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War of 1812 n
(Historical Terms) a war between Great Britain and the US, fought chiefly along the Canadian border (1812-14) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Daylight knew also his history, the prime old American stock from which he had descended, his own war record, the John Dowsett before him who had been one of the banking buttresses of the Cause of the Union, the Commodore Dowsett of the War of 1812 the General Dowsett of Revolutionary fame, and that first far Dowsett, owner of lands and slaves in early New England. At length, in the war of 1812, her dwelling was set on fire by English soldiers, prisoners on parole, when she was away, and her cat and dog and hens were all burned up together. Ben Ireson he was skipper o' the Betty, young feller, comin' home frum the Banks - that was before the war of 1812, but jestice is jestice at all times. |
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