Virginia Argus Extra of October 13, 1813.

• imprint_number: 1813.054
• title: Virginia Argus Extra. Wednesday, October 13, 1813. Washington City, Oct. 11. The capture of Malden. Copy of a letter from Major General Harrison to the War Department ...
• sequence_number: 54
• year: 1813
• place_issued: Richmond
• issuing_press: Samuel Pleasants
• author: -----
• notes: This extra edition of the Argus reported the capture of the Detroit area by American forces under the command of William Henry Harrison; Fort Malden (called Fort Amherstburg by the British) was the key defensive point on the Detroit River opposite the site of Fort Detroit; on September 26rh, British forces abandoned and burned the fort having lost their water-borne supply routes in the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10th; Harrison's letter of September 30th to Secretary of War John Armstrong was printed, in part, in the National Intelligencer on October 11th; this extra reprinted that account.
  The Virginia Argus was published by Samuel Pleasants from April 1793 to October 1814.
  
  
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  • Samuel Pleasants, Jr.

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