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title: Letter, 1815 Feb. 17
Subject: Letters, Walsh, Antonio Patrick, Warships, Louisiana, History, Military, 19th century, United States, History, War of 1812, Naval operations, United States, History, War of 1812, Cochran, Alexander, Vice Admiral, Louisiana, History, War of 1812, New Orleans (La.), Battle of, 1815, Villeré, Jacques Philippe, 1761-1830, Fugitive slaves, United States, History, 19th century
Date created ms: 1815-02-17
Abstract: Letter from Dominick Hall (Judge), New Orleans, to Antonio Walsh, concerning the location of the British fleet as it left the Gulf waters; questioning the qualities of British Vice-Admiral Alexander Cochran, who had directed naval skirmishes in the Gulf; and mentioning plans to return slaves taken from Jacques Philippe Villere's plantation, Conseil, where a battle had occurred in late December, 1814.

title: Letter, Brigadier General James Winchester (U.S. Army) to Major Edmund P. Gaines, Recruiting officer, 24th Regiment of Infantry, U.S. Army.
Subject: Tennessee, History, War of 1812, United States, History, War of 1812, Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777-1849, Correspondence, United States. Army, Recruiting, enlistment, etc, War of 1812, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 24th
Date created ms: 1812-05-06
Abstract: Winchester writes to commence the recruiting service in East Tennessee.

title: Letter, 1814 July 27
Subject: Louisiana, Politics and government, 1803-1865, Letters, Yellow fever, Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Ethnicity, Louisiana, British Americans, Louisiana, Spanish Americans, Louisiana, French Americans, Louisiana, United States, History, War of 1812, Louisiana, History, War of 1812, Legislators, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1814-07-27
Abstract: Thomas Bolling Robertson was born in Prince George County, Va., graduated from William and Mary College in 1795, and practiced law in Virginia until he moved to the Territory of Orleans in 1805. In 1807, Thomas Jefferson appointed him secretary of the territory. He held several state offices, was Louisiana's first member of the House of Representatives, 1812-1818, was governor, 1820-1824, and became a United States judge for the District of Louisiana in 1824. In this letter to "Dear Sir," Robertson refers to the War of 1812, commending the recipient of his letter on Virginia's reception of the British and expressing his concerns about British and Spanish loyalists in Louisiana, as well as friction between the French and American residents and the potential harm the diverse population, "a thing of shreds and patches," poses in the war. He also mentions his standing in the recent election.

title: Map shewing the landing of the British Army
Subject: New Orleans, Battle of, 1815, Maps, United States, History, War of 1812, Maps, Mississippi River, History, War of 1812, Maps
Date created ms: 1815
Abstract: Map shewing the landing of the British Army, its several encampments and fortifications on the Mississippi and the works they erected on their retreat, also the different posts, encampments and fortifications made by the several corps of the American Army during the whole campaign by Major A. Lacarriáere Latour, late principal engineer, 7th Military District U.S. Army.

title: Atlas to the historical memoir of the war in West Florida and Louisiana
Subject: United States, History, War of 1812, Campaigns, Southern States, History, War of 1812, Florida, History, Spanish colony, 1784-1821
Date created ms: 1816

title: Historical Memoir of The War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15.
Subject: United States, History, War of 1812, Campaigns, Southern States, History, War of 1812
Date created ms: 1816
Abstract: Accompanied by: Atlas to the historical memoir of the war in West Florida and Louisiana. 8 maps.

title: General orders of Colonel [Bartholomew] Shambaugh, [] to "Camp [on] Right Bank of the Mississippi."
Subject: Louisiana, History, War of 1812, United States, History, War of 1812, New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817
Date created ms: 1815-01-07
Abstract: Shambaugh was an aide-de-camp to Louisiana Governor W.C.C. Claiborne. He orders that troops in camp addressed are to be held in readiness to march at a moment's warning.

title: Letter, Louis de Tousard, New Orleans, La., to John Clement Stocker, Philadelphia
Subject: United States, History, War of 1812, Chalmette, Battle of, Chalmette, La., 1815, United States, History, War of 1812, Prisoners and prisons, Stocker, John Clement, Correspondence
Date created ms: 1815-01-09
Abstract: Letter describing the Battle of Chalmette that occurred on the day before with particular attention to the aftermath. He describes the care of prisoners and wounded and cites their locations in the city. The letter also lists strengths of the British army and the units involved in the action.

