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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Memoir Of Alexander Macomb
Shortly after Macomb had entered the encampment beyond the Alleghany, an incident occurred which came near doing him a serious injury.
An officer visited him in his tent, and in the course of conversation, broached the politics of the day, the principal theme of which was the change of administration, Mr. Jefferson having been not long before elected to the Presidency. This officer was very abusive of the new President, in terms not merely indecorous, but punishable by the Articles of War. Disapproving of such intemperance, Macomb begged him not to continue a language, so disrespectful to the head of the Army and the Nation, and which, used any where but in his own tent, he would feel constrained to notice, as a breach of discipline. The expressions were overheard, attributed to Macomb, and reported to Head Quarters, for which he received a severe reprimand. He, however, soon succeeded in satisfying the General of his innocence of the charge, though without exposing the officer guilty of the indecorum.[Source]
An officer visited him in his tent, and in the course of conversation, broached the politics of the day, the principal theme of which was the change of administration, Mr. Jefferson having been not long before elected to the Presidency. This officer was very abusive of the new President, in terms not merely indecorous, but punishable by the Articles of War. Disapproving of such intemperance, Macomb begged him not to continue a language, so disrespectful to the head of the Army and the Nation, and which, used any where but in his own tent, he would feel constrained to notice, as a breach of discipline. The expressions were overheard, attributed to Macomb, and reported to Head Quarters, for which he received a severe reprimand. He, however, soon succeeded in satisfying the General of his innocence of the charge, though without exposing the officer guilty of the indecorum.[Source]
Thursday, June 18, 2020
War Of 1812 Initial Timeline
Note: Outline Per Wikipedia (with revisions)
| 1812 | Jun | Baltimore riots (NPS) |
| 1812 | Jun 18 | Declaration of war by the United States |
| 1812 | Jun 29 | Schooners Sophia and Island Packet taken by the British in the St. Lawrence River |
| 1812 | Jul 1 | United States doubles customs duties |
| 1812 | Jul 12 | U.S. General William Hull's army invades Upper Canada at Sandwich |
| 1812 | Jul 16 | Skirmish at River Canard |
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Joseph H. Nicholson Presided
"Early in 1812 the advocates of war determined on a public expression of their opinions, and on May 16 a called meeting was held at the Fountain Inn in Baltimore City...
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...by supporters of President Madison's administration, over which Joseph H. Nicholson presided. In the course of an address he said: ' No one can be insensible to the great crisis to which the affairs of our country are rapidly approaching."' [Source]
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Captain Abel Cameron's Claim
War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848...(Microform: t-1122):
Cross-posted at Cameron Collections
