NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT, Concord, July 14, 1818  

* Capture of Pensacola
* Spanish West Florida
* General Andrew Jackson 
* First Seminole War

Page 2 has a lengthy & detailed report headed: "Capture of Pensacola" which includes a detailed report signed by Adj. General Robert Butler, a "General Order" signed by: Andrew Jackson, and several of related reports.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, irregular at the blank spine, good condition.

Background: Despite explicit instructions from President James Monroe to strictly defend the U.S. border during the First Seminole War, Major General Andrew Jackson exceeded his authority by launching an unauthorized invasion of Spanish West Florida on May 24, 1818, culminating in the formal Capture of Pensacola following the Spanish surrender of Fort Barrancas on May 28. In the immediate aftermath, official reports and a "General Order" signed by Jackson and countersigned by Adj. General Robert Butler on May 29 established an interim military government, garrisoned U.S. troops, and placed the region under American operational control for fourteen days. As later reported on July 14, 1818, in the New Hampshire Patriot (Concord), this controversial military occupation sparked an immediate constitutional and diplomatic crisis in Washington, though Secretary of State John Quincy Adams ultimately leveraged Jackson’s aggressive actions to compel Spain into ceding the entire territory under the 1819 Adams-Onís Treaty.