Sly, Jacob

Jacob Sly was born about 1768 in Virginia. According to an 1810 Census, he was living in Augusta, Virginia with his wife and children. He married Sarah Prickett, the daughter of John Prickett and Sarah Robinson, sometime in April of 1794. According to “The Geneva Gazette” and “The Argus Of Western America” newspapers, he was the business partner of Frederick William Shroeder and was jailed with him and the other defenders of Alexander Hanson in the July 26, 1812, Baltimore Riots. According to the Census of 1840, he and his family had moved to Wayne Township in Clermont County, Ohio. His death date is unknown.

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[Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker, July 28, 1812, Vol. 3]

Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker. The letter is from Vol. 3 of Charles N. Bancker's correspondence journal. Littleton gives a detailed recount of the riot that occurred in Baltimore on July 27, 1812. Anti-war articles written by Alexander Contee Hanson in the Federal Republican newspaper caused riots against the newspaper. The riot and events occurring afterwards were violent and resulted in the death of at least one man, Dr. Gale. Littleton includes an additional note with some of the names of the men involved.