CONNECTICUT MIRROR, Hartford, Aug. 21, 1815  

* Death of Chauncey Goodrich

Pages 2 and 3 have all columns and margins in wide, black mourning rules, signifying the death of someone famous. In this case it is for the death of the Lt. Governor, with the page 3 announcement beginning: "With the liveliest emotions of sorrow, it is our painful duty to announce to our readers, & the public, the death of HIS HONOUR CHAUNCEY GOODRICH, LIEUTENANT GOVERN OF THIS STATE, in the 57th year of his age..." with more detail.
Four pages, very nice condition.

Background: The death of Lieutenant Governor Chauncey Goodrich in August 1815 marked the passing of a pillar of the Federalist Party and a central figure in Connecticut’s political establishment during a period of intense national transition. A seasoned statesman who had served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Mayor of Hartford, Goodrich was a core member of the "Hartford Wits" and the conservative political-religious elite known as the "Standing Order," which had dominated Connecticut since colonial times. Critically, his death occurred just eight months after he served as a prominent delegate to the controversial Hartford Convention (December 1814–January 1815), where New England Federalists gathered to voice their bitter opposition to the War of 1812 and discuss constitutional reforms. Because the convention concluded just as the war ended in a wave of nationalism, the Federalists were widely branded as unpatriotic, if not treasonous. The massive public mourning displayed in the Connecticut Mirror reflects the deep local reverence for Goodrich as a defender of New England's traditional interests, even as his passing symbolized the literal and political death knell of the Federalist Party, which rapidly collapsed both nationally and within Connecticut over the next few years, culminating in the state's adoption of a more democratic constitution in 1818.