History of the Second War Between the United States of America and Great Britain: Declared by Act of Congress, the 18th of June, 1812, and Concluded by Peace, the 15th of February, 1815, Volume 2Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1852 - United States |
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... New Orleans - Tennessee and Kentucky Volunteers - Legislature of Louisiana - Governor Claiborne -Population - British Squadrons - Gun - boats on the Lake overpowered- ( 3 ) iv CONTENTS . Jackson declares Martial Law - Inactivity of.
... New Orleans - Tennessee and Kentucky Volunteers - Legislature of Louisiana - Governor Claiborne -Population - British Squadrons - Gun - boats on the Lake overpowered- ( 3 ) iv CONTENTS . Jackson declares Martial Law - Inactivity of.
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... were exclusively maritime , concerning blockade and impressment alone . Never foresceing that boundaries , fisheries , Indians , the lakes , or other territorial issues , would supersede the marine controversies , no.
... were exclusively maritime , concerning blockade and impressment alone . Never foresceing that boundaries , fisheries , Indians , the lakes , or other territorial issues , would supersede the marine controversies , no.
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... lakes , from the fisheries , from colonial trade in the East and West Indies , to mutilate their territories by reduction of one - third , to set up their Indian borderers as intestine tormentors , to dictate such a peace as should ...
... lakes , from the fisheries , from colonial trade in the East and West Indies , to mutilate their territories by reduction of one - third , to set up their Indian borderers as intestine tormentors , to dictate such a peace as should ...
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... lakes , and in battle - fields . And , as is common , misfortune has done more to improve the British navy , by changing its condition , than success has done for the American navy , which may yet have to undergo its period of ...
... lakes , and in battle - fields . And , as is common , misfortune has done more to improve the British navy , by changing its condition , than success has done for the American navy , which may yet have to undergo its period of ...
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... lakes , from Lake Ontario to Lake Superior , nor any fortified or military post or establish- ment on the shores of those lakes , but to discontinue those then there . The boundary line west of Lake Superior , and thence to the ...
... lakes , from Lake Ontario to Lake Superior , nor any fortified or military post or establish- ment on the shores of those lakes , but to discontinue those then there . The boundary line west of Lake Superior , and thence to the ...
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