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1813 June 29
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.
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1813 Mar. 23draft
Admiralty. To Sir John Borlase Warren. Refers to the blockade, naval operations, various British naval stations, British vessels, and New Orleans.
1814 Dec. 26
United States 4 miles below New Orleans. To Robert Hays. Describes the preparations for and early stages of the Battle of New Orleans.
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1814 Jan. 22
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.
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1814 July 29
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.
1814 Oct. 10
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
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1814 Oct. 11
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.
1814 Oct. 12
Tonnant, Halifax. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Obliged again to convey unpleasant news from Canada, and concerned about New Orleans.
1814 Oct. 31
United States Headquarters, 7 Military District, Fort Pierce. To Peter Early, Millidgeville, Georgia. Deals with preparations for the conquest of Louisiana.
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1814 Sept. 17
Tonnant, Chesapeake Bay. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd, viscount Melville. Refers to letter of July 29 which just arrived, the instructions
1815 Feb. 4
United States New Orleans. To James Brown. concerns the state of the defenses of New Orleans, preparations for receiving the British, the Battle of New Orleans and the events immediately following the battle.
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1815 Jan. 13
Landing Place before New Orleans. To J.S. Bailey, New Orleans. You supply Lieut. Rose, of the 1st West Indies Regiment with
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