NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 3, 1814  Two pages are taken up with a nice & detailed account headed:"Attack Upon Baltimore - British Account" as taken from the London Gazette Extraordinary (see for portions). Included is the: "Return of killed & wounded in the action with the enemy, near Baltimore, on the 12th September, 1814."
Further on is: "Events of the War" which also includes the: "Proclamation to the Free Colored Inhabitants of Louisiana" signed in type by: Andrew Jackson. In this proclamation, Jackson, who needed to augment and strengthen his forces, called upon the free Blacks of Louisiana, which of course was a slave state, to answer the appeal of their country. In the appeal he confessed that the policy of the United States in barring Negroes from the service had been a mistaken one. It begins: "Through a mistaken policy you have heretofore been deprived of a participation in the glorious struggle for national rights in which our country is engaged. this no longer shall exist..." and much more (see).
The back page has a report on the naval action between the U.S. ship Wasp and the British ship Avon (not identified as such).
Complete in 16 pages, minor foxing, very nice condition.