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      Wampum belt giver to the Chiefs at Grand River to support a plea for neutrality in 1812. In June of 1812, Seneca, Onondaga and Cayuga Chiefs living at Buffalo Creek came to a council at Grand River. Their motive was to secure a pledge of neutrality on behalf of all …

      An oath of allegiance to King George III of England by members of the Second Regiment of the Lincoln Militia on 4 September 1812. These soldiers were sworn in by Justice of the Peace Thomas Dickson. The oath was signed by 12 men. The names are Thomas Clark, David Secord, …

      Mezzotint. Undated. Printed by J. Wright

      An ink print that is believed to have come from Philadelphia.

      Photograph with accompanying text illustrating the site of the Native encampment at Beaver Dams at the time of Laura Secord's flight.

      Sketched map with text depicting Laura Secord's projected route from Thorold to Queenston.

      Sketch of Moody Farewell's Tavern located in the village of Harmony, near Oshawa (see Pictorial Oshawa #1).

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      Painting depicitng British Red Coats on the field at the Battle of Stoney Creek. The engagement at Stoney Creek returned the Niagara Peninsula to British and Canadian control and ended the US attempt to conquer the western part of the province.

      Rough contemporary sketch of the War of 1812 depicting The American invasion over the Niagara at Queenston, October 1812. The American invasion failed when reinforcements refused to cross the Niagara River.

      This headstone is located in the Second Onondaga Baptist Church Cemetery which was established after the church was built in 1854. The Church and Cemetery are located on 330 Baptist Church Road, 0.3 km south of Mulligan Road. Location: 12-8

      THE "ROYAL GEORGE" AND THE WATERSPIDERS "Our three-master came bowling down with her sails so full of shot holes they looked like the cook's colander. On her track crept like water spiders five Yankee schooners, with long sweeps through their ports." C. H. J. SNIDER 10/11/12...

      THE "SIMCOE" RUNNING THE GAUNTLET "Richardson squared her away before the wind and drove straight for Seven-Acre Shoal." C. H. J. SNIDER 30/6/12

      June 14, 1812, off present-day Kingsville on Lake Erie. Brock, with 100 redcoats aboard HMS Queen Charlotte, hurries toward Amherstburg in advance of the attack on Fort Detroit

     

      During the American hunt for the Royal George early in the war, the U. S. Schooner Hamilton came across the tiny merchant schooner Two Brothers, on the morning of November 10, 1812, off the village of Bath, Ontario. When her owners realized she would be captured, they sabotaged the rigging, …

      In light winds, with all sail set, the flagship HMS Royal George ran for Kingston Harbour on the afternoon of November 10, 1812. Pursuing American schooners closed the distance under sweeps, but Royal George gained the protection of her port and shore batteries before they could catch her.

      Soldiers with lanterns patrol Fort Erie in deep snow. Fort Erie was the site of fierce fighting later in the war.

      The British squadron comprising the topsail schooner Lady Prevost, the brig General Hunter, and the corvette Queen Charlotte in company on a reconnaissance mission. The squadron held command of the Lake until the summer of 1813.

      In its wartime shift as a British naval sloop, Little Belt takes a patrol up the Detroit River past the British fort. The small ship later tried to run from defat in the Battle of Lake Erie, but couldn't escape from her American pursuers, nor from a winter burning by …