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Title	Letter. 1815 Feb. 11
Creator	Cutts, Richard, 1771-1845
Date	1815-02-11
Notes	[2] p. on 1 leaf; 25 cm. 2 digital pages.
Description	Letter written by Richard Cutts, a federal employee of the Supt. Gen'l. [i. e. Superintendent General] Office in Washington, D. C., to Thomas Cutts, Saco, ME, relating to information received on the British losses at the Battle of New Orleans.
Subject	New Orleans (La.), Battle of, 1815 New Orleans (La.)--History--1803-1865 Cutts, Thomas, 1736-1821 Great Britain--History, Military--1789-1820 Great Britain--Military relations--United States United States--Military relations--Great Britain
Language	en
Repository	Richard Cutts Letters, Mss. 1322, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special) Baton Rouge, La.
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Restrictions	Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. In accordance with U. S. copyright laws, this work is in the public domain.
Cite As	The Louisiana Purchase: A Heritage Explored, LOUISiana Digital LIbrary, Baton Rouge, La.
Item Number	lb000029_0001
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Transcription	Washington Feb. [i.e. February] 11th 1815 1 o'clock Dear Sir [Thomas Cutts] The Orleans mail has just arrived bringing letter of the 20th of Jany [January]. The British army retreated and [reembarked?] on the night of the 18th of Jan. leaving some of the wounded in camp, and 20 pieces of artillery - a few Brisances [i.e. brisance] were taken. The British acknowledge a loss of 4500 men in all the different engagements since the arrival on the coast - probably it is much greater. all well with an [i.e. and] best regards [?] Richard Cutts No The Enemy have likewise left the River after bombarding fort Placemine for nine days without doing any damage
Contact and Ordering Information	E-mail lsudiglib@lsu.edu with questions or comments. See instructions for ordering reprints of this item here: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/services/duplication.html Mention the "Item number" or "Item URL" in your request.
Relation	http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_lapur.php?CISOROOT=/lapur
Cite As	The Louisiana Purchase: A Heritage Explored, LOUISiana Digital LIbrary, Baton Rouge, La.
Item URL	See 'reference url' on the navigation bars.
Collection URL	http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/index_lapur.php?CISOROOT=%2Flapur

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