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dc.contributor.authorPowell, Captain John
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-03T17:38:52Z
dc.date.available2017-01-03T17:38:52Z
dc.date.issued1812-10-13
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/10828
dc.description.abstractA letter written and signed by Captain John Powell of the 1st Lincoln Militia to his sister Mary Boyles Powell, circa October 13, 1812. The letter is 4 pages in length and contains a detailed account of the death of a family member and John Macdonell, an aide-de-camp to Sir Isaac Brock, at the Battle of Queenston Heights. Included with the letter is a lock of John Macdonell’s hair with the inscription “killed at Queenston Heights by the Americans, October 13, 1812, Lieut. Col. John Macdonnell.”en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCorrespondenceen_US
dc.subjectBrock, Isaac, Sir, 1769-1812en_US
dc.subjectBattle of Queenston Heightsen_US
dc.titleLetter to Mary Boyles Powell from brother Captain John Powell of the 1st Lincoln Militiaen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-03T02:27:58Z


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