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Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm (1768-1838) recorded the attack on Fort McHenry in his logbook/journal of September 13-14. “The Bombs [bomb vessels] continued Bombarding the Fort during the Night,” he wrote. His map of the defenses of Baltimore shows…

[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.

President’s Message and Declaration of War ([Boston?, 1812]). Book Division, Broadsides.

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…

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

Edward Johnson (1767-1829). Oil on canvas by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860). Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.

Half-length standing portrait shows Samuel Smith with gray hair, seen in three-quarter view, facing right with eyes forward. He wears blue and yellow War of 1812 uniform with double-breasted jacket. Oil on canvas by Rembrandt Peale, 1817-1818.

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…

Notes
- Bird's-eye view.
- Indexed for points of interest.
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Acquisitions control no. 34-84

Hand colored engraving; bird's eye view of battle. Oblong folio, matted; place mark, margins trimmed; soiled. N.Y., Old Print Shop, '45. OGGd.

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.

Print shows Robert Ross, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, mortally wounded, being assisted by another soldier.

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…

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.

Prepared for Baltimore Heritage, Inc. by the Louis Berger Group, Inc. Funded by a grant from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (GA-2287-13-003) with additional support from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.