title: Report of main guard mounted at Mobile
Subject: United States, History, War of 1812, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Mobile (Ala.), History, War of 1812, Presidents, Election, 1828, Soldiers, Tennessee
Date created ms: 1815-02-21
Abstract: Lists supplies on hand, names and other information of prisoners, including the fact that six were sentenced to death. Recorded by Lieutenant Robert Gray, Officer of the Day, [3rd Regiment of East Tennessee Drafted Militia]. At the bottom of the first page, he has added a postscript noting "6 Notch[es] and w[ith] good orders fm [from] [New] Orleans". The executions of six men were later used against Andrew Jackson in a smear campaign during the 1828 Presidential election; see also the "coffin broadside" in this collection.

title: Letter, Brigadier General John Coffee, [Commanding Tennessee Mounted Gunmen], Tallushatche Town, [Fla.] to Major General [Andrew] Jackson
Subject: United States, History, War of 1812, Creek Indians, Indians of North America, Government relations, 1789-1869, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Correspondence, Tallahatchie County (Miss.), History, War of 1812
Date created ms: 1813
Abstract: Battlefield report of the engagement with the Creek Indians at Tallushatche Town reporting the destruction of the enemy. Jackson's endorsement requests Maj. John Bradley, Fort Deposit, forward the communication to Maj. John Reid. Signed: Jno. Coffee Genl. Brigdr.

title: Note documenting payment to George Farragut as a spy for the United States
Subject: New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, United States, History, War of 1812, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Farragut, George, 1755-1817, Spies, Mobile (Ala.), History, War of 1812, Spying
Date created ms: 1815-02-15
Abstract: Farragut acted as a spy on the coast from 1814 December 15 to 1815 February 15. Payment was authorized by Brigadier General James Winchester. Major General Andrew Jackson ordered Brigadier General Winchester to take charge of all troops at Mobile, Mississippi Territory, upon his release from captivity by the British.

title: Morning Report of the Third Regiment of Infantry, Commanded by Major [Joseph] Woodruff
Subject: Louisiana, History, War of 1812, United States, History, War of 1812, Camp Lance (La.)
Date created ms: 1814-12-31
Abstract: Report from Camp Lance, Mandeville, [La.], listing who of what rank was on duty, sick, arrested or confined, or absent, by company. Companies are identified by name of captain. Printed form filled in by hand, and signed by [Lt. Archimedes] Donoho, [Regimental Adj., 3rd Regiment of US Infantry], and [Maj. Joseph] Woodruff, [Cmdg., 3rd Regiment of US Infantry].

title: Letter, Geo[rge] Holland Marble, Natchez, [Miss.], to the Hon[orable] John L. Putnam, Cornish, Newhampshire [sic]
Subject: Putnam, John L, Correspondence, United States, History, War of 1812, Personal narratives, American, New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Chalmette, Battle of, Chalmette, La., 1815, Louisiana, History, War of 1812
Date created ms: 1835-12-28
Abstract: Marble describes his trip to New Orleans and to the Chalmette battlefield, including the vivid memories of Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans that the visit to Chalmette brings up. He did not like New Orleans in past visits, but is better pleased with it this time, finding the winter weather pleasant. He is doing business with the "first mercantile Houses in town in order to become acquainted with the manners and customs of the natives and their manner of doing business." He is particularly surprised and appalled that businesses are open on Sundays; he gives as the reason the need to serve steamboat travelers. He writes the latest news he has heard of the fighting in Texas and the many taken prisoner by the Mexicans, mentioning that volunteers from New Orleans were among these. He is anxious for a letter from Putnam, because he has had no news of friends and relations back home.

title: Letter, Brigadier General William H. Harrison (U.S. Army) to Governor Isaac Shelby of Kentucky.
Subject: Louisiana, History, War of 1812, United States, History, War of 1812, Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826, Correspondence, Military currency, Military police
Date created ms: 1812-08-29
Abstract: Harrison requests troops to accompany a shipment of specie.

title: Letter, Amelia C. Wharton to Mr. Nicholson
Subject: Noble, Jordan B., Ca. 1800-1880, Correspondence, African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 19th century, United States, History, War of 1812, Participation, African American, Louisiana, History, War of 1812, Participation, African American, Patriotic music, Songs
Abstract: Letter from Amelia C. Wharton to Mr. Nicholson. Ms. Wharton includes a transcription of Jordan Noble's October 19, 1881 letter and a copy of a song that was popular with the colored troops of Major D'Aquin's company.

