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The First Barbary War... Napoleon takes Egypt...

Item # 708887
June 17, 1801
THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, June 17, 1801  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.

Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.