MIDDLESEX GAZETTE, Middletown, Connecticut, Feb. 2, 1815  

* End of the War of 1812
* Battle of New Orleans victory
* General Andrew Jackson

Page 2 has much on the: "Shipwreck Of The Sylph". Page 3 has: "Capture of the President Frigate" followed by: "Extract of a letter from an American Officer on board the British frigate Pomone, late of the U.S. frigate President...".
Then: "IMPORTANT....GLORIOUS NEWS!" which is breaking news reading: "I just heard a great huzza from Mr. Russin's. On inquiry, it appears a gentleman had just passed through...who states that General Jackson has had an engagement with the British at New Orleans, and defeated them, killed and taken 4,000 with the loss of 900 men on our side."
Four pages, very nice condition.

Background: This specific issue of the Middlesex Gazette is historically significant because it captures a crucial, chaotic snapshot of early American history where the agony of defeat and the ecstasy of victory collided in real-time, long before the age of instant communication. By running firsthand prisoner accounts of the capture of the USS President alongside the tragic shipwreck of the blockading HMS Sylph and the wildly exaggerated rumors of General Jackson’s victory at New Orleans, the paper perfectly illustrates the psychological roller-coaster experienced by the American public in the closing days of the War of 1812. The juxtaposition of these events highlights how local communities relied on a slow, fragile web of travelers and letters to piece together the fate of their nation, ultimately transforming a war that was technically already over into a foundational myth of American resilience and triumph.