Wentworth Reenactment Society

Historical Documents related to the War of 1812

Table of Contents

Military documents

Personal narratives, including letters and personal papers

Monographs and collections by a single author

Collections of works by multiple authors

Historic Cookery

Military documents

American

Defense and Burning of Washington in 1814: Naval Documents of the War of 1812 (collection of official dispatches)

Hurricanes and the War of 1812: Documents on Selected Storms Affecting Naval Operations (collection of official dispatches)

Index of awards on claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812 (New York State)

Navy Regulations, 1814

Navy Uniform Regulations, 1802

Navy Uniform Regulations, 1814

Vermont in the War of 1812 (includes muster and payroll records for Vermont soldiers and official reports on the Battle of Plattsburg)

British

1816 British Drill Manual (pdf document)

Articles of War, 1807

Personal narratives, including letters and personal papers

Narrative of Colonel Samuel Blakeslee, a defender of Buffalo in the War of 1812

James Madison's papers at the Library of Congress

Thomas H. Warner 1780-1828, five letters

Monographs and collections by a single author

The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 (The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17) by Ralph D. Paine, 1920.

History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County. edited by H. Perry Smith, 1884

History of the Great Lakes. edited by J. B. Mansfield, 1899.

The History of the United States from 1492 to 1920. by Julian Hawthorne, 1920 (chapter on the War of 1812)

The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock by Ferdinand Brock Tupper, 1845.

Old Ironsides by James Fenimore Cooper, 1853.

Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 by Benson J. Lossing, 1869

The Naval War of 1812, Or The History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt, 1883

Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast by James Fenimore Cooper, 1843

Some Memorandums by which it is attempted to be shewn that an Improved Model may be adopted in the Construction of Ships by a new application of well-known principles. by Frederick Tudor, ca. 1812

The Story of Isaac Brock : Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 by Walter R. Nursey, 1908.

The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 (Volume 14 of 32 in the series Chronicles of Canada) by William Wood, 1915

Collections of works by multiple authors

Documents in Military History at Hillsdale College

Early Canadiana Online (online access to early printed materials provided by Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions)

Navy Department Library (US) online reading room

US Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875

Maps

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Historic Cookery

American Cookery, or the art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables, and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves, and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plum to plain cake: Adapted to this country, and all grades of life. by Amelia Simmons, 1798

Manual for Army Cooks/Prepared Under The Direction Of The Commissary General Of Subsistence; Published By Authority Of The Secretary Of War For Use In The Army Of The United States, 1896

A New System of Domestic Cookery, Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families by a Lady, 1807

The New-England cookery, or the art of dressing all kinds of flesh, fish, and vegetables, and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards and preserves, and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to the plain cake. Particularly adapted to this part of our country by Lucy Emerson, 1808

Literature

The Canadian Brothers, or The Prophecy Fulfilled : A Tale of the Late American War by John Richardson, 1833.

Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812 : A Drama, And Other Poems by Sarah Anne Curzon, [n.d.]

Neville Trueman the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the War of 1812 by William Henry Withrow, 1880.

Religion

Book of Common Prayer (Church of England, directory contains links to various versions of the 1662 prayer book as well as other versions)

Book of Common Prayer (US Episcopal Church, 1789 edition)

Music

18th Century Songbook (gathers songs from several primary sources- somewhat before our time but still useful)

Updated March 22, 2008