ATTN: VA HIST LIST readers. I'm posting this inquiry made to the National Park Service at Fort McHenry. We're unfamiliar with "bluelighters," but based on my reading of recent VA HIST LIST correspondence, I wonder if "bluelighters" were active in the Chesapeake more so than New England, possibly among slaves or free blacks sympathetic to the British. If you can assist, please reply directly to Mr. Haen, and copy Scott Sheads at [log in to unmask], and me, as well as posting your replies on the list if you so chose. Thanks. Clifford Tobias, Ph.D. Historian, Northeast Region History Program NPS, Philadelphia [log in to unmask] Can anyone assist Scott with this request? DTP Scott Sheads To: Dwight Pitcaithley/WASO/NPS@NPS 01/30/2005 03:45 cc: PM EST Subject: Bluelighters Dwight: I need some help on this one from fellow historians. Scott S. Sheads Fort McHenry National Monument ----- Forwarded by Scott Sheads/FOMC/NPS on 01/30/2005 03:54 PM ----- [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] 01/13/2005 09:52 cc: AM EST Subject: Bluelighters Dear Mr. Sheads, thank you very much for talking with me a few moments ago. My name is Luke Haen, I am a grad student here at George Mason University pursuing my high school history teacher certification. My American history instructor, Dr. Sawyer, has tasked me to find out primary source information about "bluelighters", those American individuals during the War of 1812 who guided British naval vessels to safe troop landing points by means of clandestinely hanging naval bluelights. Possibly Dr. Sawyer is talking about New Englanders who harbored anti-Democratic Republican feelings due to the suffering of the New England sea trade at this time. Any direction you can point me to regarding actual bluelighters or political "Federalist Bluelighters" would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for any assistance you can provide, Luke Haen e-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone:571-236-8132 (cell) To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html