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By January of 1814 the village of Niagara was in a terrible state as a result of constantly being the focus of battle and troop movement but also as a result of the American enemy abusing it, its residents, and a majority of the houses, barns and sheds that comprised of the village. General Drummond...

A man of Glengarry, a Canadian hero, fights and dies, at Queenston Heights along with another Canadian hero; Maj.-Gen. Isaac Brock. The account is from a wonderful old book that I highly recommend, especially to those of you who have children interested in anything related to the War of 1812. It is ...

Don simply said that "it's here".lol
I'm still attempting to find out from him the 'where, when, and how much" parts to the equation.

cheers

In The Midst of Alarms - The Untold Story of Women and the War of 1812

Author: Dianne Graves
Publisher: Robin Brass Studio Inc.

ISBN-13:978-1-896941-52-3
ISBN-10:1-896941-52-4

EDIT:

See publisher information below:

It's finally here!

Let's see who can find and purchase it first.

It's called:

In The Midst of Alarms - The Untold Story of Women and the War of 1812

Author: Dianne Graves
Publisher: unknown at this time

ISBN-13:978-1-896941-52-3
ISBN-10:1-896941-52-4

(hard and soft covers likely)

Cheers,
Pud

Mike,

Glad you reminded me,.I started working on the French Mills story for the web's home page about 6 months ago and never returned to it. I'll finish it off tonight and then send it to you and Bill for approval.

Cheers,
Pud

"it's possible that he may have been one of the last living veterans of the war."

Could be.I wonder what his pension was like? 50 acres crown land? And he with no wife and kids to help clear the land

"4'11 would have been a pretty big for an 11 year old back then, ."

My daughter was 5'3" at 11,.of course she hasn't grown since.poor kid.lol

OK. Regarding a soldier’s earning power back in 1812, this is what I’ve learned: In 1971 the British currency system was changed to a decimal system. Therefore, there are now 100 pence in one British Pound. A Pound is actually officially known as a Pound-Sterling. In the old system of British cu...

Wow. Now that would be some serious reading. Cronological order, order by region, by Fort, by year, or what? Big job.

Pud

Mike, I know that since the Napoleonic period the British currency system has undergone an overhaul. I had it explained to me years ago and the conclusion we came to was that it was about $0.10 a day. However, it's a great question and perhaps between the two of us we can research the issue and come...

An excellent observation and a great question Mike. Glad it amused you the way it did me.

No. Not a politician. Just an educator.

Pud

Nicely done. Where did you actually find (source) this G.O.?

Pud

I knew of the other three, but was not aware of the DeMeuron Regt. Very curious. Of course, I guess, if one swiss regt could do it then why not the other.

Cheers,
Pud