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H-DC / DC History
War of 1812
Books
Anonymous. A subaltern in America; comprising the narrative of the campaigns of the British army, at Baltimore, Washington, &c., &c., during the late war. 1833.
E355.S94 Historical Society
E355.6 .S94 Library of Congress
Barton, Wilfred M. The road to Washington. 1919.
975.5238/B293 Wash/Ref
E356.W3 B2 Library of Congress
E356 .W3B2 Historical Society
The Bladensburg races : written shortly after the capture of Washington City, August 24, 1814.
1816
E356.B5 B5 (Office) Library of Congress
Bosco, Peter I. The War of 1812.1991.
975.52/B742 Wash/Ref
E354 .B67 1991 Library of Congress
Caffrey, Kate. The twilight's last gleaming. 1977.
975.52/C129 Wash/Ref
E354 .C3 Library of Congress
Ewell, James. The medical companion : ... with a dispensatory and glossary ; to which are added a brief anatomy of the human body . . .. 1816.
RC81 .E916 1816, RC81 .E916 181 Toner Coll (Rare Books), Library of Congress
RC81 .E916 1816 Historical Society
Gleig, G.R. The campaigns of the British army at Washington and New Orleans. [1847] 1972.
975.52/G557 Wash/Ref
E355.6 .G55 Library of Congress
E355.6 .G553 Historical Society
Herrick, Carole L. August 24, 1814 : Washington in flames. c2005.
E356.W3 H47 2005 Library of Congress
Ingraham, Edward D. A sketch of the events which preceded the capture of Washington, by the British, on the twenty-fourth of August, 1814. 1849
full text from GoogleBooks
E356 .W3 I5 Historical Society
E356.W3 I5 Library of Congress
Lloyd, Alan. The scorching of Washington. 1974.
975.52/L793 Wash/Ref
E354 .L55 1975 Library of Congress
E354.L55 1975 Historical Society
Lord, Walter. The dawn's early light. 1972.
975.52/L867 Wash/Ref
E354 .L85 Library of Congress
E354.L85 Historical Society
Marine, William M. The British invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815.[1913] 1965.
975.52/M338a Wash/Ref
E359.5.M2 M3 Library of Congress
E359.5.M2M3 Historical Society
Muller, Charles. The darkest day: 1814.[1847] 1972.
975.52/G557 Wash/Ref
E355.6 .M8 Library of Congress
Pitch, Anthony. The burning of Washington: the British invasion of 1814. 1998.
973.523 P682 Wash/Ref
E356.W3 P49 1998 Library of Congress
E356 .W3 P49 1998 Historical Society
Tucker, Glenn. Poltroons and patriots. 1954.
975.52/T892 Wash/Ref
E354 .T8 Library of Congress
E354.T8 Historical Society
Tully, Andrew. When they burned the White House. 1961.
975.52/T923 Wash/Ref
E356.W3 T8 Library of Congress
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Invasion of Washington, 1814.
Report of the committee appointed on the twenty-third of September last to inquire into the causes and particulars of the invasion of the city of Washington, by the British forces in the month of August, 1814.
1814.
AC901 .B3 vol. 64, no. 6 Bailey Pam Library of Congress
E356.W3 U5 1814 Batchelder Coll Library of Congress
Weller, Michael I. "Unwelcome visitors to Washington, August 24, 1814", by M.I. Weller and James Ewell, M.D.;
(with) The military and private secretaries of George Washington, by Mary S. Beall.
1895.
from Records of the Columbia Historical Society, v. 1, no. 2, p. 55-118.
