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Battle of York, the Glossary

The Battle of York was a War of 1812 battle fought in York, Upper Canada (today's Toronto, Ontario, Canada) on April 27, 1813.^[1]

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Abraham Eustis

Abraham Eustis (March 26, 1786 – June 27, 1843) was a lawyer and notable U.S. Army officer, eventually rising to become a Brevet Brigadier General.

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Active regular United States Army units with campaign credit for the War of 1812

Twenty-three currently active battalions of the Regular Army earned credit for campaigns during the War of 1812: two Air Defense Artillery battalions, six Field Artillery Battalions and seventeen Infantry battalions.

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Adjutant general

An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.

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Aeneas Shaw

Aeneas Shaw (– February 6, 1814) was a Scottish soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.

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Albany, New York

Albany is the capital and oldest city in the U.S. state of New York, and the seat of and most populous city in Albany County.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Attorney General of Ontario

The Attorney General of Ontario is the chief legal adviser to His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario and, by extension, the Government of Ontario.

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Bateau

A bateau or batteau is a shallow-draft, flat-bottomed boat which was used extensively across North America, especially in the colonial period and in the fur trade.

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Battle of Fort George

The Battle of Fort George was fought during the War of 1812, in which the Americans defeated a British force and captured Fort George in Upper Canada. Battle of York and Battle of Fort George are 1813 in Upper Canada, battles in 1813 and battles of the War of 1812.

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Battle of Lake Erie

The Battle of Lake Erie, also known as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the shore of Ohio during the War of 1812. Battle of York and Battle of Lake Erie are battles in 1813 and battles of the War of 1812.

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Battle of Ogdensburg

The Battle of Ogdensburg was a battle of the War of 1812. Battle of York and battle of Ogdensburg are battles in 1813, battles of the War of 1812 and battles on the St. Lawrence/Lake Ontario frontier.

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Bayonet

A bayonet (from Old French bayonette, now spelt baïonnette) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be used as an improvised spear in close combats.

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Benjamin Forsyth

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Forsyth (June 28, 1814) served as a United States Army officer during the War of 1812.

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Bibliography of early United States naval history

Historical accounts for early U.S. naval history now occur across the spectrum of two and more centuries.

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Bibliography of the War of 1812

The War of 1812 bibliography is a selective, annotated bibliography using APA style citations of the many books related to the War of 1812.

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Blockhouse

A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions.

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Brig

A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square-rigged.

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British Indian Department

The Indian Department was established in 1755 to oversee relations between the British Empire and the First Nations of North America.

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Burlington Heights (Ontario)

Burlington Heights refers to a promontory or area of flat land sitting elevated (at about) above the west end of Hamilton Harbour in the city of Hamilton, Ontario which continues as a peninsula to the north toward the city of Burlington, Ontario.

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Burlington, Ontario

Burlington is a city and lower-tier municipality in Halton Region at the west end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada.

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Burning of Washington

The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear-Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral Sir John Warren's Chesapeake campaign. Battle of York and Burning of Washington are fires at legislative buildings.

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Canadian Armed Forces

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; Forces armées canadiennes, FAC) are the unified military forces of Canada, including land, sea, and air commands referred to as the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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Canadian Army

The Canadian Army (Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Canadian Militia

The Canadian Militia is a historical title for military units raised for the defence of Canada.

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Canadian nationalism

Canadian nationalism seeks to promote the unity, independence, and well-being of Canada and the Canadian people.

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Canadian units of the War of 1812

When the United States and the United Kingdom went to war against each other in 1812, the major land theatres of war were Upper Canada (broadly the southern portion of the present day province of Ontario), Michigan Territory, Lower Canada (roughly the southern part of present-day Quebec) and the Maritime Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton (colony between 1784 and 1820).

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Carronade

A carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast-iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy.

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Ceremonial mace

A ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high officials in civic ceremonies by a mace-bearer, intended to represent the official's authority.

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Charles Perry Stacey

Colonel Charles Perry Stacey (30 July 1906 – 17 November 1989) was a Canadian historian and university professor.

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Corvette

A corvette is a small warship.

