gs were destroyed by
fire. General William Hull (1753-1825), a veteran of the War of American
Independence, governor of Michigan territory in 1805-1812, as commander
of the north-western army in 1812 occupied the city. Failing to hear
immediately of the declaration of war between the United States and
Great Britain, he was cut off from his supplies shipped by Lake Erie. He
made from Detroit on the 12th of July an awkward and futile advance into
Canada, which, if more vigorous, might have resulted in the capture of
Malden and the establishment of American troops in Canada, and then
retired to his fortifications. On the 16th of August 1812, without any
resistance and without consulting his officers, he surrendered the city
to General Brock, for reasons of humanity, and afterwards attempted to
justify himself by criticism of the War Department in general and in
particular of General Henry Dearborn's armistice with Prevost, which had
not included in its terms Hull, whom Dearborn had been sent out to
reinforce.[1] After Perry's victory on the 14th of September on Lake
Erie, Detroit on the 29th of September was again occupied by the forces
of the United States. Its growth was rather slow until 1830, but since
then its progress has been unimpeded. Detroit was the capital of
Michigan from 1805 to 1847.

AUTHORITIES.--Silas Farmer, _The History of Detroit and Michigan_
(Detroit, 1884 and 1889), and "Detroit, the Queen City," in L. P.
Powell's _Historic Towns of the Western States_ (New York and London,
1901); D. F. Wilcox, "Municipal Government in Michigan and Ohio," in
_Columbia University Studies_ (New York, 1896); C. M. Burton,
_"Cadillac's Village" or Detroit under Cadillac_ (Detroit, 1896);
Francis Parkman, _A Half Century of Conflict_ (Boston, 1897); and _The
Conspiracy of Pontiac_ (Boston, 1898); and the annual _Reports_ of the
Detroit Board of Commerce (1904 sqq.).

[1] Hull was tried at Albany in 1814 by court martial, General Dearborn
presiding, was found guilty of treason, cowardice, neglect of duty and
unofficerlike conduct, and was sentenced to be shot; the president
remitted the sentence because of Hull's services in the Revolution.

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and on the Frankfort-on-Main-Aschaffenburg railway, 10 m. N.W. of
Aschaffenburg. It is memorable as the scene of a decisive battle on the
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