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      Photograph of a two-piece round snuff box of black-enamel, with a lacquered, transfer-image of four military figures and an Indian who oversees the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.

      Volumes of interest were published between 1812 and 1815 with articles about the War of 1812.

      The Weekly Register, also known as Niles Weekly Register, was a weekly periodical edited by Hezekiah Niles (1777-1839) and published in Baltimore Maryland. Volumes of interest were published between 1811 (Vol. 1, No. 1, September 7, 1811) to 1814 (Vol. 5, No. 26, February 26, 1814). These volumes focus primarily …

      The Weekly Register, also known as Niles Weekly Register, was a weekly periodical edited by Hezekiah Niles (1777-1839) and published in Baltimore Maryland. Volumes of interest were published between 1811 (Vol. 1, No. 1, September 7, 1811) to 1814 (Vol. 5, No. 26, February 26, 1814). These volumes focus primarily …

      Scanned image of the treaty document, signed on December 24, 1814 in Ghent, Belgium at meeting of American delegates and British commissioners. Great Britain agreed to relinquish claims to the Northwest Territory, and both countries pledged to work toward ending the slave trade. America, in turn, gained influence as a …

      A copy of a map from the National Archives.

      A coloured ink print created in England in November 1814. At the top it states: "No. 71 of Rackermann's Repository of Arts & c. Pub.1 Nov.v 1814 at 101 Strand London."

      A black ink print created in England in November 1814. At the top it states: "No. 71 of Rackermann's Repository of Arts & c. Pub.1 Nov.v 1814 at 101 Strand London."

      Located right next to the Salt Springs Church on the Grand River, the Salt Springs Cemetery has been in operation since 1822. The cemetery is still active under the management of the Salt Springs Cemetery Board of Trustees. There is a plaque on the property that tells the history of …

      Image of the Signatures & Seals of British and American Negotiators of the Treaty of Ghent. Details of the treaty were finally completed and on Saturday, December 24th 1814 at three o'clock in the afternoon, the two commissions met at the British Chartreux, the former monastery where Napoleon had spent …

      Alternate title: The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814. The oil painting is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum (1922.5.2) whose key appears to reverse the identification of William Adams and Henry Goulbourn and to identify the three figures at extreme right, l. to r., as Clay, …

      Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. United States' Brigs JONES and JEFFERSON These vessels were in the United States Fleet on Lake Ontario in 1814.

      Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. H.M.S. PRINCE REGENT and Part of Sir James Lucas Yeo's Fleet on Lake Ontario, 1814 The other vessels are: Left wing, the Princess Charlotte and Niagara; centre, Prince Regent (flagship) and brig Charwell; right the schooner Magnet. ...

      The "NANCY" From a drawing in the John Ross Robertson collection of Canadian Historical Pictures, Toronto Public Library. C. H. J. SNIDER

      The new British flagship the St. Lawrence is striking on October 23, 1814 in the late afternoon sunlight with HMS Netley as a dark contrast in the foreground. Other visible ships are Princess Charlotte, Prince Regent and Montreal.

      A view of the late 1814 British squadron underway on Lake Ontario. The ship-of-the-line St. Lawrence leads, followed by Prince Regent, Star, Princess Charlotte, Montreal, Toronto, Niagara, and Netley. Yeo's ships ruled Lake Ontario in the fall of 1814, while the Americans stayed in port building their response. Another year …

      The HMS St. Lawrence was a monster at the dock, even as seen here during winter in her partially de-rigged state.

      A quiet evening late in the war with moonlight illuminating thin ice and partially de-rigged ships. Stern cabin lights show sailors are still awake after the early nightfall. It would be late February before those in Kingston learned that copies of a peace treaty had been signed in Ghent, Belgium …

     

      The British under Millar Worsley hid Nancy two miles up the Nottawassauga River, but the American squadron still discovered her and attacked. She was hit by an American-installed howitzer shell that penetrated the block house. Nancy caught fire seconds after the shell penetrated the block house....