A three page letter written on New Year's day 1813 by Edwin Bartlett, an American in Lisbon to Eleaner Porter of Haverhill Massachusetts recieved 4th of march (stamped 6th). The letter tells of the latest news of the Napoleonic wars during 1812, with future troop movements in 1813 around the Iberian peninsula. Some comments on the political situation between the new United States and England.
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