History of cities in Canada located. The British purchased of land from the native peoples in 1787 and Governor John Graves Simcoe chose the site for the capital (which he named York) of the newly created Upper Canada. Concerned with military transportation to protect the new colony from US attack, he built roads west to what is now Windsor, east towards Montreal, and north, the present day Yonge Street. York was attacked and burned to the ground by the American Army in 1813 and the Canadians, in retaliation, attacked and burned the White House in Washington to the ground in 1814. Another US attack that
Potton (1814 ship) to reach land on the 20th. On the 29th "Falcon", Littleworth, master, took the survivors and arrived at Dover on 18 June. Notes "Citations"' References Potton (1814 ship) Potton was launched in 1814 and shortly thereafter made one of two voyages under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). Between voyages for the EIC and after she was a general trader until she foundered in 1829. "Potton" enters the "Register of Shipping" in 1815 with Fairburn, master, changing to Welbank. Her trade was Hull—London, changing to Hull—Bengal. EIC voyage #1 (1815-1816): (1) 1814/5 Bengal. Captain Thomas Wellbank sailed from