Requesting a Pass

  

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June 2, 1813

...Mrs. Libina Jones...I request of your Honor  the favor of a pass for her

into the United States to reside with her friends---with a family of three children...

Cross-posted at Detour Through History

General Duncan MacArthur's Raid

Source

Also here: Kentucky In The War of 1812 (text)

William Cameron Killed At Fort George

  

Upper Canada Sundries : C-4543

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...certify that William Cameron Private in the 1st Reg't of Lincoln Militia was killed in the attack of the enemy on Fort George on the 27th May 1813...

Cross-posted at Cameron Collections And Detour Through History

Officers To Build Ships

  Upper Canada Sundries : C-4543:

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Cross-posted at Detour Through History

Court Martials In Kingston

Proceedings of a Militia General Court Martial held at Kingston on Dec. 6, 1813, for the trial of Amos McIntyre. Upper Canada Sundries : C-4508, Image 490

Image 514 cost of court martial

Light Horse Passed Here

Source

"...the army encamped at the Widow Dolsen's."

There were Dolsons/Dolsens mentioned at this blog post: Settlements On Lake Erie And The River Thames

General Orders, Kingston, 25th November, 1813

Upper Canada Sundries : C-4508 (Image 488):

"Complimenting Lt. Col. Bostwick & his associates for their gallantry in capturing destroying a band of traitors."

Queeston Heights Battle

Source

War Of 1812 (Second Part Of The 1812 Timeline)

Note: Outline Per Wikipedia (with revisions):

1812	Jul 17	Capture of Fort Mackinac*
1812	Jul 19	Attack at Sackets Harbor**
1812	Aug 5	Battle of Brownstown
1812	Aug 8	British General Isaac Brock embarks at Port Dover for the relief of Amherstburg***
1812	Aug 8	Battle of Maguaga
1812	Aug 15	Fort Dearborn massacre
1812	Aug 16	Surrender of Detroit
1812	Aug 19	Capture of HMS Guerriere****

* "That it should fare hard with the garrison of Fort Mackinac was, under the circumstances, a foregone conclusion. They [the British] were...stationed at St. Joseph's Island. Capt. Roberts received intelligence of the declaration of war on July 15 and was directed to attack Fort Mackinac immediately.  Among the force of a thousand and odd must have been many who knew Mackinac well; indeed, as a former British post, fort and island must have been familiar in every detail to the officers in command, and on this knowledge, no doubt, was based the plan of attack." [Source]

** Gunboats were in process of construction at Sackets Harbor... . One of these, the Oneida, was attacked July 19, 1812, by five British vessels... . [Source]

 *** General Brock told us that it was his intention to go up at once to the western district along the shore of Lake Erie in boats to embark at what is now Port Dover. [Source]

Maguaga Battle-Ground

**** To compensate our readers in some degree for the disappointment and mortification they cannot but feel at the misfortune of our little army under gen. Hull, it is with feelings of pride and pleasure that we refer them to the gallant exploit of capt. Hull, his nephew, in the frigate Constitution in capturing and destroying the British frigate Guerriere. [Source]

Le Breton And Lundy's Lane

Killed, wounded and missing (at Lundy's Lane):

Source

Lt. Le Breton listed among the wounded (above).

 294. Lieut. John LeBreton, Royal Newfoundland regiment; engineer officer under Proctor in the expedition to the forts of the Miamis (Fort Meigs on the Maumee), May, 1815 deputy assistant quartermaster general on the staff of Lieut. Gen. Sir Gordon Drummond severely wounded at Lundy's Lane ,July 25, 1814; commended in general orders for his gallant and conspicuous conduct. An intelligent and trustworthy young officer. [Source]

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

Captain Abel Cameron's Claim

War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848...(Microform: t-1122):

Abel Cameron

Captain Abel Cameron of the Lincoln Artillery - claims as per account No. 51 -- allowance for forage for one horse from 26 June to 24th March last -- allowance for wood and candles for same period.....The Bond from the Certificates of Major Hollcroft....