title: Letter, [Col. Frederick] Stovin, [Assistant Adj. Gen., British Army], HMS Tonnant, to his mother, Mrs. Stovin, Newbold, near Chesterfield
Subject: United States, History, War of 1812, Personal narratives, British, Jamaica, History, War of 1812, Cochrane, Alexander Forrester Inglis, Sir, 1758-1832, New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Soldiers, British
Date created ms: 1814-12-05
Abstract: Stovin's ship joined [Admiral] Alexander Cochrane's fleet at Jamaica, a place Stovin was pleased with. They are now "laying off Pensacola making our arrangements for the attack of New Orleans." He has great confidence in British success in New Orleans, and describes [Adm.] Sir Alexander [Cochrane] in glowing terms. He asks that she write him lots of letters, very often. [HMS Tonnant was the flagship of Admiral Alexander Cochrane's fleet.]

title: Proclamation to "Natives of Louisiana" by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Nicholls, Commanding His Britannic Majesty's Forces in the Floridas
Subject: New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, United States, History, War of 1812, Louisiana, History, War of 1812, Announcements
Date created ms: 1814-08-29
Abstract: Nicholls exhorts Louisianians to rise up against their "faithless, imbecile government" and assist the British "liberation" effort. The manuscript copy is certified by Governor W. C. C. Claiborne.

title: Pass from Edw[ard] L. Livingston for mule driver Preval; with later print "Battle of New Orleans, January 8th 1815, Engraved Expressly for Abbotts Lives of the Presidents."
Subject: Louisiana, History, War of 1812, United States, History, War of 1812, New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Battlefields, Engravings, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Portraits, Flags
Date created ms: 1815-01-01
Abstract: Livingston was an aide-de-camp for Jackson. The pass gives mule driver Preval, [1st Division Louisiana Militia, 7th Regiment] permission to pass through the American lines in going to town [New Orleans] and back. Signed: Edw. Livingston, ADC. The print, by B.B. Russell & Co., Boston, shows an exterior battle scene of the Battle of New Orleans, showing the American battle line and soldiers firing on advancing British troops. Also shown: United States flag, fires burning, and in background, sailing ships on the Mississippi River. At right, Major General Andrew Jackson is on horseback with hat held high in his right hand. From the book Lives of the Presidents by John S. C. Abbott, published by B.B. Russell & Co., [1867?]. Inscriptions in support of print: Drawn by H. Billings; Boston-- B.B. Russell & Co.; Engd. by D. Pelton; Battle of New Orleans./ January 8th 1815/ Engraved Expressly for Abbotts Lives of the Presidents.

title: Claim of Edward D. Hobbs [Keeper of the Nashville Public Jail] for taking charge of 33 [Creek] Indian prisoners sent by Major General Andrew Jackson for safe keeping
Subject: United States, History, War of 1812, Creek Indians, Indians of North America, Government relations, 1789-1869, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Nashville (Tenn.), History, War of 1812, Prisoners, McNairy, John, Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816, Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Date created ms: 1814-09-27
Abstract: Claim includes an accounting of how many prisoners were sent, on which days they were sent, and when they left. Sworn before and attested to by John McNairy, District Judge of Tennessee's Superior Court; signed: John McNairy, District Judge. Endorsed by Tobias Lear, Department of War Accounting Office on 1814 Dec. 23 and by James Monroe, Secretary of War on 1815 Feb. 27; signed: Tobias Lear and Ja[me]s. Monroe. Edward Hobbs acknowledges receipt of funds on 1815 May 18.

title: Letter, D. B. Lyles, Baltimore, Md., to Mr. James Cox, [in] the care of Mr. James R. Riddle, Alexandria, [Va.]
Subject: New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, United States, History, War of 1812, Cox, James, Correspondence, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Baltimore (Md.), History, War of 1812
Date created ms: 1815-02-13
Abstract: Lyles describes the joy everyone is showing having received the news of General Andrew Jackson's victory [over the British in New Orleans], as well as the celebrations planned by the town to mark the event. With respect to an account Riddle asked him to settle, Lyles is having difficulties but will do his best. He also mentions how high rents are getting in Baltimore.

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