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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02669.023 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Swanton Falls, Vermont Type: Autograph document Date: 3 June 1813 Pagination: 1 p. ; 31.2 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

The author writes about hearing gunshots and cannon fire in the distance from the early morning until around noon. At around noon the author concluded that the Battle was over and that one side or the other was "rejoicing at the Victory."

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