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United States -- History -- War of 1812

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Peake Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-049
Abstract The Peake family arrived in the area that would become Addison County, Vermont, in 1779, when William Peake (1740-1813) moved with his family from Nantucket to the frontier town of Monkton. William's son Seth (1784-1827) settled in nearby Bristol in 1810 as a saddler and storekeeper, beginning more than a centry and a half of Peake residency in that community. The Peake Family Papers consist of approximately six linear feet of correspondence, bound manuscripts, diaries and other...
Dates: 1793-1955
Found in: University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections / Peake Family Papers

Richard Adelson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-073
Abstract

Research notes and photocopies of correspondence from manuscript collections dealing with the John Henry affair (1812), an intrigue with the Governor-General of Lower Canada (Quebec), Sir James Craig.

Dates: 1808-1983
Found in: University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections / Richard Adelson Papers
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