Patrick, I'm not the person who originated the question, however, I had been wondering the same things myself. I appreciate your clear and concise answers. They are very helpful. Cindy Nelson Kennewick, Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: " Patrick" <Patrick20@comcast.net> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: Fw: Treaty of Ghent > > From: " Patrick" <Patrick20@comcast.net> > > > Brian; > (A) Treaty signed Dec24, 1814 > (B) Battle New Orleans, 8 Jan. 1815 > (C) News of Jackson's victory at New Orleans reached Washington in early > Febuary > (D) The cessation of hostilities was to occur when the treaty had been > ratified by both Countries. > (E) Congress ratified the treaty on 17 Febuary 1815 at 11:00 pm, and at > this > time the war became officially over. > In truth a naval battle also occurred during the time frame, besides misc. > attacks by British troops on US soil and the war was not over until the > treaty was ratified by BOTH parties, so if one side had elected to say no, > including the US, the war would have officially still been on, so even > though The Battle of New Orleans took place after the treaty was signed, > it > still had not been ratified, so we were still at war. Obviously London > knew > and ratified much sooner than the US, but they still faced the problem of > seeing that the news of the Treaty reached their troops in the US and > Canada. On the war of 1812 general board there is a site listed that > has 100's of 1812 books listed. > Patrick > ---- Original Message ----- > > What I am interested in is how long it took for word that the treaty > of Ghent had been accepted by both parties. > areas in the world such as > London, Washington, Halifax, Boston, etc. that > the fighting was to cease. > > > > > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > MESSAGE HINT: Delete all the unnecessary > material before you reply or resend any > message. DELETE:taglines,empty lines,etc. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Has anyone any info on Lt>Captain>Col. Richard BULLOCK of His Majesty's 41st Foot. ~1760 Ireland - 2 Oct 1824 Ontario He served in most of the major battles in Ontario along with his son who was also named Richard and who also held the ranks of Lt. and Capt. I've been asked to do some searching for the BULLOCK family. They are not my kinfolk. I'm just helping out. Nelson --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.528 / Virus Database: 324 - Release Date: 17-Oct-03