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Collection Reference Number GLC09027
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1812 
Title Stephen Van Rensselaer to Major General Henry Dearborn regarding military matters
Date 14 October 1812
Author Van Rensselaer, Stephen (1764-1839)  
Recipient Dearborn, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Report of the U.S. defeat at Queenstown. " ...as I stand prominently responsible for some of these consequences, I beg leave to explain to you...and through you, to my Country, the situation and circumstances in which I have had to act...I shall cheerfully submit my self to the judgement of my country..."
Subjects Military History  War of 1812  Battle  
People Van Rensselaer, Stephen (1764-1839)  Dearborn, Henry (1751-1829)  
Theme War of 1812
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859