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. > >