1813 NEWSPAPER- WAR OF 1812, EXECUTION, SHIPS CAPTURED!

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One of several lots of original historic newspapers I currently have listed! Fascinating to read history as it was written and perceived by the people who were actually living through it! 1800's newspapers usually had a high fiber or cotton content. This feature keeps them white and pliable... 1900's papers can get yellow & brittle with time if not properly stored or preserved. "Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life." Mortimer J. Adler NEWSPAPER NAME - COLUMBIAN CENTINEL - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ...COMPLETE 4 PAGE NEWSPAPER ............. ............. DATE - JANUARY 27, 1813 ............. STORIES INCLUDE - SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT - THE KING IS ILL AND HOPES FOR HIS RECOVERY FADING, MANY BRITSH MILITARY ENTANGLEMENTS WITH US AS WELL AS FRANCE & SPAIN..RELATIONS OF FRIENDSHIP RESTORED WITH THE COURTS OF STOCKHOLM & ST. PETERSBURG....THE DECLARATION OF WAR BY THE U.S. AGAINST BRITIAN...MEASURES OF HOSTILITY HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AGAINST ADJOINNG BRITISH PROVINCES (CANADA)...REPORTS OF THE VARIOUS SPEECHES AND POSITIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT...THE EXECUTION OF LT. GAMAGE ABOARD THE GRIFFON SLOOP OF WAR WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE HARBOR WITH 2 SHIPS PULLED ALONGSIDE TO WITNESS IT. AFTER HE WAS SHOT HIS BODY WAS HOISTED UP THE YARD ARM AND ALLOWED TO HANG T FOR AN HOUR. HE WAS EXECUTED FOR MURDERING A MARINE SGT....MANY ACCOUNTS OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE FRENCH & RUSSIANS, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, RUSSIAN SUCCESSES & FRENCH DISASTERS - GREAT MILITARY DETAIL....ENGLISH ACCOUNTS, INTERCEPTED LETTERS....35,000 OF THE GFRENCH ARMY KILLED OR WOUNDED....A $25 MILLION LOAN BILL TO FUND OUR WAR IS PROPOSED...A WHOLE COLUMN OR MORE OF MARINE INTELLIGENCE (FAR TOO MUCH DETAIL TO TRANSCRIBE ...$10 REWARD FOR RUSSELL RAY - A SOLDER WHO DESERTED HIS POST... THE DEATH OF PAUL REVERE JR AT 53 YEARS OF AGE - AN HONEST MAN AND OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, AND SON OF THE MIDNIGHT RIDE PAUL REVERE...ALSO THE DEATH OF SUSAN, WIFE OF SAMUEL ADAMS JR...ATTACKS BY VARIOUS BRITSH SHIPS ON OUR VESSELS....ONE CENT REWARD FOR A RUNAWAY APPRENTICE...CAPTAIN FARRIS GIVES A STATEMENT ON THE CAPTURE OF THE SHIP ARIADNE BY THE BRITISH SHIP ARGUS AND HIS TREATMENT ON THE SHIP ,,AND MUCH MORE .................. CONDITION - GOOD+..PAPER PLIABEL W/ LT EDGEWEAR ..A ROUNDED HUMID OR DAMP STAIN REACHES TO CENTER PAPER BUT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH READING OR ABILITY TO FRAME FOR DISPLAY (THE STAIN IS LIGHTER THAN IT APPEARS IN MY PHOTOS AS I TURN UP CONTRAST FOR EASE OF READING SMALL TYPE)...CHIP AT SPINE TOP NOT AFFECTING TEXT........ .................. THE WAR OF 1812 The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its colonies, including Upper Canada (Ontario), Lower Canada (Quebec), Nova Scotia, Bermuda and Newfoundland. The war was fought from 1812 to 1815, although a peace treaty was signed in 1814. By the end of the war, 1,600 British and 2,260 American soldiers had died. Great Britain had been at war with France since 1793 and in order to impede neutral trade with France in response to the Continental Blockade, Britain imposed a series of trade restrictions that the U.S. contested as illegal under international law. The Americans declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812 for a combination of reasons including outrage at the impressment (conscription) of American sailors into the British navy, frustration at British restraints on neutral trade, and anger at alleged British military support for American Indians defending their tribal lands from encroaching American settlers. The war started badly for the Americans in August 1812, when an attempt to invade Canada was repulsed by Major-General Isaac Brock and a force of 350 regular British troops he commanded (supported in turn by local militias and American Indians). This led to the British capture of Detroit. A second invasion on the Niagara peninsula was defeated on October 13, 1812 at the Battle of Queenston Heights at which Brock was killed. The American strategy relied in part on mi... read more

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