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Cromwell Pearce

Cromwell Pearce (August 13, 1772 – April 2, 1852) was a colonel in the U.S. army during the War of 1812, served as sheriff of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and later as an associate judge in the county.

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Daniel D. Tompkins

Daniel D. Tompkins (June 21, 1774 – June 11, 1825) was an American politician.

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Democratic-Republican Party

The Republican Party, retroactively called the Democratic-Republican Party (a modern term created by modern historians and political scientists), and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s that championed liberalism, republicanism, individual liberty, equal rights, decentralization, free markets, free trade, agrarianism, and sympathy with the French Revolution.

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Don River (Ontario)

The Don River is a watercourse in southern Ontario that empties into Lake Ontario, at Toronto Harbour.

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Duke of Lancaster's Regiment

The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) (LANCS) is an infantry regiment of the line within the British Army, part of the King's Division.

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Dundas Street

Dundas Street is a major historic arterial road in Ontario, Canada.

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Earthworks (archaeology)

In archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil.

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Eleazer W. Ripley

Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (April 15, 1782 – March 2, 1839) was an American soldier and politician.

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Exhibition Place

Exhibition Place is a publicly owned mixed-use district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located by the shoreline of Lake Ontario, just west of downtown.

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First Nations in Canada

First Nations (Premières Nations) is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis.

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Flag signals

Flag signals can mean any of various methods of using flags or pennants to send signals.

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Flanking maneuver

In military tactics, a flanking maneuver is a movement of an armed force around an enemy force's side, or flank, to achieve an advantageous position over it.

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Fort George, Ontario

Fort George was a military fortification in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

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Fort Rouillé

Fort Rouillé was a French trading post located in what is now Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Battle of York and Fort Rouillé are history of Toronto.

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Fort York

Fort York (Fort-York) is an early 19th-century military fortification in the Fort York neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Battle of York and fort York are history of Toronto.

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Francis de Rottenburg

Major-General Sir Francis de Rottenburg, baron de Rottenburg (4 November 1757 – 24 April 1832) was a military officer and colonial administrator who served in the armies of the Kingdom of France and later the United Kingdom.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Garrison Creek (Ontario)

Garrison Creek was a short stream about long that flowed southeast into the west side of Toronto Harbour in Ontario, Canada.

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George Edward Mitchell

George Edward Mitchell (March 3, 1781 – June 28, 1832) was an American physician and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from Maryland from 1823 to 1827.

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George Prevost

Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet (19 May 1767 – 5 January 1816) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who is most well known as the "Defender of Canada" during the War of 1812.

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Gibraltar Point Blockhouse

The Gibraltar Point Blockhouse was a blockhouse that was originally built in 1794 and was located on Gibraltar Point at the western end of the Toronto Islands.

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Glengarry Light Infantry

The Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles were a light infantry unit, raised chiefly in the Glengarry District of Upper Canada shortly before the outbreak of the Anglo-American War of 1812.

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Government House (Ontario)

Government House was the official residence of the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada and Ontario, Canada.

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Governor General of Canada

The governor general of Canada (gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal representative of the.

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Governor of New York

The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York.

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Governor Simcoe (1793 ship)

Governor Simcoe was a merchant schooner launched in 1793.

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Grapeshot

In artillery, a grapeshot is a type of ammunition that consists of a collection of smaller-caliber round shots packed tightly in a canvas bag and separated from the gunpowder charge by a metal wadding, rather than being a single solid projectile.

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Henry Dearborn

Henry Dearborn (February 23, 1751 – June 6, 1829) was an American military officer and politician.

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Humber Bay

Humber Bay is a bay of Lake Ontario south of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Ichabod Crane (colonel)

Ichabod Bennet Crane (July 18, 1787 – October 5, 1857) was an American career military officer for 48 years and the probable namesake of the protagonist in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

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Iroquois

The Iroquois, also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym Haudenosaunee are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America.

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Isaac Brock

Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey.

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Isaac Chauncey

Isaac Chauncey (February 20, 1772 – January 27, 1840) was an American naval officer in the United States Navy who served in the Quasi-War, The Barbary Wars and the War of 1812.

