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Latest from New Orleans, weeks before this historic battle...
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Latest from New Orleans, weeks before this historic battle...

Item # 716101 ·
CONNECTICUT MIRROR, Hartford, Jan. 16, 1815  Page 2 has: "Latest And Very Important Intelligence From N. Orleans", followed by: "Later From New Orleans". Both are dated December 17, 1814 with the latest reports from several weeks before the historic Battle of New Orleans would become a great victory for the American forces under General Jackson. 
Four pages, a stain to a lower portion of the right margin causing no loss of readability, otherwise a few minor stains, good condition.

Background: The delayed reporting found in this January 16, 1815 issue of the Connecticut Mirror perfectly captures the profound communication lag of the early 19th century and its impact on the American psyche during the War of 1812. Because news of both the Treaty of Ghent (signed December 24, 1814) and Andrew Jackson’s decisive victory at the Battle of New Orleans (January 8, 1815) took weeks to travel by horseback and ship to the East Coast, the public remained in a state of agonizing suspense, reading outdated mid-December dispatches about an imminent British invasion that, in reality, had already been repelled. When news of the spectacular victory finally collided with news of the peace treaty in February, it created a false but powerful narrative among the American public that Jackson’s triumph had actually won the war. This psychological surge fundamentally altered the nation's trajectory: it triggered a wave of intense postwar nationalism, effectively destroyed the anti-war Federalist Party (which had ironically been meeting at the Hartford Convention just miles from this newspaper’s printing press), and catapulted Andrew Jackson into the national spotlight, paving his eventual path to the presidency.
Category: War of 1812
Price
$26
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.