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  • Tags: Sir Alexander Cochrane

1813 Apr. 29

1813 Apr. 29
Gaudeloupe, West Indies. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 1nd viscount Melville. On South American and West Indian timber for shipbuilding.

1813 Jan. 2

1813 Jan. 2
To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Lists items needed to carry out actions against the Americans.

1814

1814
Memorandums for Lord Melville. Memos relative to the fleet, munitions, black troops, and officers.

1814

1814
Observations by Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane to Lord Melville relative to America. Plans to burn Washington, blockade Atlantic coast, capture New Orleans, separate North from the South.

1814 Apr. 24

1814 Apr. 24
To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melvillle. Needs more ships to maintain an effective blockade to checkmate America

1814 Aug.

1814 Aug.
To Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton. Describes the capture of Washington.

1814 Aug. 29

1814 Aug. 29
Surprize Patuxent. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd, viscount Melville. Deals with the prize money due his men for the reduction of the Danish Islands in 1807.

1814 Aug. 31

1814 Aug. 31
Patuxent River. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Concerns the black troops he raised especially from escaped or captured slaves, how they drill and fight, and asking for the promotion of an old army sergeant who has been unusually…

1814 copy

1814 copy
Proclamation inviting United States citizens to join the British service or be received as free settlers into British Colonies.

1814 Jan. 5

1814 Jan. 5
To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Request for bomb vessels to be used along the American coast.
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