THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, June 17, 1801 

* First Barbary War
* French claims Egypt 

The front page has over 1 1/2 columns taken up with: "Tripoli Against the United States" which reports on the First Barbary War.
Page 3 announces a victory by France in the Napoleonic War headed: "Latest from Egypt" and beginning: "We have the satisfaction & happiness to announce that according to private advices received this morning from Paris, THE WHOLE OF EGYPT IS IN OUR POSSESSION..." with a bit more.
Four pages, nice condition.

Background: This museum-grade artifact is a time capsule of the exact moment the United States ceased being a coastal observer and transformed into a global power. Within its pages, you witness the First Barbary War exploding onto the front page—the foundational conflict that birthed the U.S. Navy’s Mediterranean legacy and defined American foreign policy for the next two centuries. Juxtaposed against this American awakening is a stunning, high-stakes dispatch from the Napoleonic Wars, claiming French dominion over Egypt in a desperate bid for world empire. Printed by the legendary patriot-printer Isaiah Thomas, this issue doesn't just report history; it captures the raw, unedited friction of the 19th century’s greatest powers colliding. For a collector, it represents the rare convergence of the "Shores of Tripoli" and the "Shadow of the Pyramids," preserved in the crisp, authoritative typography of one of early America's most defiant newspapers.