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Treaty of Ghent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07929 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1815/02/13 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 10.5 cm Order a Copy

Announcing the Treaty of Ghent. This broadside contains the news from both New York and London that peace between the United States and Great Britain had been signed..

National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Global History and Civics
Foreign Affairs
Military History
Treaty
Peace
War of 1812
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

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