War of 1812 Bicentennial

Note: This list may be incomplete.

General

General History:

• The War With the United States
• Ontario High School History of Canada
• British America
• Ontario Public School History of Canada

Causes of the War:

• "From the New-York Evening Post" (Quebec Mercury, January 12, 1813, page 11).

Privateering:

• "British Prize List" (Kingston Gazette, November 7, 1812).
• "Instructions: For the Private Armed Vessels of the United States" (Plattsburgh Republican, August 7, 1812).

Battles and other Engagements (listed by date)

USS Nautilus vs. HMS Shannon (July 16, 1812):

• "From Boston, July 29th" (Quebec Mercury Extra, August 6, 2012).

Capture of Fort Michilimackinac (July 17, 1812):

• "Commencement of Hostilities" (Quebec Mercury Extraordinary, August 6, 1812).
• "Commencement of Hostilities" (Montreal Herald, August 8, 1812).

Surrender of Detroit (August 16, 1812):

• "The Surrender of Detroit", Annals of the War
• "Notes on "The Surrender of Detroit"", Annals of the War
• "Michigan, &c." (Kingston Gazette, November 7, 1812).

USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerrière (August 19, 1812): Battle of the "Constitution" and the "Guerrière."

Battle of Queenston Heights (October 13, 1812) (see also Brock's Monument):

• Brock Centenary
• "Battle at Queenston" (Connecticut Courant, November 3, 1812).
• "A short Statement of the Victory obtained at Queenston" (Kingston Gazette, October 24, 1812).
• "[As no official account hath yet been published of the attack on Niagara on the 13th inst...]" (Kingston Gazette, October 24, 1812, page 3).
• "Letters of 1812 Contributed by Col. Cruikshank, F. R. S. C." (Niagara Historical Society, No. 23).

Battle and Sack of York (April 27–29, 1813): "District General Order" (Quebec Mercury, June 22, 1813).

Burning of Havre de Grace (May 4, 1813): "Havre de Grace Burnt" (Connecticut Courant, May 11, 1813, page 3)

Battle of Stoney Creek (June 6, 1813):

• "Upper Canada", Quebec Mercury, June 15, 1813.
• "General Order" (Quebec Mercury, June 22, 1813).
• Battlefield at Stoney Creek
• Stoney Creek Battlefield
• Battle of Stoney Creek Historical Marker at Burlington Heights

Battle of Beaver Dams (June 24, 1813):

• The Fight in the Beechwoods
• "Letter from Col. Boerstler, to his father, Dr. Boerstler" (Quebec Mercury, August 24, 1813).

Battle of Lake Erie (September 10, 1813):

• "The Battle of Lake Erie", from Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the last Great Leader of his People by Ethel T. Raymond
• The Battle of Lake Erie
• Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie

Battle of Lundy's Lane (also known as the Battle of Bridgewater or the Battle of Niagara Falls) (July 25, 1814):

• "Montreal Herald Extra, August 2" (Quebec Mercury Extra, August 4, 1814).
• "Battle at Bridgewater, near Niagara Falls" (Plattsburgh Republican, August 13, 1814).

Battle of Plattsburgh (September 11, 1814):

• "Events of the War", September 24, 1814.
• "General Orders", September 24, 1814.
• "(The following summary will show the movements of the British Army...)", September 24, 1814.
• "Extract From Gen. Orders", September 24, 1814.
• "General Orders", September 24, 1814.
• "(A public dinner was yesterday given by the citizens...)", September 24, 1814.
• "General Order:", September 24, 1814.
• "From the Montreal Herald, Sept. 17.", September 24, 1814.
• "Particulars of the late disastrous affair on Lake Champlain, &c.", September 24, 1814.

People (listed alphabetically):

Robert Barclay

• Captain Robert Barclay

Charles Bœrstler

• "Letter from Col. Boerstler, to his father, Dr. Boerstler" (Quebec Mercury, August 24, 1813).

Joseph Brant

• Joseph Brant

Isaac Brock (see also Brock's Monument):

• Brock Centenary
• "From a Late London Paper" (Quebec Mercury, June 22, 1813)
• "Proclamation" (Montreal Herald, August 8, 1812)
• "From the York Gazette" (Montreal Herald, August 8, 1812)
• "1812: Brock at Detroit and Queenston Heights" (from The War With the United States)
• "General Brock" (from The Canadian Readers: Book V)
• "The Meeting of Brock and Tecumseh" (illustration by C. W. Jefferys)
• Portrait of Sir Isaac Brock
• Portrait of Sir Isaac Brock
• "Upper Canada" (Montreal Herald, August 8, 1812).
• "From the York Gazette" (Montreal Herald, August 8, 1812).
• Major-General Brock.
• Meeting of Brock and Tecumseh
• Sir Isaac Brock
• Sir Isaac Brock
• Sir Isaac Brock

Jacob Brown: "Communication" (Kingston Gazette, August 11, 1812).

