From the Nov. 17, 2014, Daily standard (Celina, Ohio) "Original 1793 fort plan found." For Fort recovery.
The original construction plan for Fort recovery has been found according to an announcement by the Fort recovery Nazerine Church family Center.
It was likely drawn by American General Anthony Wayne. The plat was sent in a December 22, 1793, letter to Henry Burbeck, who commanded the artillery in the Wayne Legion.
The discovery was made at the University of Michigan's Clements Library while researchers were sorting through Burbeck's papers.
According to the Fort recovery State Museum, the original plat was destroyed when Washington was burned in 1814.
The fort was built in 1793 at the site of General Arthur St. Clair's disasterous defeat by the Indians. The fort consisted of a square 32-foot wall and a 22-foot blockhouse and as many as 300 soldiers could garrison it.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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