(WAR OF 1812) The London Gazette Extraordinary re burning of

Sale 2380 - Lot 261

Price Realized: $ 625

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

(WAR OF 1812.) The London Gazette Extraordinary, re burning of Washington. [7] pages. Folio, 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, disbound; inked revenue stamps on first and fifth pages. London, 27 September 1814

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

Devoted to the first British reports of the burning of Washington and related actions, as transmitted by Major General Robert Ross on 30 August 1814: "I have the honour to communicate . . . the troops under my command entered and took possession of the city of Washington. . . . The following buildings were set fire to and consumed--the Capitol, including the Senate-house and House of Representation, the arsenal, the dock-yard, treasury, war-office, President's palace, rope-walk, and the great bridge across the Potowmack."