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The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
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Major General Harrison reports from Cincinnati on March 5, 1814, the arrival under escort from Detroit of captured Canadian militia captain Col. Baby from Delaware township on the Thames, plus two others including magistrate Springer, suspected of wartime mischief. Baby, originally from Albany County, NY, emigrated to Canada in 1798 and served under Proctor.
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Extract of a letter from Major General Harrison, to the Secretary of War, dated
"CINCINNATI, March 5, 1814.
"Col. Baby, a militia captain, taken from the township of Delaware, upon the Thames, and two other individuals who were supposed to be particularly mischievous, have arrived here, under an escort from Detroit. The militia captain denies his being in service, but was found with his uniform on, & acknowledges to have frequently served at the head of a militia company under Proctor, since the commencement of the war. He is a native of the county of Albany, state of New-York, and emigrated to Canada, in the year 1798.
"This man, whose name is Springer, is also a magistrate, and of course must have been naturalized by the British government."
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Cincinnati
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March 5, 1814
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arrived in cincinnati under escort from detroit; no casualties mentioned.
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Col. Baby, a militia captain taken from Delaware township upon the Thames, and two other individuals suspected of being particularly mischievous, arrived in Cincinnati under escort from Detroit. Baby denies current service but was found in uniform and admits prior service under Proctor since the war began; native of Albany County, New-York, emigrated to Canada in 1798. Springer is a magistrate naturalized by the British government.