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Capt. Abraham F. Hull

25 July 1814

Fell 25 July 1814 at the Battle of Lundy's Lane, War of 1812 — belated death report published in the United States Gazette, 3 February 1816

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

25 July 1814

Place of death

fell on the evening of the 25th of July last, at the battle of Lundy's Lane

The obituary

Inscription transcription

Death of Capt. Hull.

[The following letter has been handed to us for publication, from a belief that its relation of the death of Capt. Hull (son of Gen. Hull, of Newton) has not before been published in any of our papers. N. Y. Gaz.

Chillicothe, Oct. 7, 1814.

SIR—Having been informed, since I was brought to this place, that you are a relative of the late Capt. Hull, who fell on the evening of the 25th of July last, at the battle of Lundy's Lane, and that you now re[main in] anxious suspense to know whether he fell in the field, or was made a prisoner—I was in the action, and purely to relieve the anxieties of yourself and the other relatives of that gallant officer, take the liberty to inform you, that early in the morning after the battle, the body of an officer, lying on the field of action, was shown to me, which I was told was the body of Captain Abraham F. Hull, and [...]

Transcribed from the clipping photograph; the clipping is cut off at the bottom mid-sentence, marked [...]. Our original posting identifies the clipping as from the 3 February 1816 issue of the United States Gazette (Philadelphia); the clipping itself credits the letter to the N.Y. Gaz. and the letter is dated Chillicothe, Oct. 7, 1814. Sources differ on the death date: our original posting stated "(he was killed in October, 1814)", but the clipping — the authoritative source — says he "fell on the evening of the 25th of July last, at the battle of Lundy's Lane"; the October date appears to confuse the letter's dateline with the death date. Both readings are preserved; this record follows the clipping. The clipping identifies him as son of Gen. Hull "of Newton".

People named in this record

  • Capt. Abraham F. HullSubject
  • Gen. HullParent

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Source & citation

Source type
Photograph & transcription
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Image vs transcription
Photograph of the original clipping with a transcription made from the image; the clipping is cut off at the bottom edge

Citation: Death report of Captain Abraham F. Hull, son of General William Hull, killed at the Battle of Lundy's Lane, 25 July 1814; "Death Of Capt Hull," United States Gazette (Philadelphia), 3 February 1816, reprinting a letter credited to the N.Y. Gazette. Preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/hull-abraham-1814/ : accessed [your access date]).

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