Oliver, Robery Dudley, ?-1850 [Bloackade of Long Island Sound Confirmed]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02978.27 Author/Creator: Oliver, Robery Dudley, ?-1850 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 1813/12/11 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy
Copy of a letter from Captain Oliver, a senior British officer in the Long Island Sound, to Don Thomas Stoughton, the Spanish Consul in New York. Informs Stoughton that a British ship called the Valient was off New London, Connecticut, and orders were in place to blockade the Long Island Sound, effective 6 December 1813. Asks that the intelligence be communicated "to the other neutral consuls in your district." Message dated from the Philadelphia Gazette and originally from the New York Gazette of 9 December 1812.
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