Why was Eastport taken? Boston Gazette, 1814
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On July 28, 1814 the Boston Gazette reported on the British takeover of Eastport in the Province of Maine.
The British capture of Eastport as reported in the Boston Gazette, 1814
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On July 28, 1814, the Boston Gazette ran several articles about the British capture of Eastport, both from the American and the British perspectives.
Update on the capture of Eastport in the Columbian Centinel, 1814
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The Columbian Centinel out of Boston ran an article updating events about the capture of Eastport in 1814.
Status of POWs and reassurances by British about Eastport, 1814
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The Columbian Centinel of August 3, 1814 reported American Captains Putnam, Fillebrown, and Varnum along with two Ensigns arrived at their homes in Eastport on parole. They confirmed the "good conduct of the 102nd British regiment" which had captured Eastport, and that the takeover of Moose Island was the only object of capture, and no further hostilities would occur.
British viewpoint of the capture of Eastport, 1814
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The London Gazette printed articles by British Captain Thomas Hardy and Col. Thomas Pilkington, as well as John Coape Sherbrooke, the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.
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