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Animal bone, nail and ceramic artifacts, Patterson Park
Learn more about the archaeological dig in Patterson Park – We Dig Hampstead Hill! Searching for the War of 1812 in Patterson Park.
A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814
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…
A Sketch of the Military Topography of Baltimore and its Vicinity and of Patapsco Neck to North Point, 1814
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…
12 at Midnight; the Hibernia Attempting to run the Comet Down
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…
[Ville, port, et rade de Baltimore dans le Maryland.
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,"…
- 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,"…
[Photographs of monument "Where General Ross Fell," Hampstead Hill, and the Old Methodist Meeting House]
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.
[Francis Scott Key], The Star Spangled Banner
[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.