Notes to the Retreat of the English

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Description
This item is a song entitled "The Retreat of the English" by Abraham Redwood Ellery, with annotations made by "a member of the Mississippi Society. K.R." The annotations provide details, anecdotes, and tabulations regarding the Battle of New Orleans between British and American forces at the end of the War of 1812 in January 1815. The volume is illustrated with three colored maps showing positions of the opposing armies
Names
Ellery, Abraham Redwood, 1773-1820 (Author)
Mississippi Society. K.R. (Annotator)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1815 - 1820 (Approximate)
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 914
Topics
New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815 -- Songs and music
United States -- History
Genres
Songs
annotations
Maps
Notebooks
Physical Description
Extent: .61 linear foot (1 volume)
Type of Resource
Text
Cartographic
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19552530
MSS Unit ID: 914
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 844aea90-2204-0135-2040-65f998419edb
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x Notes to the Retreat of the English: a Yankee song containing a variety of facts, circumstances and anecdotes, relating to the late invasion of New Orleans by a member of the Mississippi Society K.R
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