McKENNEY, Thomas L.

Reply to Kosciusko Armstrong's Assault upon Col. McKenney's Narrative

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McKENNEY, Thomas L. Reply to Kosciusko Armstrong's Assault upon Col. McKenney's Narrative of the Causes that Led to General Armstrong's Resignation of the Office of Secretary of War in 1814. New York: William H. Graham, 1847. 1st ed. 28pp. Later cloth, original printed wrappers bound in. Faint scattered foxing, Library of Congress duplicate stamp on verso of title page, else very good. In his memoirs McKenney had discussed the invasion of Washington, DC, by British troops during the War of 1812, a fiasco which had led to the forced resignation of the Secretary of War, Gen. John Armstrong. The general's son took offense at McKenney's rather sympathetic portrayal of his father and published an angry pamphlet. In this rejoinder McKenney produces numerous detailed eyewitness accounts to substantiate his version.

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