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136 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
The whole number of privateers and private-armed ships that were commissioned as cruising vessels, and all others actively engaged in commerce
during our war with Great Britain in the years 1812, 1813, and 1814, were
two hundred and fifty sail. They belonged to.the different ports in the United
States as follows :
From Baltimore, fifty-eight; from New York, fifty-five; from Salem,
forty; from Boston, thirty-two; from Philadelphia, fourteen; from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, eleven; from Charleston, ten; from Marblehead, four;
from Bristol, Khode Island, four ; from Portland, three; from Newburyport,
two; from Norfolk, two; from Newbern, North Carolina, two; from New
Orleans, two; from New London, one; from Newport, Ehode Island, one;
from Providence, Rhode Island, one; from Barnstable, Massachusetts, one;
from Fair Haven, Massachusetts, one; from Gloucester, Massachusetts, one;
from Washington City, one ; from Wilmington, North Carolina, one; from
other places belonging to Eastern ports, three. Total, two hundred and fifty.
The defeat of the British before Baltimore hastened the conclusion of
peace, as it was among the first in that brilliant series of events that illustrated the truth that a united nation of freemen battling for the right are
invincible. The American commissioners who were in Europe endeavoring
to make an honorable peace with Great Britain, met in Ghent on the 24th of
December, 1814, when a treaty was signed. Mr. Christopher Hughes, Jr.,1 of
Baltimore, who was then our charge d' affaires at Stockholm, and secretary
to the commissioners, arrived in Annapolis on the 13th, in the schooner
Transit, and immediately set out for Washington. The tidings of. peace
which Mr. Hughes brought to Maryland were as welcome as they were unexpected. Cannon thundered,
bells rang, bonfires and illuminations lighted up the
towns and cities, and marked the public satisfaction.
In Annapolis, the State House and other buildings,
were brilliantly illuminated, and joy was felt throughout the city. Baltimore followed in the same spirit,
and in accordance with the proclamation of the mayor,
there was a general illumination on the evening of the
15th of February. Upon the ratification of this treaty
of peace on the 10th of April, 1815, a large meeting
Christopher hughes. 0f the citizens of Baltimore took place in the city, at
which Joseph H. Nicholson, Nathaniel Williams, William Wilson, John
McKim, Jr., James Hutton, Levi Hollingsworth, William McDonald, George
Stiles, John Owen, Nathaniel F. Williams, Jesse Eichelberger, William Krebs
1 Christopher Hughes was torn in Baltimore, 1819; from 1825 to 1830, charge d' affaires to the
and was a gentleman of education and culture, Netherlands, with special instructions to Den-
and held the following diplomatic appointments: mark; from 1830 to 1840 he was charge d' affaires
secretary of legation to England in 1814; same to Sweden and Norway; re-commissioned in
to Sweden and Norway in 1816; acted as charge 1842, and returned to this country in 1845.
d'affaires in 1817 and commissioned as such in Mr. Hughes represented the United States
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000163 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 136 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. The whole number of privateers and private-armed ships that were commissioned as cruising vessels, and all others actively engaged in commerce during our war with Great Britain in the years 1812, 1813, and 1814, were two hundred and fifty sail. They belonged to.the different ports in the United States as follows : From Baltimore, fifty-eight; from New York, fifty-five; from Salem, forty; from Boston, thirty-two; from Philadelphia, fourteen; from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, eleven; from Charleston, ten; from Marblehead, four; from Bristol, Khode Island, four ; from Portland, three; from Newburyport, two; from Norfolk, two; from Newbern, North Carolina, two; from New Orleans, two; from New London, one; from Newport, Ehode Island, one; from Providence, Rhode Island, one; from Barnstable, Massachusetts, one; from Fair Haven, Massachusetts, one; from Gloucester, Massachusetts, one; from Washington City, one ; from Wilmington, North Carolina, one; from other places belonging to Eastern ports, three. Total, two hundred and fifty. The defeat of the British before Baltimore hastened the conclusion of peace, as it was among the first in that brilliant series of events that illustrated the truth that a united nation of freemen battling for the right are invincible. The American commissioners who were in Europe endeavoring to make an honorable peace with Great Britain, met in Ghent on the 24th of December, 1814, when a treaty was signed. Mr. Christopher Hughes, Jr.,1 of Baltimore, who was then our charge d' affaires at Stockholm, and secretary to the commissioners, arrived in Annapolis on the 13th, in the schooner Transit, and immediately set out for Washington. The tidings of. peace which Mr. Hughes brought to Maryland were as welcome as they were unexpected. Cannon thundered, bells rang, bonfires and illuminations lighted up the towns and cities, and marked the public satisfaction. In Annapolis, the State House and other buildings, were brilliantly illuminated, and joy was felt throughout the city. Baltimore followed in the same spirit, and in accordance with the proclamation of the mayor, there was a general illumination on the evening of the 15th of February. Upon the ratification of this treaty of peace on the 10th of April, 1815, a large meeting Christopher hughes. 0f the citizens of Baltimore took place in the city, at which Joseph H. Nicholson, Nathaniel Williams, William Wilson, John McKim, Jr., James Hutton, Levi Hollingsworth, William McDonald, George Stiles, John Owen, Nathaniel F. Williams, Jesse Eichelberger, William Krebs 1 Christopher Hughes was torn in Baltimore, 1819; from 1825 to 1830, charge d' affaires to the and was a gentleman of education and culture, Netherlands, with special instructions to Den- and held the following diplomatic appointments: mark; from 1830 to 1840 he was charge d' affaires secretary of legation to England in 1814; same to Sweden and Norway; re-commissioned in to Sweden and Norway in 1816; acted as charge 1842, and returned to this country in 1845. d'affaires in 1817 and commissioned as such in Mr. Hughes represented the United States |
