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New Englanders also generally have the best names:

- Elihu Luce
- Lieut. Americus Arnold
- Waldo Tucker
- Cpl. Erastus Cady
- Gustavous Meriam

A.S. Cogswell, 11th U.S. Infantry, Burlington, 17 July 1813: "We have some very good officers, but a large part of them are the most Ignorant and ugly parcel of rascals that I ever saw. Some of them are men tyrannical and swear worse than those Algerine pirates."

I was hoping there’d be some civil service jobs available upon graduation but unfortunately we’re in the worst austerity timeline and, sadly, Ontarians will simply roll over and let it happen.

If I had to guess, there will likely be greater consequences for the border agents that wrongly let Epstein into Canada in 2014 than the countless pedophilic American elites who trafficked and raped children.

“So much going on, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it and that is the real trick of the imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind forty atrocities than a single incident.”

— a timely reminder from Star Wars

He continued: “Some of our Officers had recourse to Mr. Madison’s wardrobe where they Shifted their linnen & Remained in the City until six o’clock the next morning.”

It must have felt nice to change into fresh, presidential linens after a sweltering day under the sun!

... retreated with great Precipitation and left our Troops… in quiet and peace possession of their Capital which they burned to the Ground beginning with the house of Congress, War & Intelligence Office, Mr. Maddisons house, the Dock Yard &c. until a General Conflagration ensued.”

“The American army were drawn up in Admirable Order but after the first round were put in great Confusion & disorder, only about 2000 of ours Engaged an army of 8000 & put great numbers to the Sword. the Americans made a bold Stand at first but Seeing the Gallant 85th advancing with charg’d Bayonets

I’d wager there were more Maritimers & Newfoundlanders in the Royal Marines, who also participated. Dr. John Fox, Assistant Surgeon aboard HMS Majestic, born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, witnessed the Burning firsthand. Writing to his father from Chesapeake Bay, he described the attack on Washington:

The British regiments that participated in the Burning were sent directly from Europe to North America after Napoleon was “defeated” in April 1814. Of these regiments, some previously served in the Americas, so it’s possible there were some older, American-born recruits in the ranks, but I doubt it.

I’m sorry for the delayed response! I somehow missed this in my notifications. Thank you sending this, it’s exactly what I needed.

This looks really cool

By the way... Hasphat is a student of Morrowind history. Take the chance to get a little education. And I have a few history books in here. Help yourself. You're welcome to them. No point in being part of history if you're too ignorant to understand it.

Real

This might be something worthwhile bringing up to the Kingston Historical Society for their advocacy and support. @acadiandame.bsky.social

Queen's has released its Bicentennial Vision document today, a strategy for what the university will be as it enters its third century in 2041.

The terms "arts," "humanities," and "social science" do not appear anywhere in this document #cdnhist

tfw the ague’s been raging in camp for months, it’s humid as hell, the bread has shit particles in it, and now the trees are speaking Mohawk

just another day on the Niagara frontier in 1813

If you watch the War of 1812 episode of CBC’s “Canada: The Story of Us,” you’ll see me, amongst others, get ambushed by Tecumseh, surrender Fort Detroit, and die at Fort York.

Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, translated by Joan Pinkham (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1972), 36.

that they have cultivated that Nazism, that they are responsible for it, and that before engulfing the whole edifice of Western, Christian civilization in its reddened waters, it oozes, seeps, and trickles from every crack."

that they tolerated the Nazism before it was inflicted on them, that they absolved it, shut their eyes to it, legitimized it, because, until then, it had been applied only to non-European peoples;

And they wait, and they hope; and they hide the truth from themselves, that it is barbarism, the supreme barbarism, the crowning barbarism that sums up all the daily barbarisms; that it is Nazism, yes, but that before they were its victims, they were its accomplices;

"Then one fine day the bourgeoisie is awakened by a terrific boomerang effect: the gestapos are busy, the prisons fill up, the torturers standing around the racks invent, refine, discuss. People are surprised, they become indignant. They say: 'How strange! But never mind—it's Nazism, it will pass!'

Thank you so much! I was able to track down the original but sadly the obituary is quite brief. I thought there might be more about his career. I’ll keep looking.

Anyone out there have access to old British newspapers that can help me track down an obituary for Major-General Thomas Blanshard, born 1789, died 19 June 1859? I suspect he’s the same Blanshard responsible for burning down the White House in 1814. I’m trying to find his birthplace.

From the “Board of Peace” Wikipedia page. This is such a flex, honestly.

The strongest of us live long after death, so that we may guide and protect our children and kinsmen; we speak of such strong spirits as Heroes and Wise Women in our songs, sung so we may not forget their wisdoms and gifts.

DESERTED from the Barracks at Burlington [Vt.] on the 11th May inst. JOHN FISK, an enlisted Soldier, born in Stodard, New Hampshire; aged twenty two years; five feet eight and half inches high, light complexion, light eyes, light hair, & by profession a farmer - has lately resided in Cavendish, Vt.

Fantastic. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!!! I checked the Queen’s library and sadly we only have access after 2000 :(