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Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia

Dealing with the occupation: British requests, American responses

Escalation of the British war effort late in 1814 featured raids into American territory. North-eastern Massachusetts (now part of Maine) was occupied by forces based in Halifax.

Date: 1814

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspapers: Royal Gazette 14 November 1814 page 3

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