Jewett, Ezekiel. ALS, 2pp, Watertown [NY]. August 14, 1813. Written to his mother Hannah Jewett. A powerful, descriptive War of 1812 letter written from the front. With tensions rising between the United States and Great Britain, the freshly formed republic began to defend itself against the British Empire once again. One such action was the fortification of Sackets Harbor in New York and the building of a major shipyard. The harbor was an important strategic location that protected Lake Ontario and military installations. Consequently, the United States Navy poured in soldiers and officers, bolstering the population of the area and making it the third largest city in the state at that time. During the War of 1812 American and British troops fought there twice. The second battle was the largest in May 1813 when British forces landed and attacked the village, but were driven off again by American troops. Even though the battle ended at that point, the violence or cannon fire did not. Three months after the battle, Captain Ezekiel Jewett wrote his mother: We live in the seat of war...not a day pases but what we hear the voice of canon twice a week I go to sackets harbor…[it] is truelsum hear—within one week we have lost four scooners on the lake 3 sunk one made a prise war…I see a batel at the harbor and to see the dead and wounded your heart would eche to see the afull sight but we drove our foes. The massive influx of soldiers also meant the rapid spread of disease, which killed as many or more soldiers in the town as the battles. Jewett explained: We have more graves open in two years than we have in twenty years….There has been 12 graves opened in a day at the harbor the soldiers will be well one day and beauried the next day som times it sems as tho [they] was pisened. Captain Jewett was a 50-year-old American Revolutionary War veteran at the time the letter was written. He makes specific mention of his brother, Abram, and a nephew with the name Ezekiel. The latter is likely a reference to Ensign Ezekiel Jewett, who served in the 11th US Infantry and was stationed in the Niagara frontier in 1814 (Courtesy of the New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation). Condition: Typical folds of the letter with some brittle folds bound by clear tape. A small portion of the letter is missing on the reverse, but does not affect the overall legibility of the letter. The ink remains bold but there are some smudges made by the writer.
Jewett, Ezekiel. ALS, 2pp, Watertown [NY]. August 14, 1813. Written to his mother Hannah Jewett. A powerful, descriptive War of 1812 letter written from the front. With tensions rising between the United States and Great Britain, the freshly formed republic began to defend itself against the British Empire once again. One such action was the fortification of Sackets Harbor in New York and the building of a major shipyard. The harbor was an important strategic location that protected Lake Ontario and military installations. Consequently, the United States Navy poured in soldiers and officers, bolstering the population of the area and making it the third largest city in the state at that time. During the War of 1812 American and British troops fought there twice. The second battle was the largest in May 1813 when British forces landed and attacked the village, but were driven off again by American troops. Even though the battle ended at that point, the violence or cannon fire did not. Three months after the battle, Captain Ezekiel Jewett wrote his mother: We live in the seat of war...not a day pases but what we hear the voice of canon twice a week I go to sackets harbor…[it] is truelsum hear—within one week we have lost four scooners on the lake 3 sunk one made a prise war…I see a batel at the harbor and to see the dead and wounded your heart would eche to see the afull sight but we drove our foes. The massive influx of soldiers also meant the rapid spread of disease, which killed as many or more soldiers in the town as the battles. Jewett explained: We have more graves open in two years than we have in twenty years….There has been 12 graves opened in a day at the harbor the soldiers will be well one day and beauried the next day som times it sems as tho [they] was pisened. Captain Jewett was a 50-year-old American Revolutionary War veteran at the time the letter was written. He makes specific mention of his brother, Abram, and a nephew with the name Ezekiel. The latter is likely a reference to Ensign Ezekiel Jewett, who served in the 11th US Infantry and was stationed in the Niagara frontier in 1814 (Courtesy of the New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation). Condition: Typical folds of the letter with some brittle folds bound by clear tape. A small portion of the letter is missing on the reverse, but does not affect the overall legibility of the letter. The ink remains bold but there are some smudges made by the writer.
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