Browse Items (62 total)
Sort by:
1813 Oct. 23 copy
Betton N.C., Hanover, New Hampshire. to Silas Betton, Concerns a poem complimentary to Robert Dinsmore. In the postscript states there will probably soon be a dash on Canada by Wilkinson and Hampton.
1813 May 23 copy
Head Quarters, New Orleans, Louisiana. To Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne, Commanding Officer, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Orders for the organization of troops defending Louisiana.
1813 Mar. 3
New Orleans, Head Quarters. To John, Ballinger, Balize. Requests him to complete his company, put up sheds and encamp his men.
1813 June 25
To John T. Wirt, Mobile, Alabama. Concerns a bill of John Weatherford for his services as an interpreter in passing the Creek nation during troubled days with his horse.
1813 July 2
Creek Nation. To John T. Wirt, Mobile, Alabama. Concerns the money due James Cornells for his services as guide and interpreter on my Journey through this Nation.
1813 Feb. 27
New Orleans, Louisiana. To Capt. James B. Many of the artillery as officer commanding at the Balize. Instructions on fortifying the Balize for the protection of New Orleans.
1812 Sept. 22
New Orleans, Louisiana. To John Ballinger, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I hope the Enemies of the Government & the friends of the Enemy may be silenced, and that the spirit of the Country may meet the Crisis of its affairs. The Catastrophe of Hull I…
1812 Sept. 10
New Orleans, Louisiana. To John Ballinger. Do what you can to induce a Battalion of volunteers to engage in the service.
1812 Oct. 9
Head Quarters, New Orleans, Louisiana. To John Ballinger. Directs exploration of approaches to New Orleans and to note in particular the depth and width of the water and the force necessary to defend the passes and the arms to be employed.
1812 Mar. 6
Belleville, New Jersey. To Samuel Champlin, Charleston, South Carolina. Refers to the defense of Charleston harbor and Wilkinson
1812 July 25
New Orleans, Louisiana. To John Ballinger. You will proceed with a recruiting party to Baton Rouge, making every exertion to compleat your Company.
1812 Dec. 4
New Orleans, Louisiana. To Daniel Todd, Patterson, United States Navy, New Orleans, Louisiana. Requesting information on the present disposition of the flotilla