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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 9572855, member: 33&quot;]I found that there was a Lieutenant Colonel James House who was stationed at Fort Columbus (now Fort Jay) in New York City during the War of 1812. I&#039;m not sure whether he was with the New York Militia or the U. S. armed forces. I also don&#039;t know whether those of the rank of lieutenant colonel would normally be addressed as Colonel on the front of an envelope.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a letter in the archives at Duke University, described as:</p><p>&quot;Letter, 1 Oct., 1813, from Colonel House, Fort Columbus, to Philip Turner.&quot; The letter is not digitized on this page, it&#039;s just the cataloging information. I didn&#039;t look for a digital copy.</p><p><a href="https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/turnerphilip_aspace_ref239_tqq" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/turnerphilip_aspace_ref239_tqq" rel="nofollow">https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/turnerphilip_aspace_ref239_tqq</a></p><p><br /></p><p>He is mentioned in several pdf documents I found. This is from the government&#039;s Serial Set, mentioning that he traveled in 1821 from New York to Detroit:</p><p>(Look at bottom of image 4)</p><p><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/SERIALSET-00078_00_00-011-0038-0000/pdf/SERIALSET-00078_00_00-011-0038-0000.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/SERIALSET-00078_00_00-011-0038-0000/pdf/SERIALSET-00078_00_00-011-0038-0000.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/SERIALSET-00078_00_00-011-0038-0000/pdf/SERIALSET-00078_00_00-011-0038-0000.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The next one is in a description of a microfilmed set</p><p>&quot;Corps of Artillery, New York State Militia, New York. April 27, 1814 - December 30, 1815</p><p>Contains general orders from the War Dept. and Adjutant General&#039;s office in Washington and general orders from New York City, as well as 3rd Military Department orders, artillery and garrison orders from Fort Columbus. Lt. Col. James House commanded the artillery corps and the garrison at Fort Columbus. The artillery under House&#039;s command was stationed at various points around the New York harbor. Locations: Fort Columbus, N.Y., New York City, Washington, D.C. Writer unknown. 418 pages.&quot; (on image 19)</p><p><a href="https://assets.cengage.com/gale/psm/3073000R.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://assets.cengage.com/gale/psm/3073000R.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://assets.cengage.com/gale/psm/3073000R.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is all assuming the name is Colonel House![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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