812 / James Madison to Thomas Jefferson -- Hull's Capitulation, Michigan Territory, August 1812 / Robert Lucas (Journal) -- A Ballad of Detroit, Upper Canada, August 1812 / Cornelius Flummerfelt ("The Bold Canadian") -- "Old Ironsides" Captures HMS Guerrière, North Atlantic, August 1812 / Moses Smith (from Naval Scenes in the Last War) -- De Witt Clinton for President, New York City, August 1812 / New-York City Committee of Correspondence (from Address ... in Support of the Nomination of The Hon. De Witt Clinton) -- Advice to America's Indian Friends, Washington, D.C., August 1812 / James Madison (Address to the Delegations of Several Indian Nations) -- Alarm and Distrust in New York, Niagara Frontier, August 1812 / Stephen Van Rensselaer to Daniel D. Tompkins -- Siege of Fort Wayne, Northwestern Frontier, September 1812 / Daniel Curtis to Jacob Kingsbury -- Circumstances and William Hull, Lower Canada, September 1812 / A.W. Cochran (from a letter to Rebecca Cochran) -- Fifteen Reasons for War on America, Upper Canada, September 1812 / John Strachan to John Richardson -- Yankee Ingenuity, Pennsylvania, October 1812 / George McFeely (Diary) -- Battle of Queenston Heights, Upper Canada, October 1812 / Jared Willson to Alvan Stewart -- The British-Indian Alliance, Upper Canada, November 1812 / John Strachan to William Wilberforce -- "The hour of renown", Niagara Frontier, November 1812 / Alexander Smyth (Proclamation) -- A Chronicle of Wretchedness, Northwestern Frontier, September 1812-January 1813 / William Atherton (from Narrative of the Suffering & Defeat of the North-Western Army) -- Battle of the Mississinewa River, Northwestern Frontier, December 1812 / William B. Northcutt (Diary)"Remember the Raisin!", Northwestern Frontier, January 1813 / Elias Darnell (Journal) -- War and the American Character, Washington, D.C., March 1813 / James Madison (Second Inaugural Address) -- The Rules of Engagement, London, March 1813 / Henry, Earl Bathurst to Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith -- Battle of York, Upper Canada, April 1813 / Patrick Finan (from "Recollections of Canada") -- Siege of Fort Meigs, Ohio, May 1813 / John Richardson (from "A Canadian Campaign") -- Tyrants of Land and Sea, Virginia, May 1813 / Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Staël -- "The flag from Fort George", Upper Canada, May 1813 / George McFeely (Diary) -- Battle of Sackets Harbor, Upstate New York, May 1813 / John Le Couteur (Journal) -- Life Aboard a British Prison Ship, Lower Canada, June-August 1813 / Joseph Penley Jr. (from The Sanguinary and Cruel War of 1812-14) -- HMS Shannon Defeats USS Chesapeake, Massachusetts Bay, June 1813 / Philip B.V. Broke to John Borlase Warren -- "Party sperit", Washington, D.C., June 1813 / John C. Calhoun to James Macbride -- A Canadian Paul Revere, Upper Canada, June 1813 / Laura Ingersoll Secord (Incident at Beaver Dams) -- Battle of Beaver Dams, Upper Canada, June 1813 / John Le Couteur (Journal) -- The President in Peril, Washington, D.C., June 1813 / James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson -- British Atrocities at Hampton, Virginia, June 1813 / "P." (Richard E. Parker) to the Richmond Enquirer -- The Death of Joseph C. Eldridge, Upper Canada, July 1813 / Blackbird (Message from the Ottawa Nation to William Claus) -- Skirmish on the Sandusky, Ohio, July 1813 / William B. Northcutt (Diary) -- Battle of Fort Stephenson, Ohio, August 1813 / George Croghan to William Henry Harrison -- The White Man's Way of War, Northwestern Frontier, Summer 1813 / Black Hawk (from Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk) -- Storm and Shipwreck, Lake Ontario, August 1813 / James Fenimore Cooper (from Ned Myers; or, A Life Before the Mast) -- The Wounded of USS Argus, Southwest Coast of Britain, August 1813 / James Inderwick (Journal) -- A Brawl with Andrew Jackson, Nashville, September 1813 / Thomas Hart Benton (Broadside) -- "We have met the enemy and they are ours", Lake Erie, September 1813 / Philip Freneau ("The Battle of Lake Erie") -- "The nerve of a hero", Lake Erie, September 1813 / Washington Irving ("Biographical Memoir of Commodore Perry") -- "We are determined to defend our lands", Upper Canada, September 1813 / Tecumseh (Speech to Henry Procter) -- Battle of the Thames, Upper Canada, September-October 1813 / John Richardson (from War of 1812) -- An Armistice with the Indians, Northwestern Frontier, October 1813 / William