Paul Jennings (abolitionist)
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Paul Jennings was an American abolitionist and writer. Enslaved as a young man by President James Madison during and after his White House years, Jennings published, in 1865, the first White House mem
Jennings, c. 1850s
Burning of Washington
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The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral John Warren's Chesapeake campaig
Paul Jennings (abolitionist)
…unfinished from the first construction, most of the Washington streets were unpaved; the city was "a dreary place" in those years. In 1814, during the Burning of Washington, as British troops were approaching the White House, Jennings, at age 15, with the president's steward Jean-Pierre Sioussat and Gardener Thomas McGrath…
1815 illustration of the occupation
Admiralty House in Bermuda, where the British attack was planned
The Burning of Washington, August 1814
An 1814 watercolor and ink depiction of the United States Capitol after the burning of Washington, D.C., in the War of 1812. Painting by George Munger.