MARYLAND. BALTIMORE
May 21.
FLAG OF TRUCE
A flag arrived yesterday at 11 A. M. at Annapolis, sent by Admiral
Cockburn, with dispatches from Admiral Cochrane at Bermuda, to Mr. Monroe[1];
also letters to Mr. Barclay British agent[2]
for prisoners, which have been forwarded to Washington. My look out boat has returned with the above
information - no additional force of the enemy is in our Bay. J.
BARNEY.[3]
[1] Secretary of State and future President of the United States.
[2] Col.
Thomas Barclay was appointed British Consul at New York in 1799. In Nova Scotia
he was a member and the speaker of the House of Assembly. During the War of
1812 he was Commissary for the care and exchange of prisoners of war. As British agent for prisoners in the War of
1812, he resided at "Bostwick," the oldest surviving structure at
Bladensburg.
[3] Joshua
Barney (6 July 1759 – 1 December 1818) was, born in Baltimore, Maryland, and
served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. He later achieved
the rank of commodore in the United States Navy and also served in the War of
1812.
New-Bedford Mercury.; Date: 06-03-1814; Volume: 7;
Issue: 45; Page: [3]; Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, June 11th, 2013.
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