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This letter from Colonel John Sloane to General Reasin Beall was written on August 25, 1812, in Canton, Ohio. Sloane lamented the fall of Fort Detroit and gave details of the siege. He also explained the refusal of his orders to march to Cleveland and wrote of his plans to march westward.</div>
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