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Abbot, Willis John. Blue Jackets of 1812: A History of the Naval Battles of the Second War with Great Britain. New York: Dodd Mead, 1887, viii, 409 pp. Illus: W.C. Jackson & H.W. Vickar.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; battles; Royal Navy; War of 1812;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , 19th century, nineteenth
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Abell, Francis. Prisoners of War in Britain, 1756 to 1815: Record of Their Lives, Their Romance and Their Sufferings. London: Humphrey Milford, 1914, viii, 464 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Anglo-French; prisoner of war; War of 1812;
Keywords:
prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France, lower deck , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate act
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Adams, Charles Francis. "Wednesday, August 19, 1812, 6:30 PM: The Birth of a World Power." AHR, 18 (April 1913): 513-21. USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerrier.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; battles; frigate; War of 1812;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, frigate, anti-submarine warfare vessel , battles, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , 19th century, nineteenth
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Adams, Henry Brooks. History of the United States of America: during the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison. 9 vols. Chicago: Chicago UP; New York: Antiquarian; New York: Viking, 1889-1891, 1921, 1930, 1962, 1967, 1986, 1308 pp. Various abridged editions, e.g., by Ernest Samuels & Archer Jones; Adams, 1838-1918; a classic; monumental, balanced, impartial; especially good on War of 1812.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; colonialism; commerce; diplomacy; historian; War of 1812;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, colonialism, colony, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , historian, history, historical, commerce, trade, business
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Adams, Henry Brooks. The War of 1812. Harrisburg: Infantry Journal; New York: Cooper Square, 1944, 1999, 2000, vii, 377 pp. Ed: H.A. DeWeerd; intro: John Elting; from 9-vol. history; much praised.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; battles; blockade; diplomacy; frigate; historian; War of 1812;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, blockade, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , frigate, anti-submarine warfare vessel , battles, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , historian, history, historical
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Aitchison, Robert. A British Eyewitness at the Battle of New Orleans: The Memoir of Royal Navy Admiral Robert Aitchison, 1808-1827. New Orleans: Historic New Orleans, 2004, 149 pp. Ed: Gene A. Smith.
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amphibious; Anglo-American; battles; invasion; memoir; War of 1812;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, battles, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. Wooden Ships and Iron Men. New York: Walker, 1964, 134 pp. Nautical fiction; juvenile literature; young English sailor, thence to American navy during War of 1812; based on Samuel Leech, 1798-1848.
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age of sail; condition; juvenile literature; memoir; nautical fiction; Royal Navy; ship; United States Navy; War of 1812;
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age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , juvenile literature, children's, junior, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , united states navy, US navy, ship, boat, vessel, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Altoff, Gerard T. Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie. Put-in-Bay: Perry Group, 1990, x, 99 pp. Battle of 1813.
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battles, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, strategy, strategic, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Armstrong, John. Notices of the War of 1812. 2 vols. New York: George Dearborn; New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1836-1840, 504 pp.
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, historian, history, historical, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Arthur, Brian. How Britain Won the War of 1812: The Royal Navy's Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815 (Woodbridge, Boydell, 2011) XXIII, 328 pages
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; Anglo-American; blockade; Royal Navy; War of 1812;
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19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, blockade, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , Royal Navy
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Auchinleck, Gilbert. A History of the War between Great Britain and the United States of America during the Years 1812, 1813 and 1814. London: Arms & Armour, 1855, 1972, vii, 408 pp. Intro: H.C. Campbell.
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Anglo-American; battles; frigate; Royal Navy; United States Navy; War of 1812;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, frigate, anti-submarine warfare vessel , battles, Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Ayer, Robert Copeland. "Shifty Seafarers, Shifting Winds: Governmental Policies toward Maritime Smuggling in North America from Colonization to the War of 1812." Ph.D. diss, Fletcher School, Tufts, 1993, 425 pp. (DAI 54-04, p. 1513).
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; Colonial America; discipline; law; seamanship; smuggling; War of 1812;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , discipline, law, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , smuggling, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Bancroft, George. History of the Battle of Lake Erie and Miscellaneous Papers. New York: Bonner, 1891, 1967, 264 pp. Included writings of George Bancroft.
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, battles, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Barnes, James. Naval Actions of the War of 1812. New York: Harper; London: Cornmarket, 1896, 1897, 1960, 263 pp. 19 essays, one per engagement; overly patriotic; superseded.
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Admiralty; Anglo-American; battles; Royal Navy; War of 1812;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, battles, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Bartlett, Christopher John. "Gentlemen versus. Democrats: Cultural Prejudice and Military Strategy in Britain in the War of 1812." War in History, 1 (July 1944): 140-59. Assessment of debates about operations of RN.
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Admiralty; Anglo-American; culture; Royal Navy; strategy; War of 1812;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, culture, music, literature, language, art , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Benn, Carl. The War of 1812. Essential Histories Series. London: Routledge, 2003, 96 pp.
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, general history, general survey, survey, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Berton, Pierre. Flames across the Border:The Canadian-American Tragedy, 1813-1814. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart; Boston: Little Brown, 1981, 1982, 1983, xiv, 492 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; colonialism; War of 1812;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, colonialism, colony, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade, canada
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Berton, Pierre. The Invasion of Canada, 1812-1813. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart; Boston: Little Brown, 1980, 363 pp.
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Black, Jeremy. The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon. Norman: Oklahoma UP, 2009, 288 pp.
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19th century, nineteenth, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
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Blake, Nicholas & Lawrence, Richard. The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy. London: Chatham; Mechanicsburg, Stackpole, 1999, 2000, 2005, 207 pp. Folio, 500 illustrations; included survey of naval fiction; life on lower deck; recipes.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; Nelson, Horatio; War of 1812; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade
Abbreviations | |
AHR | American Historical Review |
Alb | Albion |
alt | alternate |
Am Nep | American Neptune |
AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
comp | Compiled by |
DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
EcHR | Economic History Review |
ed | editor or edited by |
EnHR | English Historical Review |
HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
His Res | Historical Research |
His Tod | History Today |
Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
IHR | International History Review |
intro | introduction |
J Am His | Journal of American History |
J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
JBS | Journal of British Studies |
J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
J Wor His | Journal of World History |
MM | Mariner's Mirror |
Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
NMM | National Maritime Museum |
Nav Rev | Naval Review |
NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
NIP | Naval Institute Press |
Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
P & P | Past and Present |
Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
trans | translated by |
UP | University Press |
USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
War & Soc | War and Society |
War in His | War in History |
W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
WSS | World Ship Society |