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James Givins

Colonel James Givins (sometimes James Givens) (circa 1759 – March 5, 1846) was a British Army officer and militiaman who fought in the American Revolution and the War of 1812.

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James Lucas Yeo

Sir James Lucas Yeo,, (7 October 1782 – 21 August 1818) was a British naval commander who served in the War of 1812.

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John Armstrong Jr.

John Armstrong Jr. (November 25, 1758April 1, 1843) was an American soldier, diplomat and statesman who was a delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. Senator from New York, and United States Secretary of War under President James Madison.

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John Strachan

John Strachan (12 April 1778 – 1 November 1867) was a notable figure in Upper Canada, an "elite member" of the Family Compact, and the first Anglican Bishop of Toronto.

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Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard

The Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard from 1788 to 1853 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, at the site of the current Royal Military College of Canada.

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Kingston, Ontario

Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the northeastern end of Lake Ontario.

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Lake Erie

Lake Erie (Lac Érié) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally.

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Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

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Lake Shore Boulevard

Lake Shore Boulevard (often incorrectly compounded as Lakeshore Boulevard) is a major arterial road running along more than half of the Lake Ontario waterfront in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada

The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was the elected part of the legislature for the province of Upper Canada, functioning as the lower house in the Parliament of Upper Canada.

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List of lieutenant governors of Ontario

The following is a list of lieutenant governors of Ontario and the lieutenant governors of the former colony of Upper Canada.

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List of War of 1812 Bicentennial

The War of 1812 Bicentennial were a series of events to commemorate the War of 1812 in Canada and the United States during the war's bicentenary, 2012–2015.

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Mississaugas

The Mississaugas are a group of First Nations peoples located in southern Ontario, Canada.

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Municipal government of Toronto

The municipal government of Toronto (incorporated as the City of Toronto) is the local government responsible for administering the city of Toronto in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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National myth

A national myth is an inspiring narrative or anecdote about a nation's past.

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Naval Shipyards, York (Upper Canada)

The Naval Shipyards were naval shipbuilding facilities used by the Provincial Marine and the Royal Navy in York, Upper Canada (present day Toronto).

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Niagara Peninsula

The Niagara Peninsula is an area of land lying between the southwestern shore of Lake Ontario and the northeastern shore of Lake Erie, in Ontario, Canada.

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Niagara River

The Niagara River flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, forming part of the border between Ontario, Canada, to the west, and New York, United States, to the east.

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Ojibwe

The Ojibwe (syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: Ojibweg ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (Ojibwewaki ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the northern plains, extending into the subarctic and throughout the northeastern woodlands.

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Owen Staples

Owen 'Poe' Staples (born Owen Staples, September3, 1866December6, 1949) was a Canadian painter, etcher, pastelist, political cartoonist, author, musician and naturalist.

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Pierre Berton

Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, CC, O.Ont. (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a Canadian historian, writer, journalist and broadcaster.

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Plattsburgh, New York

Plattsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, New York, United States, situated on the north-western shore of Lake Champlain.

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Presentation of Colours

The Presentation of Colours is a military ceremony that marks an anniversary or significant event in the history of a particular regiment or similar military unit.

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Prideaux Selby

Prideaux Selby (baptised 21 December 1747 – 9 May 1813) was an English soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.

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Primary Reserve

The Primary Reserve of the Canadian Armed Forces (Première réserve des Forces canadiennes) is the first and largest of the four sub-components of the Canadian Armed Forces reserves, followed by the Supplementary Reserve, the Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service (formerly the Cadet Instructors Cadre) and the Canadian Rangers.

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Provincial Marine

Provincial Marine was a coastal protection service in charge of the waters in the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River and parts of Lake Champlain under British control.

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Quebec City

Quebec City (or; Ville de Québec), officially known as Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec.

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Queen's Park (Toronto)

Queen's Park is an urban park in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment)

The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) is a Canadian Army Primary Reserve Royal Canadian Armoured Corps regiment based in Toronto and Aurora.

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Receivership

In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver – a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights" – especially in cases where a company cannot meet its financial obligations and is said to be insolvent.

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Rector (ecclesiastical)

A rector is, in an ecclesiastical sense, a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations.

