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United States. Congress Resolutions reported by the military committee, expressive of the high sense entertained by Congress, of the patriotism and good conduct of the people of Louisiana and New Orleans, during the late military operations before that city.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06078 Author/Creator: United States. Congress Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: February 13, 1815 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Published by Roger Chew Weightman, congressional printer. States that Senator William Branch Giles, a member of the committee on military affairs, read the included resolutions, expressing the patriotism of Louisiana citizens in the Battle of New Orleans. Praises New Orleans citizens for offering accommodation to their own and enemy soldiers. States that President James Madison will be requested to inform William Charles C. Claiborne, Governor of Louisiana, of the meritorious conduct of New Orleans citizens.

Claiborne, William Charles Cole, 1775-1817
Giles, William Branch, 1762-1830
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Weightman, Roger Chew, 1787-1876

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