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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sackett's Harbor. (search)
squadron of British vessels were on their way from Kingston to recapture the Lord Nelson, lying at Sackett's Harbor. General Brown, with a militia force, immediately took post at the harbor. The story was. not true, but a squadron made an attack on the harbor eighteen days afterwards.. The squadron, built at Kingston, consisted of the Royal George, 24; Prince Regent, 22; Earl of Moira, 20; Simcoe, 12; and Seneca, 4, under the command of Commodore Earle, a Canadian. Earle sent word to Colonel Bellinger, in command of the militia at Sackett's Harbor, that all he wanted was the Oneida and the Lord Nelson, at the same time warning the inhabitants that in case of resistance the village would be destroyed. the Oneida weighed anchor and attempted to escape to the lake. She failed, and returned. She was moored just outside of Navy Point, in position to have her broadside of nine Sackett's Harbor in 1812. guns brought to bear upon approaching vessels. The remainder of her guns were