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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burke , Edmund , 1730 -1797 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Havre de Grace , attack on. (search)
Havre de Grace, attack on.
In 1813 Havre de Grace was a small village 2 miles above the head of Chesapeake Bay, and near the mouth of the Susquehanna River, containing about sixty houses, mostly built of wood.
It was on the postroad between Philadelphia and Baltimore, as it now is upon the railway between the two cities.
OHavre de Grace was a small village 2 miles above the head of Chesapeake Bay, and near the mouth of the Susquehanna River, containing about sixty houses, mostly built of wood.
It was on the postroad between Philadelphia and Baltimore, as it now is upon the railway between the two cities.
On the night of May 2, 1813, Sir George Cockburn, commander of a British squadron, engaged in marauding on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, approached the village, and at dawn on the morning of the 3d the inhabitants were awakened by the sound of arms.
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Village of Haverhill, scene of the massacre. or twenty barges, filled sixty houses in the village were destroyed, and nearly every other edifice injured, the marauders assembled in their vessels in the stream, and at sunset sailed out into the bay to pay a similar visit to villages on Sassafras River. Havre de Grace was at least $60,000 poorer when the invaders left than when they came.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rodgers , John 1771 -1838 (search)