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By William Hull, brigadier general and commander of the North Western Army of the United States. : A proclamation. : Inhabitants of Canada! After thirty years of peace and prosperity, the United States have been driven to arms...
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 27116. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Army.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 27116.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- United States--History--War of 1812--Campaigns.
- United States.
- United States--History--War of 1812--Occupied territories.
- Canada--History--1791-1841.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
- Place of Publication:
- [Detroit] : [publisher not identified], [1812]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Announcing the invasion of Canada by the United States Army, and promising protection of Canadian persons, property, and rights.
- Signed, "By the general [blank] capt: 13th. U.S. regt: of infantry and aid de camp [blank]." The original, held by the New York Public Library, is signed in ms. by David Hall, aid de camp, and by "Wm Hull, governor."
- Dated "[Detroit, July 12, 1812]" in McMurtrie, D.C. Early printing in Michigan, 1931, no. 41.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 27116).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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