1814 BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA QUEENSTON ONTARIO - EASTPORT ME

The Weekly Messenger 
Boston, Mass

July 22, 1814

BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA CONFIRMED!

DESCRIPTION:

• 4-page original newspaper in good condition.
• Previously bound and separated.
• Approximately 16"x23".
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CONTENT:

• "PAUL CUFFEE'S MISSION TO SIERRA LEONE" - PAGE TWO, COLUMN THREE - Part III of an account of African-American Captain Paul Cuffee who traveled to West Africa in search of a potential location for a colony for free blacks from America - Page Two - 38 Column Inches

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• "OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE DEFEAT OF THE BRITISH AT CHIPPEWA" - PAGE THREE, COLUMN ONE - Copy of a letter from Maj. Gen. Brown to the Secretary of War, dated July 6, 1814 at Chippewa Plains - Page Three - 4 Column Inches

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• "BATTLE NEAR CHIPPEWA" - PAGE THREE, COLUMN ONE - correct account on the engagement near Chippeway or Queenston Heights - Page Three - 11 Column Inches 

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• "BRITISH ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA" - PAGE THREE, COLUMN FOUR - dated Montreal, July 12 an article on the Battle including the General Order of Lt. Col. J. Harvey dated Kingston, July 9, 1814 following reports beginning with the large landing of americans on the Niagara frontier on the 3rd - Page Three - 7 Column Inches  

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• "EASTPORT TAKEN" - PAGE THREE, COLUMN FOUR - confirmation of the capture of Eastport, Maine by a British Squadron under Com. Hardy - Page Three - 2.5 Column Inches 

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