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- GLC#
- GLC01836.01
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- August 22, 1814
- Author/Creator
- Beall, William Dent, 1757-1829
- Title
- to unknown
- Place Written
- Maryland
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Lieutenant Colonel Beall reports on the British advance into Marlboro, Maryland, and the strength of the British force. Also requests money. Adds in a postscript: "It is of great importance that Col. Hood should march immediately. The Flotilla is in ashes & the men with General Winder." Letter written in the field two days before the Battle of Bladensburg, where Beall commanded. The American defeat at Bladensburg allowed British forces to enter Washington, D.C.
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