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On the recent Louisiana Purchase...

Item # 713014 ·
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WINDSOR FEDERAL GAZETTE, Vermont, Feb. 21, 1804  

* re. The Louisiana Purchase

Page 2 hasa report: "LOUISIANA" noting: "The bill giving effect to the Laws of the United States in Louisiana, which had come from the Senate...was taken up in committee of the whole. After a lengthy debate the amendment...for constituting Natchez as a port of entry was concurred in...".
Page 3 has two brief reports concerning Louisiana.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, a few small binding holes affect a few words in the latter report but not causing loss of readability (see), nice condition.

Background: This original four-page issue of the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, Vermont), published on February 21, 1804, holds significant historical value for its early domestic coverage of the landmark Louisiana Purchase. The premier highlights appear on page 2 under a prominent "LOUISIANA" heading, detailing the Congressional House debates over a Senate bill designed to extend United States laws into the newly acquired territory, specifically highlighting a heavily contested amendment that designated Natchez along the Mississippi River as an official U.S. port of entry. Complementing this lead piece, page 3 features two concise reports providing further updates on the integration of the Louisiana region following its transfer from France. Beyond its detailed legislative content, the issue itself is exceptionally rare: printer Nahum Mower published the Windsor Federal Gazette for only a brief four-year span from 1801 through late 1804 before rebranding the paper as the Post-Boy, making surviving intact original copies of early 19th-century New England newspapers chronicling the territorial expansion of the nation extraordinarily scarce today.  

A quite scarce title as it existed from just 1801 thru 1804. Aside from a recent purchase we have not had any issues of this title to offer in our 50+ years.

Item from last month's catalog - #368 - released for July, 2026

Category: Pre-Civil War
No Longer Available
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.