SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Windsor, Feb. 17, 1806  Nearly half of the front page is taken up with the: "Message" of the President relating to the Tripolitan War, or First Barbary War. It is signed in type: Th. Jefferson. The balance of the front page is taken up with related letters and documents on the war.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, loss at the bottom margin affects 2 words on the front page & a few words in unrelated items on pages 2 & 3.

Background: This issue of Spooner’s Vermont Journal dated February 17, 1806, holds notable historical content as a rare primary-source record of early 19th-century American foreign policy, capturing President Thomas Jefferson’s official message and diplomatic correspondence regarding the conclusion of the First Barbary War (1801–1805). Dedicating nearly half of its front page to Jefferson’s report—bearing his printed signature "Th. Jefferson"—alongside related state documents, the issue reflects how regional broadsheets served as the vital medium for transmitting official executive communications to the public. Original newspapers from this era, particularly those printed in early Vermont by pioneering printer Alden Spooner, are exceedingly rare surviving artifacts due to low print runs, delicate rag paper composition, and the sparse preservation of complete four-page folio issues outside of major institutional archives like the American Antiquarian Society and state historical collections.