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Student arth i tant local hist I By Ben Burd "Barracks Project"‘. The iaarmoamarererar mag o o o 5:. ; x y _ Special to The Chronicle _ Cobourg Museum Foundation ~§ y © % §2§' o4 V A } s *4 > ww : Cramahe Township was plans to restore a Cobourg buildâ€" | i’; f JAE F C C C... fi =@} j " a ~I% raided August 31, 1814, part of ing believed to beamilitary store | _ _â€" ) _ [|o_ls |t . 4 3. [d Le «Nt , § & * s the War of 1812. Information has house used during the War of | _ . ®@il | MM®" _ J .9 "!€ t NX D. Mc 4 iz h unearthed during research of a 1812. C ie eb e 33’ 2 + fls Cobourg Museum project. "These students got really | >, _ m #/ «;’5 es Seat 292A . During a search of artifacts in excited to discover that not only | _ jviifl veeeall . s es‘ -»fl, ol‘ ' nen the National Archives, Ottawa, were there documents from that | _ ; o “ , /\ ETSA a § «s researchers came across a docuâ€" time but also those documents | _ _ _ , c . it es fl C ment that describes the raid. spoke about areas of the county | . _ _ _\ . uh . 1. 0V [ Caarilt z3 hss A letter written by Lt. Col. they knew," CDCI West history [ 3. fi d ~'7\/ S ;’ ces ‘-:;..‘ ; Peters of the 1st Regiment of the â€" teacher Chris Robins says. y o Ae ty 3P ‘% iA _ #2% . couponitiiipnmant { Northumberland Militia to a Lt. _ Colin Caldwell, a Cobourg hiss h e@y, "o opo _/ K | w \ wA Mss ‘3’% : Col. Nathaniel Coffin, the Deputy â€" torian, had been researching the ® sa |% _ f § / on â€" jeeal. .. 53’5-‘-;.:,'&},}1;;, e Adjutant General in Kingston, period 1790 to 1841 for many (ResRee b YA 3 ) . 4 f%'i‘?,'if:: y â€" f e e â€"tells the tale of seven men in a . years. He is excited about the stuâ€" [ ie Jeo : f ‘€ A’g f : e ol l e0a : boat that came from the "Ameriâ€" â€" dent‘s document find, taking it as i w / y £oo o o w( o â€"can shore". The letter described â€" confirmation of what he has susâ€" 5 seA i ... * ; en cV c( _ ; the episode, "They landed in â€" pected for years. 7 Parl i < e </ ~ an o . ol o e : Cramakhe in the District of Newâ€" "The Americans, under Admiâ€" s Pss ns 4 \\, uy e : castle and destroyed 30 barrels of ral Chauncy, had 10 gunboats Di >4 â€" fl, ' Iarl.p::{" * : flour which was contracted by a â€" that cruised Lake Ontario in the B m F § 1t ie ept in x 3 ‘man of the name of John years of the war," Mr. Caldwell fi e mss [ 22e n + .;‘ ; McGraw for the use of the govâ€" says. "These gunboats preyed es . â€"/ wiloes i tieae : ernment. That about 12 o‘clock at upon the British vessels transâ€" irerre mees ferreems s l raes en f # 6. > 4 â€"night the same party came to my â€" porting goods between Toronto PXE Ergren i4 s .2 t C : house and took Twenty stands of and Kingston. Raiding parties Pm mmb azzous . . es in en = hn . _ o . o : English Musquites, Cartridges were put ashore (on Canadian W / ‘"% es cevies s e ; 1’?: M css YEA : Boxes and Bayonets for the same soil) all along the coast at the 5 . . ues * ;{f 4 *QM% ; with None Round of Musquite time." s e : S y ~ . e pames 5 3 ; Ball Cartridges, one Fusil and Attesting to the authenticity of Phore ar Pere Fimen . Two Swords." the found document, Mr. Caldâ€" C.D.C.1. West teacher Chris Robins (bottom, second from left) sits with some of the students who _ The letter was part of a collecâ€" well says, "I see no reason not to researched and uncovered new local historical information. : tion of papers in the "Northumâ€" â€" believe it. It‘s a great letter and a ¢ , o berland File" in the National â€" greatfind. Llove it!" His .Ho‘ner the Presidents inforâ€" my h_ouse, took ’I_‘wenty stands of I have the honor to be Archives. It was uncovered by mation that last night a boat English Musquites, Cartridges Sirs 3 students of Cobourg District Colâ€" Text of the September 1, _ from the American shore, landed â€" Boxes and Bayonets for the same, Your most Obedient legiate Institute West who have 1814 letter unearthed by CDCI in Cramahe in the District of with Nine Rounds of Musquite _ Humble Servant been working under the guidance _ West students at the National â€" Newcastle and destroyed Thirty â€" Ball Cartridges, one Fusil and M. Peters Lt. Col. _ _ of teacher Chris Robins. Archives, Ottawa: Barrels of Flour which was conâ€" Two Swords. When they left the 1st Reg‘t North. Militia The secondary school students tracted for by a man of the name â€" shore they sterred directly into 7 f have been studying practical Cramahe, 1st September 1814 John McGraw for the use of Govâ€" _ the Lake in a verry light running L. Colonel Nathaniel Coffin research by looking for anything Sirs ernment. That about 12 O‘clock Boat like a Gig. The Boat conâ€" Deputy Adjutant General to do with Cobourg‘s current _ I beg leave to inform you for _ 4t Night the same party came to _ tained Seven Men. _ Militia CS boRADG _ p fpp (CLG 4kR jafof