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The Treaty of Ghent ends the war and returns captured territory (including lands of First Nations at war) and seized property (including enslaved people)

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/ghent.asp

See also: "A Compressed View of the Points to be Discussed, in treating with the United States of America; A.D. 1814"
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.29202/5

And also: Treaty of Ghent
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/treaty-of-ghent

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada's ties to the U.S. have become 'weaknesses' that must be corrected.
#PrimeMinisterMarkCarney #Canada #PrimeMinisterCarney #EconomicWar #CommerceSecretaryHowardLutnick #America #CUSMA #SirIsaacBrock #Warof1812 #ElbowsUp #CanadianTradePolicy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-trump-trade-u-s-negotiations-weaknesses-9.7169671

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The U.S. #war aim seems to have changed from conquering Canada to preserving "that ascendency which they acquired by the peace of 1783"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269726
Pg. 2 (3rd column)

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See also: Treaty of Paris 1783
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/treaty-of-paris-1783

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U.S. General Alexander Macomb reports the defeat of a British squadron on Lake Champlain and the rout of Gen. Prevost's army in the Battle of Plattsburgh

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269710
Pg. 2 (2nd column)

See also: U.S. Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough's report of the battle with the British squadron
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.42592/9 (Pg. 5, frame 9)
Several documents about the battle
http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/dh_1812_v03c02b.pdf (Pgs. 607–17)

#Plattsburgh #MilitaryHistory

See also: Battle of Plattsburgh
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-plattsburgh
George Prevost
https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/prevost_george_5E.html

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A Royal Navy surgeon from Nova Scotia, with British forces in Washington, reports the burning of the Capitol, the White House and other sites, and the theft of Pres. Madison's clothes

https://archives.novascotia.ca/washington/archives/?ID=3&Page=201404278&Transcript=1
Pgs. 2–3

See also: John Quincy Adams' letter exploring the reasons for the British policy of burning
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-03-02-2626

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"The power of England was never displayed in Canada like at present. The troops which arrive daily are no longer reinforcements, but complete brigades moved from [France in 43 transports]"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269697
Pg. 2 (3rd column)

See also: John Quincy Adams' letter expressing his pessimism about the U.S.A.'s prospects
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-03-02-2576

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"Obstinate and sanguinary contest" - The bloody Battle of Lundy's Lane leaves "vast numbers of[...]dead upon the field"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269697
Pg. 2 (2nd column)

See also: A U.S. account of the battle, mostly in rhyme
https://www.loc.gov/item/2020768170/

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See also: Battle of Lundy's Lane
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-lundys-lane

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With Napoleon Bonaparte's fall, the U.K. concludes conventions with other Allied Powers, including one keeping both them and France out of the War of 1812

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=18140602&printsec=frontpage
Pg. 2 of 2 (righthand page, 1st column)