War of 1812

Reports

British and Canadian Reports

Hints to both parties, or observations on the proceedings in Parliament upon the petitions against the orders in council and on the conduct of his Majesty's ministers in granting licences to import the staple commodities of the enemy, 1808.  E 336 H66

Report on American Claimants Petition, Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons, 1812.   E 255 G74 1812

British Parliamentary Papers, Session 24 November, 1812-1822, July 1813.  Vol. XIV Correspondence and treaties with foreign powers.  E 354 G74 1813

The report of the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada with an appendix and a list of subscribers and benefactors (1817) and an index to the Report of the Loyal and Patriotic Society.   The original book contains minutes, accounts and other records dating 1812 to 1816 of the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada formed at York, to alleviate distress in Upper Canada resulting from war with the United States.  FC 3052.1 L69 L69

Principles and Proceedings of the inhabitants of the District of Niagara for addressing His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, respecting claims of sufferers in war, lands to militiamen, and the general benefit of Upper Canada, 1818.  FC 444 P756

 

 

 

 

American Reports

An answer to War in disguise:  or, remarks upon the new doctrine of England, concerning neutral trade, February 1806.   E 336 S824 1806

Report of the Committee to whom was referred the correspondence between Mr. Monroe and Mr. Canning, and between Mr. Madison and Mr. Rose, relative to the attacked of Chesapeake:  and also a communication from the President of the United States of the 30 March last, with a letter from Mr. Erskine to the Secretary of State, and a letter from M. Champagny to Gen. Armstrong, 1808.   E 357.3 U567 1808

Thoughts upon the conduct of our administration in relation both to Great Britain and France, more especially in reference to the late negotiation concerning the attack on the Chesapeake, 1808.  E 331 L92

At a special session of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, held at Hartford, on the twenty third day of February, A.D. 1809...An address of the General Assembly, to the people of Connecticut.  E 336.5 C75

An appeal to the people; being a review of the late correspondence and documents, relating to the rejection of the British Minister:  including an examiniation of the "arrangement' of April last, 1810.  E 357 C648

Important state papers: declaration of war, Washington, June 18, 1812.   E 354 U54 1812

Report of the Committee of the General Assembly, at their special session, August 25, 1812, on that part of His Excellency the Governor's speech which relates to his correspondence with the Secretary of War.  E 357.6 C65

Proceedings of the Convention of the State of New York; held at the Capitol in the City of Albany, on the seventeenth and eighteenth days of September, 1812.  E 357 F29

Report of the Committee to whom was referred so much of the message of the President of the United States, at the Commencement of the session, as relates to the spirit and manner in which the War has been waged by the enemy, July 31, 1813.  E 354 U57 1813

Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the present condition and distribution of the flags, standards and colors, which have been taken by the forces of the United States from their enemies, and whether it would be expedient to make any provision in relation to them, February 4, 1814.    E 363 U52 1814

A report of the Secretary of State, in relation to individuals selected from American prisoners of war, and sent to Great Britain for trial, and also in relation to any orders for retaliation, April 16, 1814.  

Why are we still at war?  or, the American question considered in a series of essays rejected by the journalists as unpopular; recommended to a candid perusal, 1814.  E 357 C65 1814

Resolutions reported by the Military Committee, expressive of the thanks of Congress to Major General Jackson, and the troops under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct, in the defence of New Orleans, February 1815.  E 356 N5 U556 1815

Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the differences that exist, between the United States and some of the individual States, respecting the relative powers of the general and state governments over the militia, February 28, 1815.  E 359.3 U546 1815

An exposition of the causes and character of the late war between the United States and Great Britain, July 4, 1815.  E 357 D136

A brief statement of the transactions and accounts of Qr. M. Gen. James Thomas, attached to the Army on the Niagara Frontier, in the year 1812-1813, 1815.  A principle cause of the failure of the campaign on the Niagara frontier in 1812 was the deficiency of subsistence for the troops; as quartermaster general, Thomas received much of the blame.  His defence is offered here.

In Senate of the United States, February 27, 1816.  E 360 U546 1816

Report of the Committee to whom was referred the memorial of Comodore Rodgers, 1816.  E 351.7 R7 U55 1816

Medical sketches of the campaigns of 1812, 13, 14:  to which are added, surgical cases, observations on military hospitals, and flying hospitals attached to a moving army, 1816.  

Report of the Committee on Public Expenditures on the memorial and accounts of Colonel James Thomas, Quarter-Master General, 1817.  E 359 U536 1817

Report of a select committee to whom were referred the petition of Samuel Thompson and John Dailey:  January 14, 1817, read, and ordered to lie upon the table (1817).    Concerning the request of the petitioners, former residents of Newark (present-day Niagara-on-the-Lake) in Upper Canada, for relief for the loss of their property when they were compelled to flee Canada after having aided the United States Army in the War of 1812.  E 354 U53 1817

Report of the committee appointed to inquire what amendments are necessary to the Act granting bounties in land and extra pay to certain Canadian volunteers:  January 11, 1817, read, and together with the bill herewith reported, ordered to be printed (1817).  E 354 U53 1817a

Report of the Committee on the petition of the Niagara Sufferers, 1822.   E 355.1 N5 N496

Payment for Property--War of 1812-1814 (1824).   Government report in congress discussing payment for property during the War of 1812.   E 359.4  U555 1824

Property Lost, Captured, or Destroyed by the Enemy 1812-1814 (1824).  E 359.4 U556 1824

The claim of Amasa Stetson, of Massachusetts, on the United States, for money advanced, in fulfilling the orders of the Government while discharging the duties of Commissary General of Purchases, in time of the late war with Great Britain; and for services rendered, 1827.   E 359.4 S766

Massachusetts Militia Claims:  letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th Dec., 1826, a report upon the subject of the claims of the State of Massachusetts for certain services rendered during the late war, 1829.  E 359.5 M3 U54 1829

Captain Lewis Warrington and others:  memorial of Lewis Warrington, Captain in the U.S. Navy (in behalf of himself and the officers and crew of the U.S. sloop-of-war Peacock); praying that the one half of the proceeds of the Epervier and goods which went into the officers and crew of said vessel, it having been decreed to them by the United States court as captors, April 26, 1848.  E 360 W37 1848

Persons who served more than six months in the War of 1812:  letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House calling for a statement of the number of officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, &c., who served for a period of six months and upwards in the War of 1812, 1860.  E 359.3 U576 1860

Essay on the influence of the War of 1812 in the confederation of the Union.  E 357.9 L42