Cross-posted at Cameron Collections

Dr. Reynolds And Captain Hanks Were Killed By An Explosion

From The Napoleon-Series Organization website, The War of 1812 Magazine Issue 18, June 2012, Later Development at Historic 1812 Military Sites near Detroit, By M.B. Walsh:


"...Dr. Reynolds, who was so pleased with the American artillery attack on the British shore on
5 July, was himself killed by a ball fired by the “British dogs” on the morning of 16 August 1812."

"The fire from the battery on the Canada shore, kept up slowly since dawn, had become very vigorous. Up to this time no casualty had resulted from it within the fort. Now a ball came bounding over the fort wall, dealing death in its passage. A group standing at the door of one of the officers’ quarters were almost annihilated. Captain Hanks, of Mackinaw, Lieutenant Sibley, and Dr. Reynolds... ." (Source)

Pension application for Margaret (McNiff) Hanks, the widow of Porter Hanks:

"...her said husband was killed by the explosion of a bomb at the Fort of Detroit, on the 16? day of August A.D. 1812...".

William Howard, David Secord's Witness

War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848...(Microform: t-1133):

William Howard, witness for David Secord

9 January 1816

This David Secord or this David Secord or ????

Skirmish At McRae's

The Old Northwest Notebook blog contained the following information (and much more):

"The situation of the place where we were encamped at McRea's as aforesaid was on the banks of the River Thames about fifty-five miles above Detroit. The soldiers' quarters was a frame house near the river immediately in front and about 45 feet distant was the house set apart for the guard adjoining the last house and distant from the soldiers quarters about 61 feet...".

Historical Marker - Skirmish At McRae's House 

McRae's House - War Of 1812 Skirmish Location (Google)

McRae's on the banks of the River Thames (in what is now Ontario, Canada):

Curiously, the most important pioneer settlements on the Thames were, not at Chatham, but above and below Simcoe’s townsite. In 1792, Jan Van Dolzen, an elderly loyalist of Dutch descent, settled on the Thames about four miles below Chatham. A son, Isaac Dolsen—as the name was speedily Anglicized—located on the Raleigh side, and another, Matthew, in Dover. About Matthew’s homestead, there grew up, in the course of years, a considerable trading community, with a tavern, store, blacksmith shop, distillery and other small pioneer industries. Another trading center grew up around the Thomas McCrae homestead on the Raleigh side; and both McCrae’s and Dolsen’s were thriving communities when Chatham was merely a name. [Kentiana]

Destruction Of The Houses

Source

William Howard's Claims

War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848...(Microform: t-1143):

William Howard Claim

(next page)

An account of claims sustained by

William Howard of Yarmouth

during the late war with the United States of America

Losses occasioned by the Indians following His Majesty's Army

One horse taken as the Indians were passing from

Malden to Burlington; which was worth 12 pounds...

Yarmouth  - 9th January 1816

Witnesses: David Secord and Frederick Eveland

William Howard's Second Claim

Losses occasioned by the Enemy

Taken by a party of the enemy

under the command of General McArthur

10 November 1814

Note: Apparently William Howard's losses were part of Duncan MacArthur's raid (described here).

Also see an index where the claims were listed and additional information about William Howard here.

Jacob Quant Affidavit Regarding Losses In Colchester

Witness Jacob Quant

John Cornwall late of Colchester

...losses and damages, sustained by our Indians...8 Hogs killed by the Indians...

Witness Coversheet

Witness Statement of Jacob Quant

More from the Executors of Claimant John Cornwall

View Of Queenston Road About 1824

Source

Source

The House Of Jacques Baby

From The Napoleon-Series Organization website:

The War of 1812 Magazine Issue 18, June 2012
Later Development at Historic 1812 Military Sites near Detroit, By M.B. Walsh

"Nearby is the house of James (Jacques) Baby, older brother of Francois Baby, whose brick house was occupied by General Hull as a headquarters. James Baby's wooden house is one of the oldest on either side of the river."

From the same website, also see: Lt. Anderson's Small Picketed Fort