975.306 C726 v.1 (microfilm) Wash/Ref
F191.C72 (v.1) Historical Society
E356.W3 W4 Library of Congress
Williams, John S. History of the invasion and capture of Washington.... 1857.
full text from GoogleBooks
975.52/G557 Wash/Ref
E356.W3 W7 and F197 .W72 and Microfilm 22575 E Library of Congress
E356.W3W7 Historical Society
Article (online)
The burning of Washington / Anthony Pitch "White House History" - 1998 Fall V.4
Library of Congress/American Memory
Library of Congress's "Today in History" August 19: The Burning of Washington
Digital Resources--Images/text
(Full size): Capture of Washington.
published by Nathaniel Coverly
Madison's observations--from his Papers, through Library of Congress/American Memory
The Writings of James Madison. Edited by Gaillard Hunt.
James Madison, August 24, 1814. Observations on the capture of Washington DC by British troops.
Manuscript Collections
Smith, Margaret Bayard. Papers, 1789-1874 1796-1840 [microfilm].
Description: 3,600 items.
11 containers.
8 microfilm reels.
Biographical/Historical Data: Social leader, author, and prominent Washingtonian. Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith.
Summary: Correspondence, diaries, journals, and commonplace books. Chiefly correspondence between Smith and her sisters Jane Bayard Kirkpatrick and Maria Bayard Boyd, and her husband, journalist and banker, Samuel Harrison Smith (1772-1845). Other correspondents include Mary Hering Middleton, Madame A. Emilie Pichon, and Eliza S. Quincy. Topics covered include Washington, D.C., social life, Presidential elections, the British occupation of Washington, and visits to Monticello.
Microfilm D.C. Archives, Washington, D.C.
Microfilm. Library of Congress
Cockburn, George, Sir, 1772-1853. Papers of Sir George Cockburn, 1788-1847
Description: 4,400 items.
18 containers.
11 microfilm reels.
7 linear feet.
Summary: Correspondence, logbooks, journals, fleet orders, reports, and other papers relating to Cockburn’s career in the British Royal Navy. Subjects include the War of 1812 and British naval activities against France and Spain, especially in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Indian Ocean. Documents Horatio Nelson’s Mediterranean exploits, the attempt to rescue King Ferdinand VII of Spain, destruction of the Danish navy (Søværnet) in 1801, the burning of Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, and the exile of Napoleon I. Also includes material relating to Spanish colonies in South America and the history of the West Indies, the Bermuda Islands, and the Middle Atlantic states.
Microfilm. Library of Congress
Thornton, Anna Maria Brodeau, 1775?-1865.
Papers of Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton, 1793-1861.
Description: 7 items.
7 containers.
Biographical/Historical Data: Wife of architect William Thornton.
Summary: Seven bound volumes containing diaries, journals, essays, log of household visitors, daily log of activities, household accounts, silhouettes of unidentified people, and other papers primarily describing social life in Washington, D.C., with extensive detail about housekeeping and expense matters. There are gaps in the diaries, with a major one occurring during the years 1816-1827.
Includes entries relating to the schedule and work of Thornton’s husband, architect William Thornton, on the east elevation of the Capitol, correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, visits to President Jefferson’s home, a smallpox outbreak, paving of Pennsylvania Avenue, the British invasion of Washington, D.C., in 1814, the gun explosion on the steamship Princeton in 1844, inauguration of President James K. Polk in 1845, return of land to Virginia from Washington, D.C., in 1846, trips to Virginia, North Carolina, and Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Thornton’s years spent in Tortola, Virgin Islands. A collection of autographs includes signatures of Henry Clay, James Madison, and John Peter Van Ness.
Library of Congress
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Records of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 1815-1834.
Description: 1 oversize item.
0.4 linear feet.
Summary: Manuscript volume recording names of tradesmen and the hours and location of their work during the rebuilding of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., following its burning by the British during the War of 1812.
War of 1812 Eyewitnesses Interred or Memorialized in the
Congressional Cemetery
scroll down for "Biographical Notes"---including obituaries and other snippets of information, some quite extensive
Also consult: NUCMC for additional manuscript materials
Bibliography
Library of Congress
Bibliography on War of 1812
Matthew Gilmore, August 2007 (1/2004, 12/2003, 1998)
with suggestion from Cynthia Earman
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