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acquaintances of the jailer, but the men suspected that they had bad intentions, having been seen as part of the mob before. A mob said to number around 300 soon gathered outside the prison by nightfall and managed to break in to the prison almost instantly without exertion, making the men believe that it was opened by someone with a key, possibly Mumma or Maxwell. The men attempted to rush the mob to escape, but to no avail, and nine of them were beaten for a number of hours whilst others were not recognized by the mob and managed to escape unhurt. The men had penknives stuck in-to their faces and hands and had hot candle grease poured into their eyes. James Lingan was killed, and an attempt was made to cut off the nose of Henry Lee. Robert Thompson was
163:. Fearing that another mob may form, the men were prepared to defend the house and armed themselves with muskets, pistols, and swords. Shortly after eight o' clock in the evening, a mob formed outside and threw stones at the house which broke the windows and burst open the shutters. Henry Lee fired warning shots over the heads of the mob to try and frighten them away but to no avail. The mob broke open the lower door and were fired upon, hitting and killing a man named Dr. Gale, forcing him to be dragged off by the mob. The violence continued throughout the night in which resulted in several men being wounded. 138:
newspaper. Angered by the paper's criticism of the Republican administration, the entire office was leveled to its foundations and printing apparatus' were destroyed by the mob. One of the editors narrowly escaped with his life. One of the attackers was killed as he attempted to knock out a window on
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The men were placed in the prison without armed guard, despite the mayor promising one and stating that he would lose his own life before the men should be hurt. In the company of the mayor were three men, two named Mumma and Maxwell, one of which had a key in his hand. The men said they were
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An exact and authentic narrative, of the events which took place in Baltimore, on the 27th and 28th of July last. Carefully collected from some of the sufferers and eyewitnesses. To which is added a narrative of Mr. John Thomson, one of the unfortunate
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An exact and authentic narrative, of the events which took place in Baltimore, on the 27th and 28th of July last. Carefully collected from some of the sufferers and eyewitnesses. To which is added a narrative of Mr. John Thomson, one of the unfortunate
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An exact and authentic narrative, of the events which took place in Baltimore, on the 27th and 28th of July last. Carefully collected from some of the sufferers and eyewitnesses. To which is added a narrative of Mr. John Thomson, one of the unfortunate
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An exact and authentic narrative, of the events which took place in Baltimore, on the 27th and 28th of July last. Carefully collected from some of the sufferers and eyewitnesses. To which is added a narrative of Mr. John Thomson, one of the unfortunate
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An exact and authentic narrative, of the events which took place in Baltimore, on the 27th and 28th of July last. Carefully collected from some of the sufferers and eyewitnesses. To which is added a narrative of Mr. John Thomson, one of the unfortunate
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An exact and authentic narrative, of the events which took place in Baltimore, on the 27th and 28th of July last. Carefully collected from some of the sufferers and eyewitnesses. To which is added a narrative of Mr. John Thomson, one of the unfortunate
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An exact and authentic narrative, of the events which took place in Baltimore, on the 27th and 28th of July last. Carefully collected from some of the sufferers and eyewitnesses. To which is added a narrative of Mr. John Thomson, one of the unfortunate
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An exact and authentic narrative, of the events which took place in Baltimore, on the 27th and 28th of July last. Carefully collected from some of the sufferers and eyewitnesses. To which is added a narrative of Mr. John Thomson, one of the unfortunate
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An exact and authentic narrative, of the events which took place in Baltimore, on the 27th and 28th of July last. Carefully collected from some of the sufferers and eyewitnesses. To which is added a narrative of Mr. John Thomson, one of the unfortunate
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and paraded around town on the back of a cart. The men were eventually saved by a Dr. Hall, who encouraged the mob to retire until morning. Hall and four other doctors tended to the men's wounds and commandeered
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Around sunrise the next day, the mob brought an artillery field piece and placed it in front of the house, but they were prevented from firing it by the arrival of mayor
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Henry Lee suffered severe internal injuries during the violence and was in constant physical pain. He sought relief in the warmer climate of the
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where he continued to publish his newspaper unmolested. He also continued his political career, elected as a Federalist to the
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under armed guard. The men were marched through the streets on the one-mile journey, protected by two lines of around fifty
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On the night of 22 June 1812, just four days after war had been declared, an angry mob gathered outside the office of the
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until his resignation in 1816. He was then elected to the United States senate in 1816 until his death on his estate in
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in the house of one of its proprietors, Mr. Wagner, and occupied it with around fifteen to twenty other men including
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and attended by some of the men who survived the mob. Lingan's remains were moved many years after his death to
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newspaper in 1808. It became known as one of the nation's most extreme federalist newspapers.
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and other officials. The men were eventually persuaded to vacate the house and taken to the
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but when his condition did not improve, he attempted to return home but died on the way on
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were a series of violent riots that occurred in the months of June and July 1812 in
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James Lingan was buried in Georgetown in a funeral procession that was headed by
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the upper floor and fell with it on to the street below. The paper's editor,
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Violent riots in the summer of 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland, US
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Index

Baltimore
Maryland
anti-war
Federalist
Alexander Contee Hanson
United States
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
War of 1812
1808 United States presidential election
Democratic-Republican
James Madison
President of the United States
New England
Maryland
Federalist
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
declaration of war upon the United Kingdom
War of 1812
Maryland House of Delegates
Alexander Contee Hanson
Alexander Contee Hanson
James Lingan
Henry Lee III
Edward Johnson
Baltimore Prison
infantry
Dragoons
tarred and feathered
Carriages
Georgetown

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