BURNING OF WASHINGTON & THE WHITE HOUSE WAR OF 1812 NEWS For Sale
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BURNING OF WASHINGTON & THE WHITE HOUSE WAR OF 1812 NEWS: $195.00
During the War of 1812, General William Winder was given military command of Washington, DC, by President James Madison. Winder was an incompetent and failed to fortify the city. The US Capitol and White House were destroyed by British Forces following the disgraceful American rout at Bladensburg, Maryland. An original complete Sept 7, 1814 issue of the Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Massachusetts w 4pp news of the War incl the burning of the White House & Capitol at Washington, General Winder's account of the Loss of Washington, the Capitulation of Alexandria, defenses at Baltimore & Georgetown by Commodore Barney & the Marines, also the British Navy capture Nantucket Island, the account by Colonel Pearson, North Carolina Troops of the capture of the Creek Indian fort on the Coosa & Talappposa Rivers, Alabama, the re-capture OF negroes taken at Fort Mims, etc. 4pp disbound, complete. Age stains archival repairs, & tears & edge cuts & wear.