Henry Harrison (Proclamation) -- Indian Grievances, Niagara Frontier, October 1813 / Red Jacket (Message to Erastus Granger) -- Terror, Delight, and Thoughts of Home, Upper Canada, October 1813 / John Le Couteur to Philip Bouton -- Battle of Châteauguay, Lower Canada, October 1813 / Robert Purdy to James Wilkinson -- Runaway Slaves in the Chesapeake, Maryland, Summer-Fall 1813 / Charles Ball (from Slavery in the United States: A Narrative) -- American Characteristics, Maryland, Winter 1813-14 / James Scott (from Recollections of a Naval Life) -- A British Editor Interviews the President, Washington, D.C., November 1813 / Francis Jeffrey (A Conversation with James Madison) -- "If Canada is conquered", Washington, D.C., December 1813 / Henry Clay to Thomas BodleyThe Case Against George McClure, Niagara Frontier, December 1813 / Cyrenius Chapin to the Buffalo Gazette -- Revenge by Fire, Niagara Frontier, December 1813 / Eber D. Howe (from "Recollections of a Pioneer Printer") -- The Burning of Black Rock and Buffalo, Niagara Frontier, December 1813 / Amos Hall to Daniel D. Tompkins -- "A full measure of retaliation", Upper Canada, January 1814 / George Prevost (Proclamation) -- Across the Northern Ice, Saint John, New Brunswick-Kingston, Upper Canada, Winter 1814 / Henry Kent (A Winter's March) -- Prosecuting War on America, Garris, France, February 1814 / Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington, to Henry, Earl Bathurst -- Fighting Words, Valparaiso Harbor, Chile, March 1814 / The Crew of USS Essex to the Crew of HMS Phoebe -- "Your vile infamy", Valparaiso Harbor, Chile, March 1814 / A Midshipman of HMS Phoebe to the Crew of USS Essex -- The Capture of USS Essex, Off Valparaiso, Chile, March 1814 / David G. Farragut (from The Life of David Glasgow Farragut) -- Words Before an Execution, Mississippi Territory, March 1814 / Andrew Jackson to John Wood -- Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Mississippi Territory, March 1814 / Andrew Jackson to Rachel Jackson -- British Unrest at Fort Niagara, Niagara Frontier, March 1814 / Robert Young to Phineas Riall -- Second Battle of Lacolle Mill, Lower Canada, March 1814 / George McFeely (Diary) -- The Rough Allies of Dartmoor, Devon, England, Spring-Summer 1814 / Benjamin F. Browne (from "Papers of an old Dartmoor Prisoner") -- A British Appeal to American Slaves, Bermuda, April 1814 / Alexander Cochrane (Proclamation) -- "The Attila of the age dethroned", Virginia, April 1814 / Thomas Jefferson (from a letter to John Adams) -- British Aims in North America, London, June 1814 / Henry, Earl Bathurst to George Prevost -- "Pride and vindictive passions", London, June 1814 / Albert Gallatin to James Monroe -- Battle of Sandy Creek, Upstate New York, May 1814 / Stephen Popham to James Yeo -- Carrying the Cable, Upstate New York, May-June 1814 / N.W. Hibbard to Alvin Hunt -- A Tale of Five Deserters, Niagara Frontier, June 1814 / Jarvis Hanks (Memoir) -- The U.S. Wounded at Fort Erie, Niagara Frontier, July 1814 / William E. Horner (from "Surgical Sketches") -- Battle of Chippawa, Upper Canada, July 1814 / Winfield Scott (from Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Scott) -- "A higher destiny", Lake Ontario, August 1814 / Isaac Chauncey to Jacob Brown -- Battle of Lundy's Lane, Upper Canada, July 1814 / John Le Couteur (Journal) -- A British Surgeon's Lot, Upper Canada, July 1814 / William Dunlop (from "Recollections") -- The Loss of an Arm, Upper Canada, August 1814 / Shadrach Byfield (from "Narrative of a Light Company Soldier's Service") -- Battle of Fort Erie, Upper Canada, August 1814 / John Le Couteur (Journal) -- The Day After Fort Erie, Upper Canada, August 1814 / Jarvis Hanks (Memoir) -- The Treaty of Fort Jackson, Mississippi Territory, August 1814 / Andrew Jackson (Address to the Cherokee and Creek Nations) -- "Think for your red friends", Mississippi Territory, August 1814 / Big Warrior to Benjamin Hawkins -- "Destroy & lay waste", Bermuda, July 1814 / Alexander Cochrane to Commanding Officers of the North American Station -- British Depredations in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia, August 1814 / Robert Rowley to Owsley Rowley -- From Benedict to Bladensburg, Maryland, August 1814 / James Scott (from Recollections of a Naval Life) -- Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland, August 1814 / Joshua Barney to William Jones -- "Dear sister, I must leave this