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| | The Burning Of Washington (1814 ) |
 | | There, some fifty miles from Washington, the troops were landed without a sign of opposition, the there were several detachments of Maryland militia, under State orders, at points not far distant. |
 | | Enervated as the troops had been by the close confinement of the voyage, and wilting under the burning sun of that season, it was with difficulty, at first, that they staggered along. |
 | | Several private houses were burned, and some private warehouses broken open and plundered; but, in general, private property was respected, the plundering being less on the part of the British soldiers than of the low inhabitants, fl and white, who took advantage of the terror and confusion to help themselves. |
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