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[Francis Scott Key], The Star Spangled Banner (Baltimore, [1814]). Book Division, F 1814 St. Sung to the tune of “Anacreon in Heaven,” this copy is identifiable as a first edition by the typographical error in the subtitle.

Photographs of monument "Where General Ross Fell," Hampstead Hill, and the Old Methodist Meeting House excerpted from a Baltimore souvenir booklet created by the National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Commission.

Notes
- Scale ca. 1:26,400.
- Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
- Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted.
- Relief shown by shading.
- Shows fortifications, troop encampments, and roads from "White Marsh,"…

On January 11, 1814, Thomas Boyle engaged the twenty-two-gun, 800-ton Hibernia in the West Indies in a battle beginning at 7:30 p.m. At half past midnight, the Hibernia, as depicted here, attempted to ram the Comet. The battle ended indecisively at…

This map shows British and American positions before Baltimore during the British attack of September 12-14. It includes the positions of Brigadier General John Stricker's Maryland forces consisting of Captain William B. Dyer's riflemen, Lieutenant…

Print shows a view from northeast of the fire-damaged White House, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn only public buildings. On August 25, a tornado…

Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.

View of the archaeological investigation in Patterson Park from the Patterson Park Pagoda. Photograph by Auni Gelles. Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.

Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.

Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.

Photograph by Auni Gelles. Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.

Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.

Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.

Half-length standing portrait shows George Armistead with short curly dark hair, resting left arm on wheel of cannon. He wears War of 1812 uniform: dark blue military jacket with bold buttons and epaulettes, wide red sash, white pants and shirt, and…

Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.

Assembly of Troops before the Battle of Baltimore. Oil on canvas by Thomas Ruckle, Sr.

Lithograph colored by hand, by Edward Weber & Co.

An advertisement from Baltimore Mayor Edward Johnson and James A. Buchanan calling for Baltimore to form a Committee of Vigilance and Safety. The advertisement reads: "At a meeting of a number of persons convened at the City Council Chamber by the…

Color lithograph by Endicott and Swett after Ruckle; battle scene among trees, mounted officers under trees in foreground.

Notes
Folio, matted; margins; soiled.
N.Y., Old Print Shop, '50. ERGd.

Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.

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