... I visited Montpellier last month and highly recommend a visit there if you are in the neighbourhood. And not just for Dolley's dresses! John Matthew IV...
Hi everyone, I am hoping for a favor from one of the list members. Each year I put on several fashion shows and have different garments finished at any given...
Our monarch's hindmost year but ane Was five-and-twenty days begun, 'Twas then a blast o' Janwar' win' Blew hansel in on Robin. Robin was a rovin' boy, ...
The Fort La Présentation Association's fourth annual War of 1812 Symposium in Ogdensburg, NY is April 27-28, 2012. Eight speakers - four from Canada and four...
I was wondering when or if the (all/other ranks) training weekend at Fort George was going to take place this year? I haven't been able to find a reference to...
Just a quick note to confirm that this fine event is indeed happening! I have had a number of calls, and have now heard from three different historic sites...
Hi folks, We are looking for a speaker to present a talk on the war of 1812 to our historical society south of Ottawa. The organization is The Rideau Township...
Dear List, I have for sale one 1804 60-round British Army cartridge pouch. Made by the Discriminating General. Never used, but has been in storage awhile...
After all the reading i've been doing lately (Pierre Berton for one) that talks about some events turning out the way they did in the War of 1812 because the...
Well the Battle of New Orleans never would have happened. That would have changed Andrew Jackson's career. John Matthew IV [Non-text portions of this message...
If there was any type of instant communication in 1812 there wouldn't have been a war in the first place. Lord Liverpool repealed the Orders in Council which ...
... Well the United States has not gone to war against Canada or the United Kingdom since the invention of email, so I think our moderator is correct. John...
If the war happened anyway Francis Scott Key would have faxed the information to the British to free those prisoners so there probably would not be any "Star...
If email existed in 1812, then you can believe that someone would have contrived to burn the physical servers (or the Americans would have taken down...
I am not so sure there would not have been a war. Word of the repeal of the Orders reached Madison on August 12, 1812. There was still time to cancel the war...
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:07:22 -0500 ... You don't think that settlement pressure in the old Northwest Territory wouldn't have caused atrocities, reprisals, and...
Porter Hanks would've known that war had been declared and Fort Mackinac wouldn't have been taken by surprise as it was, keeping the First Nations of the area...
Further - this discussion presupposes that those in charge would act out of selfless, rational ideals.It does not seem to work that way. Politicians, and...
... contrived to burn the physical servers (or the Americans would have taken down uppercanada.gov.uk, and in return seen whitehouse.gov hacked). More likely a...
It's interesting to speculate... For example, had there been no war, Britain would have probably continued supporting native allies. Tecumseh may have lived...
... Two points immediately occurred to me, the first arising out of Ray's perceptive comment. First, it is difficult to conceive of any email that would have...
Last autumn I had a conversation with a Canadian scholar during which I commented that, had the British won the Battle of New Orleans, they might not have...
... My understanding is that the British didn't evacuate the forts called for in the treaty ending the Revolution because the Americans didn't carry out the...
