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Tonnant, Halifax. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Obliged again to convey unpleasant news from Canada, and concerned about New Orleans.

Tonnant, Halifax. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd, viscount Melville. Requests a second in command be appointed over the military troops about to sail to attack New Orleans.

United States. War Department. To Isaac Shelby. British force consisting of twelve to fifteen thousand men sailed from Ireland early in September for New Orleans

Tonnant, Chesapeake Bay. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd, viscount Melville. Refers to letter of July 29 which just arrived, the instructions

To Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane. Deals with the new Orleans campaign. General Ross to command 7,000 men to be sent from England, rendezvous at west end of Jamaica.

Washington. To Charles Harris, Savannah, Georgia. Everybody is looking to the fate of Orleans - if there is no man to save it General Jackson must.

To Bartholomew Schaumburgh. D. It is the duty of a brave & a firm soldier to bear up against calamity & not to sink under it. The letter reveals the sad situation before Jackson arrived to undertake his heroic defense of New Orleans.

Admiralty. To Sir John Borlase Warren. Refers to the blockade, naval operations, various British naval stations, British vessels, and New Orleans.