"War of 1812-1813 from US Papers"- Newspaper Scrapbook

Description

Commanditaires

This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.

Créateur

Janet Carnochan

Médias

Text

Type d'élément

Clippings

Description

This scrapbook contains various newspaper articles relating to both the Canadian and American side of the Niagara River during the War of 1812. It is not clear what newspapers are included. However, it seems that most articles originate approximately from the years of 1860 to 1920s. There are many articles with a variety of themes, which include: General Sheaffe, Fort Niagara, Captain Dennis, Navy Hall, Ferry Boat, Plate of Red Jacket, Queenston Heights, Solomon Vrooman, Col. Scott, Porter House, Fort George, Andrew Doyle, Fanny Doyle (American female hero), St. Marks Church and cemetery, Col. Copeland Radcliffe, E. Whitmore, Chas. Morrison, Eliza Kerr, Johnson and Molly Brant, money donated to build a Presbyterian Church in Newark, James McFarland and St. Saviour’s Church. This scrapbook has a hard black cover and loose binding.

Size: 22.3 X 30.2 CM

Date d'événement

1812-14

Sujet(s)

Fort George
War of 1812
Fort Niagara
Queenston Heights
Sheaffe, Roger Hale
War of 1812 Recollections
Navy Hall
Red Jacket (1750-1830)
Brant, Molly (1736 – 1796)

Identifiant local

982.421

Langage de l'élément

English

Couverture géographique

Niagara

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.00012 Longitude: -79.24958

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