house", Washington, D.C., August 1814 / Dolley Madison to Lucy Payne Washington Todd -- A Slave's View from the White House, Washington, D.C., August 1814 / Paul Jennings (from A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison) -- Storming the Capital, Washington, D.C., August 1814 / George R. Gleig (from The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans, 1814-15) -- "The most suicidal act ever committed", Washington, D.C., August 1814 / Mary Stockton Hunter to Susan Stockton Cuthbert -- The British Retreat from the Capital, Washington, D.C., August 1814 / George R. Gleig (from The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans, 1814-15) -- A U.S. Blockade of the British Isles, London, August 1814 / Thomas Boyle (Proclamation) -- Battle of Caulk's Field, Maryland, August 1814 / Philip Reed to Benjamin Chambers -- Death of a Kinsman, London, August 1814 / George Gordon, Lord Byron ("Elegiac Stanzas on the Death of Sir Peter Parker, Bart.") -- The Bombardment of Fort McHenry, Maryland, September 1814 / Isaac Monroe to a Friend in Boston -- "The Star-Spangled Banner", Maryland, September 1814 / Francis Scott Key ("Defence of Fort M'Henry") -- The Life and Legend of Francis Scott Key, Maryland, September 1814 / Roger B. Taney to Charles Howard -- Thinning the Ranks at Fort Erie, Upper Canada, Summer 1814 / William Dunlop (from "Recollections") -- The New York Militia Redeemed, Niagara Frontier, September 1814 / Jarvis Hanks (Memoir) -- Battle of Lake Champlain, Upstate New York, September 1814 / Thomas Macdonough to William Jones -- The Library of Congress, Virginia, September 1814 / Thomas Jefferson to Samuel H. Smith -- A Naval Battle in a Neutral Harbor, Fayal, Azores, September 1814 / Samuel C. Reid to the New-York Mercantile Advertiser -- Democracy and Royalty in Dartmoor, Devon, England, Fall 1814 / Benjamin F. Browne (from "Papers of an old Dartmoor Prisoner") -- The British Terms for Peace, Washington, D.C., October 1814 / Timothy Pickering to Caleb Strong -- Ways, Means, and Ends of an Ongoing War, Virginia, October 1814 / Thomas Jefferson to James Madison -- A Federalist Calls for a Convention, Philadelphia, October 1814 / Charles Willing Hare to Harrison Gray Otis -- The "Federal States" of America, Halifax, November 1814 / John C. Sherbrooke to Henry, Earl Bathurst -- Wellington Weighs In, Paris, November 1814 / The Duke of Wellington to the Earl of Liverpool -- "Is this civil liberty?", Washington, D.C., December 1814 / Daniel Webster ("Speech on the Conscription Bill") -- Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America : The Peace of Christmas Eve, Ghent, December 1814 -- "As favorable as could be expected", Ghent, December 1814 / Albert Gallatin to James Monroe -- The Prime Minister on the Peace, London, December 1814 / The Earl of Liverpool to George Canning -- Target New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1814 / George R. Gleig (from The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans, 1814-15) -- Battle of Lake Borgne, Louisiana, December 1814 / Thomas ap Catesby Jones to Daniel T. Patterson -- "If the Union be destined to dissolution", Connecticut, December 1814-January 1815 / Harrison Gray Otis and Fellow Delegates from New England (Report and Resolutions of the Hartford Convention)"A most murderous fire", Louisiana, January 1815 / Harry Smith (from Autobiography) -- A Kentucky Soldier's Account of the Battle of New Orleans : "Like a sea of blood", Louisiana, January 1815 -- Reckoning the Loss, Louisiana, January 1815 / Harry Smith (from Autobiography) -- Report on the Battle of New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1815 / Andrew Jackson to James Monroe -- The "Robespierres of Massachusetts", Virginia, February 1815 / Thomas Jefferson to Marquis de Lafayette -- The War Ends, Washington, D.C., February 1815 / James Madison (Special Message to Congress) -- "We have gloriously triumphed!", Massachusetts, February 1815 / National Aegis ("The Peace") -- A Commander's Farewell, Lower Canada, March 1815 / George Prevost (General Order) -- The Dartmoor Massacre, Devon, England, April 1815 / Lewis Peter Clover (from "Reminiscences of a Dartmoor Prisoner") -- An Uncertain Peace, Ealing, England, August 1815 / John Quincy Adams to William Eustis -- Mr. Madison's War, Washington, D.C., December 1815 / James Madison (Seventh Annual Message to Congress) -- Chronology

Writings from America's second war of independence