Download or read book New York City and Vicinity During the War of 1812-'15, Vol. 1 written by Rocellus Sheridan Guernsey and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-24 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from New York City and Vicinity During the War of 1812-'15, Vol. 1: Being a Military, Civic and Financial Local History of That Period, With Incidents and Anecdotes Thereof Announcement of the Declaration of War - Gen. Bloomfield in Com mand at New York - Corn. Rodgers' Squadron sails - Chasing the Enemy - Action of City Council - Committee of Defence - Capt. Porter and the Essex Free Trade and Sailors' Rights. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.