NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 28, 1842

• Dorr Rebellion - Rhode Island arsenal attack

Pages 2 & 3 contain a fine content on the Dorr Rebellion, beginning with a statement: "Governor Dorr issued his proclamation of war against the United States, and having proceeded to the house of Burlington Anthony, a guard of soldiers was stationed there to protect him from arrest, with a cannon at the side of the house..." and what follows is a detailed account, by hours and day, or the actions of the Dorr Rebellion including mention of Dorr's flight from town.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, great condition.

Background: This sixteen-page May 28, 1842 issue of Niles' National Register (published in Baltimore) is an exceptionally rare and historically significant primary source that provides a minute-by-minute account of the height of the Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island. Opening on pages 2 and 3 with Thomas Wilson Dorr’s formal proclamation of war against the United States, the newspaper delivers an extraordinarily detailed, hour-by-hour chronicle detailing Dorr’s retreat to the barricaded Providence home of Burlington Anthony—guarded by armed supporters and stationed cannon—followed by the failed assault on the Providence Arsenal and Dorr's subsequent flight from the state. Because Niles' National Register was a premier contemporary recorder of national events, surviving original 16-page complete issues from this exact week are scarce, making this item a vital artifact for collectors and historians tracing Rhode Island's constitutional crisis and the violent early-19th-century struggle over suffrage.

As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."