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Archival Materials Relating to the War of 1812
in the Chesapeake Region

Baltimore City Archives

• Record Group 22 War of 1812 Records
  This collection is available for educational and research purposes only. Use of any images for publication purposes requires the permission of the Baltimore City Archives.

Maryland State Archives

• Password Access to Materials at the Maryland State Archives
  The use of any user name and password to access materials on the Maryland State Archives' web site constitutes an agreement by the user to abide by any and all copyright restrictions and is an acknowledgement that these materials will be used for personal and educational use only. In most instances, the username aaco and password aaco# will work. Contact ref@mdsa.net if you have any questions or have difficulty accessing files.

• ADJUTANT GENERAL (Militia Appointments) 2 1794-1816 [MSA SE67-1]
• ADJUTANT GENERAL (Arms Account) 1 1784-1824 [MSA SE66-1]
• ADJUTANT GENERAL (Arms Account) 2 1784-1823 [MSA SE66-2]
• ADJUTANT GENERAL (Arms Account) 1788-1817 [MSA SE66-3]
• ADJUTANT GENERAL (Arms Account) 1812-1817 [MSA SE66-4]
• ADJUTANT GENERAL (Arms Account) 1812-1817 [MSA SE66-5]
• ADJUTANT GENERAL (Arms Account) NP 2 1813-1818 [MSA SE66-6]
• ADJUTANT GENERAL (Arms Account) 1819 [MSA SE66-7]
• ADJUTANT GENERAL (Arms Account) 1817-1823 [MSA SE66-8]

Internet Archive

• Emmons, Richard. Defence of Baltimore, and Death of General Ross. W. Emmons, 1831.
• Gleig, George Robert. A narrative of the campaigns of the British army, at Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans, under Generals Ross, Pakenham & Lambert, in the years 1814 and 1815; with some account of the countries visited. Philadelphia, M. Carey & Sons, 1821.
• Hawkins, Archibald. The Life and Times of Hon. Elijah Stansbury, an "Old Defender" and ex-Mayor of Baltimore. Baltimore, Printed by J. Murphy & Co., 1874.
• Hickman, Nathaniel, ed. The citizen soldiers at North Point and Fort McHenry, September 12 & 13, 1814. Resolves of the citizens in town meeting, particulars relating to the battle, official correspondence and honorable discharge of the troops Baltimore, N. Hickman [J. Young, printer], [1858].
• Marine, William. The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815. Baltimore: Society of War of 1812 in Maryland, 1913.

Baltimore City Directories

• Matchett, Edward. The Baltimore Directory and Register for the year 1816. Baltimore [Md.]: Printed & sold at the Wanderer Office, 1816.

Nile's Weekly Register

• General Index to the First Twelve Volumes, or First Series, of Niles Weekly Register Being a Period of Six Years: From September 1811 to September 1817. Baltimore: Hezekiah Niles, 1818.
• Niles' Weekly Register. Baltimore : H. Niles, 1812-1817

• Vol. 1: September 1812 - March 1812
• Vol. 2: March 1812 - September 1812
• Vol. 3: September 1812 - March 1813
• Vol. 4: March - September 1813
• Vol. 5: September, 1813 - March, 1814
• Vol. 6: March - September, 1814
• Vol. 7: September, 1814 - March, 1815
• Vol. 8: March - September, 1815
• Vol. 9: September, 1815 - March, 1816
• Vol. 10: March - September 1816
• Vol. 11: September, 1816 - March, 1817
• Vol. 12: March - September, 1817

Additional Reference Books

• Adams, William Frederick. Commodore Joshua Barney : many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections. Springfield, MA: Priv. print., 1912.
• Armstrong, John. Notices of the War of 1812. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1840.
• Barney, Ed., Mary. A Biographical Memoir of the late Commodore Joshua Barney. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1832.
• Coggeshall, George. History of American Privateers, and Letters of Marque, during our War with England .... New York: Geo. P. Putnam, 1861.
• Duane, William. A Hand Book for Infantry Containing the First Principles of Military Discipline, Founded on Rational Method: Intended to Explain in a Familiar and Practical Manner, for the Use of the Military Force of the United States, the Modern Improvements in the Discipline and Movement of Armies. Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1814.
• Garber, Virginia Armistead. The Armistead Family, 1635-1910. Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, 1910.
• Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field–Book of the War of 1812 (NewYork: Harper & Brothers, 1869).
• National Park Service. Historic Structure Report: Historical and Archeological Day, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.
• Tousard, Louis de, American Artillerists Companion, or Elements of Artillery. Philadelphia: 1809, 2 vols.

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