American Mercury Newspaper, Vol. XXXI, No. 1571. August 9, 1814

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2011-12-16

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Contains an account of the Battle of Chippawa by Gen. Scott, dated at Queenston, 15 July 1814. Another account is provided by J. Hindman, Maj. Com. Batt. Artillery. The official British account of the battle is also given, with a return of the killed, wounded and missing.

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A weekly newspaper published in Hartford, Connecticut by Elisha Babcock and Son, "(Printers of the Laws of the Union)". Babcock arrived in Hartford not long after the war in 1784 and created the Mercury. It became the leading Democratic newspaper in Connecticut and ceased not long after his death in 1821.

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Military deserters, Naval operations, Newspapers, Fort George, War of 1812, Prevost, George, War of 1812- Domestic Life, War of 1812- Niagara Frontier Campaign, Sackets Harbor, Battle of Chippawa, Battle of Bridgewater

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http://hdl.handle.net/10464/3778

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War of 1812 Collection