A Northern Confederacy? Was the Hartford Convention of 1814 an Attempt to Save the Union—or Secede from it?

Name: A Northern Confederacy? Was the Hartford Convention of 1814 an Attempt to Save the Union—or Secede from it?
Start: September 12, 2012
End: September 12, 2012
Location: Paul Revere Memorial Association

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September 12 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm
A Northern Confederacy? Was the Hartford Convention of 1814 an Attempt to Save the
Union—or Secede from it?
By the fall of 1814, the opposition of New England Federalists to the War of 1812 was so vehement that the Union appeared to be in danger. In October, Massachusetts invited the other New England states to send delegates to a meeting in Hartford, Connecticut, to draft constitutional amendments and take other measures to protect New England interests. Peter Drummey, Stephen T. Riley Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, will discuss the Hartford Convention and the taint of secession and treason associated with it, and show how debate over the goals of the Convention has persisted for almost two centuries.