NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington City, Jan. 9, 1812

• United States Rangers established
• Protection of frontier settlers
• Native Americans - Indians

The front page has two-thirds of a column taken up with an historic Act of Congress creating the U.S. Rangers.
It is headed: "AN ACT Authorizing the President...to Raise certain Companies of Rangers for the Protection of the Frontier of the United States."
In readiness for possible Indian depredations after the Battle of Tippecanoe, Congress established the United States Rangers on January 2, 1812. The act was renewed in 1813, and the number of ranger companies increased several times during the War of 1812. The Rangers were neither militia, nor regulars, but formed part of the war establishment of the United States as volunteers.
Four pages, very nice condition.

Background: The January 9, 1812 edition of Washington City's National Intelligencer features a prominent front-page printing—occupying two-thirds of a column—of the historic January 2, 1812 Act of Congress that established the United States Rangers. Enacted by Congress in direct response to escalating frontier violence following the November 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, this landmark legislation authorized President James Madison to raise federal volunteer companies specifically tasked with patrolling and defending the vulnerable Western frontier against Native American raids. Operating in a unique military capacity distinct from both the regular United States Army and state militias, these mounted rangers were organized as federal volunteers on the war establishment, providing mobile, specialized border security across territories such as Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio—a force structure that Congress repeatedly renewed and expanded throughout the War of 1812 as conflict with Great Britain and allied tribal nations intensified.