Reported to the House of Representatives, June 3, 1812 Mr. Calhoun, from the committee of Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the...
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: I communicate to Congress certain documents, being a continuation of those heretofore...
PROCLAMATION OF VICE ADMIRAL SIR ALEXANDER F.I. COCHRANE, R.N. By the Honorable Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE, K.B. Vice Admiral of the Red, and Commander in...
Dear Sir From the date of my last letter to you the President has been ill of a bilious fever; of that kind called the remittent. It has perhaps never...
In his 1846 memoir “Naval Scenes in the Last War,” Moses Smith, a seaman aboard the USS Constitution, recounts the confrontation between the USS...
By WILLIAM HULL, Brigadier General and commander of the North Western Army of the United States. A PROCLAMATION. INHABITANTS of CANADA! After thirty...
Unhappy with the War of 1812, New England Federalists met in Hartford, Connecticut, to propose amendments to the Constitution to lessen the Southern...
Oration delivered by Hon. Rufus P. Spalding​ during the corner laying ceremony for Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. This memorial...
After the defeat of HMS Guerriere on August 19, 1812, and the HMS Java on December 29, 1812, British Secretary of Admiralty John W. Corker reassures...
Smuggling was common throughout the War of 1812 and, even with military intervention, continued throughout the duration of the war. The palpable and...