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Regiment of Riflemen

The Regiment of Riflemen was a unit of the U.S. Army in the early nineteenth century.

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Regular army

A regular army is the official army of a state or country (the official armed forces), contrasting with irregular forces, such as volunteer irregular militias, private armies, mercenaries, etc.

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Roger Hale Sheaffe

General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, 1st Baronet (15 July 1763 – 17 July 1851) was a Loyalist General in the British Army during the War of 1812.

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Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.

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Royal Canadian Navy

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; Marine royale canadienne, MRC) is the naval force of Canada.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Newfoundland Regiment

The Royal Newfoundland Regiment (R NFLD R) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.

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Sackets Harbor, New York

Sackets Harbor (earlier spelled Sacketts Harbor) is a village in Jefferson County, New York, United States, on Lake Ontario.

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Scarborough Bluffs

The Scarborough Bluffs, also known as The Bluffs, is an escarpment in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough (2021 Census 629,941) is a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.

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Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor

The Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor, or simply the Battle of Sacket's Harbor, took place on 29 May 1813, during the War of 1812. Battle of York and Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor are battles in 1813, battles of the War of 1812 and battles on the St. Lawrence/Lake Ontario frontier.

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Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto

Sir John Beverley Robinson, 1st Baronet, (26 July 1791 – 31 January 1863) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.

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Sloop-of-war

During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the British Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns.

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Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)

The speaker of the House of Commons (président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada.

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St. Lawrence River

The St.

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Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.

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The Rifles

The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Toronto Harbour

Toronto Harbour or Toronto Bay is a natural bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Trunnion

A trunnion is a cylindrical protrusion used as a mounting or pivoting point.

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United States Secretary of War

The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.

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Upper Canada

The Province of Upper Canada (province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the Province of Quebec since 1763.

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USS Asp (1812)

The first Asp was a schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.

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USS Conquest (1812)

The first USS Conquest was a schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.

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USS Growler (1812 schooner)

USS Growler was a 53-ton wooden schooner of 5 guns that served in the War of 1812, changing hands three times.

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USS Hamilton (1809)

The first USS Hamilton was a United States Navy schooner which served on Lake Ontario from 1812 to 1813 during the War of 1812.

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USS Julia (1812)

USS Julia was a schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.

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USS Lady of the Lake

USS Lady of the Lake was a small schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.

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USS Madison (1812)

USS Madison was a U.S. Navy corvette (or sloop) built during the War of 1812 for use on the Great Lakes.

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USS Ontario (1812)

USS Ontario was a lake schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.

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USS Raven (1813)

USS Raven was a transport and supply ship that served in the United States Navy from 1813 to 1815.

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USS Scourge (1812)

USS Scourge was an American warship converted from a confiscated Canadian merchant schooner.

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Victoria Memorial Square

Victoria Memorial Square is a park and former cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Walter Seymour Allward

Walter Seymour Allward (18 November 1874 – 24 April 1955) was a Canadian monumental sculptor best known for the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.

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White flag

White flags have had different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale.

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Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate.

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York Militia

The York Militia was a volunteer militia unit in Upper Canada formed after the passage of the Militia Act of 1793.

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York, Upper Canada

York was a town and the second capital of the colony of Upper Canada. Battle of York and York, Upper Canada are history of Toronto.

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Zebulon Pike

Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named.

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19th Light Dragoons

The 19th Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army created in 1781 for service in British India.

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3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment

3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (3 RCR) is a regular force light infantry battalion of the Canadian Forces.

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3rd Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

The 3rd Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first formed in 1812, although regimental units trace their lineages as far back as 1794.

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The 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1743.

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The 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793.

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The 8th (King's) Regiment of Foot, also referred to in short as the 8th Foot and the King's, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1685 and retitled the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on 1 July 1881.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_York

Also known as Battle of Toronto, Burning of Toronto, Burning of York, Sack of Toronto, Sack of York.

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1813 in Upper Canada

April 1813 events

Attacks on legislatures in Canada

Battles on the St. Lawrence/Lake Ontario frontier

Fires at legislative buildings

Looting in North America