wrote several editions of a history of the War of 1812, including descriptions of the Congressional investigation of the Burning of Washington in 1814. He died in 1862 in Philadelphia and is interred at The Woodlands Cemetery. Personal life In 1804, Ingersoll married Mary Wilcocks, the daughter of Alexander Wilcocks, and together had six surviving sons and 2 daughters. His son Edward Ingersoll wrote on legal topics. Bibliography “Chiomara,” a poem published in The Port Folio (1800) Edwy and Elgira, a tragedy (Philadelphia, 1801) Right and Wrongs, Power and Policy of the United States of America (1808) Inchiquin the Jesuit's Letters on American Literature and Politics (New York, 1810) “Julian,” a dramatic poem (1831) Historical Sketch of the Second War between the United States and Great Britain (4 vols., Philadelphia, 1845-'52). Recollections, Historical, Political, Biographical, and Social, of Charles J. Ingersoll. (Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co., 1861) He also published numerous anonymous contributions to the Democratic Press of Philadelphia, and to the National Intelligencer of Washington, on the controversies with England before the War of 1812 (1811–15). He published several “Speeches” concerning that war (1813–15), a discourse before the American Philosophical Society on the “Influence of America on the Mind,” which was republished in England and France (1823), a translation of a French work on the freedom of navigation, in the American Law Journal of 1829, and many other literary and political discourses. At the time of his death, he was preparing a History of the Territorial Acquisitions of the United States. References Sources The Political Graveyard Attribution External links The Charles Jared Ingersoll papers, including correspondence and writings, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1782 births 1862 deaths 19th-century American politicians American male non-fiction writers American naval historians Burials at The Woodlands Cemetery Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives Historians from Pennsylvania Ingersoll family Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania Democratic-Republicans Pennsylvania lawyers Politicians from Philadelphia United States Attorneys for the District of Pennsylvania 19th-century American lawyers