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Increasing the size of the U.S. Navy... On the defense of Fort McHenry...
Increasing the size of the U.S. Navy... On the defense of Fort McHenry...
Item # 673058
May 18, 1816
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, May 18, 1816
* United States Navy & Fort McHenry
* George Armistead & James Madison
All of pages 1, 2 & part of page 3 are taken up with honors to those who defended Baltimore in September, 1814 when invaded by the British, including a letter datelined from Fort McHenry signed: Geo. Armstead.
Inside has: "An Act to Abolish the Existing Duties on Spirits Distilled within the United States...". Also: "An Act for the Gradual Increase of the Navy of the United States signed: James Madison.
Sixteen pages, 6 by 9 1/2 inches, scattered foxing, good condition.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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