THE BALTIMORE DAILY INTELLIGENCER, Maryland, Oct. 22, 1794  

* Rare 18th century American publication

One of the less common American titles from the 18th century as it existed for just one year, from October. 28, 1793 thru October. 29, 1794. 
Replete with ads, shipping notices, and news items. Nice to have from 18th century Baltimore.
Four pages, discrete archival mends at the spine & some folds, minor wear, good condition.

Background: The significance of The Baltimore Daily Intelligencer’s brief print run from 1793 to 1794 lies in its role as a real-time, local window into the fragile experimental phase of early American democracy and commerce. Published during the height of the Whiskey Rebellion—the first major test of federal authority under the U.S. Constitution—and amidst the volatile geopolitical fallout of the French Revolution, this short-lived publication captures a nation fiercely debating the limits of federal power and its place on the global stage. Furthermore, because Baltimore was rapidly emerging as a premier American boomtown and deep-water port, the paper's dense columns of shipping notices, slave advertisements, and merchant inventory listings serve as an unvarnished economic ledger. They document the young republic's heavy reliance on the transatlantic slave trade and maritime commerce at a pivotal moment when the city was transitioning from a regional trading post into a crucial engine of American capitalism.