Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 357

Price Realized: $ 845
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(WAR OF 1812.) Group of 55 newspapers relating to the war. Various sizes and conditions. (MRS) Boston and vp, 1812-15

Additional Details

Boston Gazette, 5 September 1814 Boston Patriot, 34 issues including two copies of the 3 September 1814 report on the Burning of Washington Columbian Centinel, Boston, 19, 26, and 30 March 1814 (each with a different "Strong Ship Massachusetts" cartoon), 21 September (news of Lake Champlain), 5 and 26 October, 12 November 1814 Connecticut Courant, 4 October 1814 Essex Register, Salem, MA, 2 April 1814 Massachusetts Spy, Worcester, MA, 15 July 1812 National Intelligencer, Washington, 1 July and 23 September 1813 (front-page first report on the Battle of Lake Erie--"Most Glorious News") New-England Palladium. Boston, 28 September 1813 and 24 February 1815 (featuring the peace treaty, front leaf only) New-York Herald, 5 October 1814 New-York Spectator, 25 August 1813 Rhode Island American extra, 26 February 1814 Salem Gazette, 5 January and 5 February 1813 The War, New York, February 1813.