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War of 1812 Letter written in 1814 Letter Regarding Payment for Soldier in the War.

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War of 1812 Letter written in 1814 Letter Regarding Payment for Soldier in the War.
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Winchester, VA. 1814 Letter from A. Gamble to Mr. Bailey, Paymaster, regarding payment owed to a company for action in the War of 1812. This document mentions "Power of Attorney" given to receive the payment, and is insistent on a reply. Mentions a Captain Baker, who may be Captain Isaac L. Baker, who was named Captain of the Forty-fourth Infantry in 1813, and assisted to enlist men for his regiment in Tennessee. During the late summer of 1814, he and a part of the Forty-Fourth joined General Jackson at Fort Jackson and accompanied him to Mobile. Fine-VF condition considering its age, with some toning and staining on the back. The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its allies. It began when the United States declared war in June 1812 and ended in a stalemate when a peace treaty agreed to earlier was ratified by the United States in February 1815. While the war ended in a draw, both sides were happy with the outcome as the war ended, although indigenous nations are generally seen among historians as the real losers. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theatre of the Napoleonic Wars while historians in North America see it as a war in its own right. From the outbreak of war with Napoleonic France in 1803, Britain had enforced a naval blockade to choke off neutral trade to France, which the United States contested as illegal under international law. To man the blockade, Britain pressed merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, including Americans. American sentiment grew increasingly hostile toward Britain due to incidents such as the 1807 ChesapeakeÐLeopard affair. The British were similarly outraged by the 1811 Little Belt affair, in which eleven British sailors died. Britain supplied arms to Native Americans, who raided European-American settlers on the American frontier, hindering the expansion of the United States and provoking resentment. Although the debate on whether the desire to annex some or all of British North America (Canada) contributed to the American decision to go to war, the reasoning for invasion was mainly strategical. President James Madison signed into law the declaration of war after heavy pressure from the War Hawks in the United States Congress. Fascinating piece of military history from the early 19th century.