Henry Clay:

• Henry Clay

George Croghan: Major George Croghan

Charles de Salaberry:

• Charles de Salaberry
• Charles de Salaberry
• Colonel de Salaberry

Henry Dearborn:

• "Major Gen. Henry Dearborn" (Quebec Mercury, January 12, 1813).

Stephen Decatur:

• Captain Stephen Decatur
• U.S. Army and Navy Issue: Decatur and Macdonough, 1936–1937

Gordon Drummond:

• Sir Gordon Drummond

William Henry Harrison:

• Indiana Territory Sesquicentennial stamp

Isaac Hull:

• Captain Isaac Hull

William Hull:

• "General Hull's Capitulation" (Kingston Gazette, October 17, 1812).
• "Upper Canada" (Montreal Herald, August 8, 1812).

Andrew Jackson:

• "Interesting Letter from Andrew Jackson to his Wife" (White Cloud Kansas Chief, March 12, 1863).
• U.S. Army and Navy Issue: Jackson and Scott
• Andrew Jackson stamp
• Battle of New Orleans stamp
• The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson, Nashville, Tenn. Postcard

Francis Scott Key:

• Francis Scott Key and the Fort McHenry flag
• Francis Scott Key stamp

Daniel MacDougal: "Col. Daniel MacDougal and Valuable Documents" (Niagara Historical Society: No. 23, 1912).

Oliver Hazard Perry:

• "How Our Torpedo Boats Got Their Names" (New York Evening World, May 8, 1918).

Laura Secord:

• "Laura Secord" (from Brief Biographies Supplementing Canadian History)
• Laura Secord
• Laura Secord on her Journey to Warn the British
• Laura Secord
• Laura Secord Monument
• Laura Secord's Monument

Tecumseh:

• Ethel T. Raymond, Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the last Great Leader of his People (Toronto: Glasgow, Brook, & Co., 1915).
• "A Trip to Walpole Island and Port Sarnia" (Literary Garland, January 1849).
• "The Death of Tecumseh" (Victoria Daily Colonist, August 2, 1901)

Provo Wallis: "Britain's Senior Admiral" (Victoria Daily Colonist, February 16, 1892)

Monuments

Brock's Monument

• Brock Centenary
• Brock's Monument Post Card
• Brock's Monument, Queenston Heights, Niagara Postcard
• Brock's Monument, Niagara Falls, Canada Postcard
• "Brock's Monument" (Canadian Illustrated News, January 8, 1876, page 19)
• "Brock's Monument" (Canadian Illustrated News, January 8, 1876, page 21)
• "Brock's Monument" (Canadian Illustrated News, January 8, 1876, page 25)

Raisin River Massacre Monument: Postcard of Raisin River Massacre Monument

Forts and Fortifications

Fort Dearborn

• Second Fort Dearborn, Built in 1816, Abandoned 1821, Chicago

Fort Erie

• The Ruins of Fort Erie

Fort Niagara

• Janet Carnochan, "Fort Niagara" (Niagara Historical Society, vol. 23, 1912).
• The Castle, Fort Niagara, N. Y.
• Fort Niagara, from the Lighthouse
• A View of the Canadian Side from the Gate of Fort Niagara

War of 1812 Centennial Celebrations, 1912–1915

Brock Centenary

One Hundred Years Ago

Battle of Stoney Creek Historical Marker at Burlington Heights

"Fort Niagara" (Niagara Historical Society, No. 23).

Burial of Remains of Soldiers of the King's (8th) Regiment

Angus Claude Macdonell, Esq., K.C., M.P., addressing the gathering.

Brock Centenary Celebration at Queenston Heights.

Brock Centenary celebration at Queenston Heights.

Central section of a panoramic picture of the gathering at Queenston Heights.

Colonel George Stirling Ryerson, Chairman of Committee.

Executive Committee.

Floral tribute placed on cenotaph, where Brock fell, by the Guernsey Society, Toronto.

Group of Indians (Grand River Reserve) celebrating Brock's centenary at Queenston Heights, Chief Alexander Hill, in costume.

J. A. Macdonell, K.C., Glengarry, addressing the gathering.

Members of Committee at Queenston Heights.

Memorial wreaths on the tombs, at Queenston Heights, of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, Kt., and Colonel John Macdonell P.A.D.C, Attorney-General of Upper Canada.

Six Nation Indians Celebrating Brock's centenary at Queenston Heights.

Speakers of the Day

Speakers of the Day

Wreath placed on Brock's Monument in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Eng. by the Government of Canada.

Wreath placed on Brock's Monument, Queenston Heights, by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire.