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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Page 35
... victory to sustain them , as they were unjust at all events . On the 25th of October , 1814 , our commissioners wrote from Ghent , " Our request for a project of a treaty has been eluded , and , in their last note , the British ...
... victory to sustain them , as they were unjust at all events . On the 25th of October , 1814 , our commissioners wrote from Ghent , " Our request for a project of a treaty has been eluded , and , in their last note , the British ...
Page 37
... victory , during the same twelve months , at Vittoria , at Toulouse , at Washington , and at Waterloo . But , just at that epoch of tremendous culmination , when fortune frowned on the same glorious banner at Plattsburg , at Balti- more ...
... victory , during the same twelve months , at Vittoria , at Toulouse , at Washington , and at Waterloo . But , just at that epoch of tremendous culmination , when fortune frowned on the same glorious banner at Plattsburg , at Balti- more ...
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... which that victory under his auspices introduced , Jackson was so distinctly the genius , su- preme and individualized executor , that his presence of mind 86 JACKSON . and of body , his surpassing ability FORT BOWYER . 85.
... which that victory under his auspices introduced , Jackson was so distinctly the genius , su- preme and individualized executor , that his presence of mind 86 JACKSON . and of body , his surpassing ability FORT BOWYER . 85.
Page 101
... victory or death ; that we must die , if necessary , in the last ditch ; that the key of the south - west , New Orleans , must , could , would , and should be saved . While at Mobile , he had written to the Governor to place impediments ...
... victory or death ; that we must die , if necessary , in the last ditch ; that the key of the south - west , New Orleans , must , could , would , and should be saved . While at Mobile , he had written to the Governor to place impediments ...
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... victory was decidedly ours , for the Americans retreated in the greatest disorder , leaving us in possession of the field [ of a field they did , but not the field of battle . ] Our loss , however , was enormous . Not less than 500 men ...
... victory was decidedly ours , for the Americans retreated in the greatest disorder , leaving us in possession of the field [ of a field they did , but not the field of battle . ] Our loss , however , was enormous . Not less than 500 men ...
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Page 50 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the coasts, bays, harbors, and creeks from Mount Joly on the southern coast of Labrador, to and through the Straits of Belleisle, and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice, however, to any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Page 254 - Courts of justice are universally acknowledged to be vested, by their very creation, with power to impose silence, respect, and decorum, in their presence, and submission to their lawful mandates...
Page 211 - Morgan, and, what is strange and difficult to account for, at the very moment when their entire discomfiture was looked for with a confidence approaching to certainty, the Kentucky reinforcements...
Page 50 - American fishermen shall also have liberty, for ever, to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks, of the southern part of the coast of Newfoundland, here above described, and of the coast of Labrador...
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