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1814 July 4
War Department. To Simon Snyder, governor of Pennsylvania. Concerns duty of Pennsylvania to guard the shores of the Delaware, Baltimore, and Washington.
1814 June 27
War Department. To Henry Dearborn, Boston, Massachusetts. Authorized to requisition for militia of the states with his command.
1819 Dec. 21
Red Hook. To Jacob Jennings Brown. Refers to the Niagara campaign.
1835 Oct. 5
To Jesse Buel, Albany, New York. Personal letter in which a reference is made to his book on the War of 1812.
An enquiry respecting the capture of Washington by the British, on the 24th August, 1814; with an examination of the report of the committee of investigation appointed by Congress.
Authorship is attributed to John Armstrong, Secretary of War. Cf. Justin Winsor, Narrative and crit. hist. of America, v. 7, 1888, p. 434.
Hints to young generals.
Shaw & Shoemaker 24629.