SALEM GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Aug. 19, 1814   

* Battle of Bridgewater (Lundy's Lane)

The front page includes; "Battle of Bridgewater" "Execution For Treason" & "District General Order". Inside includes: "Western Army News" "Call of Congress" "Lower Canada Frontier" "The War In The Chesapeake" "Ontario Fleet" "The War In Connecticut" "Military" "The Stonington Affair" and other War of 1812 items.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, margins near the top are browned, otherwise nice.

Background: This August 19, 1814 issue of the Salem Gazette serves as a remarkable, real-time snapshot of the War of 1812 at its absolute and most perilous zenith. The publication carries immense historical significance because it documents crucial turning points across multiple fronts: it details the bloody aftermath of the Battle of Bridgewater (Lundy's Lane), which marked the end of the American offensive into Upper Canada; records the "Stonington Affair," a fierce local victory in Connecticut that provided a vital boost to fractured New England morale; and contains tense updates on "The War in the Chesapeake" at the precise moment British forces were landing in Maryland—just five days before they would march inland to burn the White House and Capitol. Because these raw, un-trimmed pages capture the frantic anxiety, localized defensive triumphs, and looming national disasters of late summer 1814, the newspaper functions not merely as a report, but as a primary artifact of a young United States fighting for its literal survival against the world's foremost military superpower.