United States--History--War of 1812
Wars1812-06-12 to 1814-12-24
Conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent.
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1952.128
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1949.864
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1954.1282.16
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1938.236
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1946.188.1
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1944.194
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1967.142.1
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1946.842
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1941.147
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1958.827.2
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1958.827.9
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1944.285
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1961.688
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1935.23
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1935.35
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1954.1282.2
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1954.1282.6
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1954.1282.9
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1952.42
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Before 1812
1939.529
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1941.388
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1934.58
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1961.701
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1946.188.9
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1953.3189
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1944.187
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Claudus, Rodolfo
1937
1944.196
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1940.503
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1967.142.10
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1959.277.4
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1961.39
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1957.998
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1939.7
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1937
1958.827.15
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1958.827.17
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1964.693
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1943.1124
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1935.34
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1954.1282.4
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1954.1282.53
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1954.1282.56
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1968.32
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1933.60
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1943.1120
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1946.188.5
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1953.3186
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1944.190
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1967.142.5
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1955.1150
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1939.1746
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Finney, Nathaniel Sylvester (attributed to)
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1941.412
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Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.16
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Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.20
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Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.4
View "PRESIDENT in chase of BELVIDERA, June 23, 1812, Luffing to bring her starboard broadside to bear"
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Wales, G. C.
1943.1134
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1935.36
View gelatin glass negative
1954.1282.44
View Pocket Watch owned by Commodore Thomas Macdonough, Jr.
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1810
1954.32
View Scirmshaw tooth, Commodore Oliver H. Perry
tooth
Finney, Nathaniel Sylvester
1900-1941
1941.436
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scrimshaw whale tooth
Finney, Nathaniel Sylvester (attributed to)
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1941.411
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2014.49.2485
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1941.390
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1790
1955.1166
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Tanner, Benjamin
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1961.37
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1946.188.8
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1937
1944.193
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1967.51
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1943.1117
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1943.1118
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1965.548.1
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1980
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Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.14
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Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.7
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1943.1128
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1943.1131
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1954.1282.43
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After 1813
1963.1742
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1946.188.12
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1946.188.4
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1961.714
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1953.3190
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1944.189
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Claudus, Rodolfo
1937
1967.142.2
View color lithograph of watercolor
Claudus, Rodolfo
December 29, 1812
1967.142.11
View color lithograph of watercolor
Claudus, Rodolfo
1967.142.13
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Wales, G. C.
1943.1115
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August 1813
1955.1153
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1846
1983.89.6
View photograph of painting
1946.676
View lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.13
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View lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.1
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1939.169
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Circa 1812
1949.3251
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Wales, G. C.
1943.1123
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Circa 1813
1954.1282.24
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1820
1950.173
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after 1813
1961.707
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Before 1846
1941.266
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tooth
1949.1253
View Six pound cannon
cannon
Before 1812
1939.528
View Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore Perry's Victory, 1851
woodcut
Andrew, John
1939.11
View engraving
Gimbrede
1961.697
View SERAPIS and the BON HOMME RICHARD
lithograph
1946.188.11
View color lithograph
Claudus, Rodolfo
July 11, 1812
1944.185
View color lithograph
Claudus, Rodolfo
1937
1944.192
View "U.S. corvette Wasp opening fire on the brig Frolic, October 18, 1812"
color lithograph of watercolor
Claudus, Rodolfo
1967.142.6
View Capture of the H B M sloop of war FROLIC by the U.S. sloop of war WASP
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1955.1147
View PEACOCK and EPERVIER, April 28, 1814, First Broadsides
watercolor
Wales, G. C.
1943.1121
View ship piece
Before 1813
1946.675
View commemorative plate
1957.401
View "Perry's Victory on Lake Erie,/ September the 10th 1813."
engraving
Tanner, Benjamin
September 10, 1813
1976.29
View lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.10
View "U.S. corvette Wasp opening fire on the brig Frolic, October 18, 1812"
lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.3
View trade card
Hoffman House
1996.88.1
View Piece of stanchion from battleship NIAGARA
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Before September 10, 1813
1933.173
View HMS JAVA vs CONSTITUTION, 1814
Buchanan, Lieut.
1814
1964.695
View print
Buchanan, Lieut.
1814
1964.696
View Brigs ARGUS and PELICAN, 1813
watercolor
Wales, G. C.
1943.1116
View color lithograph
Park, Calvin M. (?)
1845
1983.89.8
View "The American Privateer GENERAL ARMSTRONG Capt. Sam. Reid"
color lithograph
Currier, N.
Before 1879
1998.73.2
View Congressional medal
1814
1935.24
View gelatin glass negative
1812
1954.1282.5
View gelatin glass negative
1954.1282.59
View Blue transfer-decorated teapot with image of American Commodore Thomas MacDonnough's victory over British forces on Lake Champlain, 1814
teapot
after 1814
1950.86
View Six pound cannon
cannon
Before 1812
1939.527
View MacDonough's Victory on Lake Champlain
color lithograph
1946.188.10
View Action off Mud Fort on the Delaware River
lithograph
1946.188.2
View photograph of lithograph
1953.3187
View color lithograph
Claudus, Rodolfo
July 16, 1812
1944.186
View color lithograph
Claudus, Rodolfo
1937
1944.191
View color lithograph of watercolor
Claudus, Rodolfo
1967.142.4
View color lithograph of watercolor
Claudus, Rodolfo
1967.142.9
View color lithograph of watercolor
Claudus, Rodolfo
1967.142.14
View "The U.S. Frigate CONSTITUTION, 1812"
color lithograph
GRANT, GORDON
1927
1960.255.11
View snapshots of painting
1958.1550
View silver print
1933
1996.96.729
View silver print of painting
1996.96.347
View envelope
Circa 1915
1999.97.12
View lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.11
View lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.12
View lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.18
View lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.19
View lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.6
View lithograph
Claudus, R.
1937
1958.827.8
View Frigates CHERUB, ESSEX and PHOEBE off Valparaiso March 28, 1814
watercolor
Wales, G. C.
1943.1126
View CHESAPEAKE and SHANNON, June 1, 1813
watercolor
Wales, G. C.
1943.1119
View glass negative
Scholfield, Everett Augustus
1976.171.192
View gelatin glass negative
1812
1954.1282.3
View gelatin glass negative
1954.1282.47
View Scrimshaw tooth
tooth
1952.89.3
View Oliver Hazard Perry's brig NIAGARA at Perry Centennial 1913, Lake Erie, Buffalo, NY
real photo postcard, divided back
1913
2014.49.2483
View "CONSTITUTION and JAVA December 1812"
platter
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.; Wales, George C.
1960-1969; 1938; 1812-12-29
2014.3.4
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