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Very rare War of 1812 newspaper: first we have offered...
Very rare War of 1812 newspaper: first we have offered...
Item # 694381
August 13, 1813
WAR JOURNAL, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Aug. 13, 1813
* Very rare War of 1812 publication
This is the first of this title we have seen in our 50+ years. It only existed for 40 issues (this is # 23), from March 12 - Dec. 14, 1813.
As the title should suggest the focus of the newspaper was the ongoing War of 1812, but there is other content as well.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, slightly irregular at the blank spine from disbinding, nice condition.
AI notes: War Journal was a short-lived weekly newspaper published in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from March 12 to December 10, 1813, appearing every Friday under the imprint of Beck & Foster (Gideon Beck and Daniel C. Foster) during the height of the War of 1812 and serving as a local source for military and civic news at that time. It was printed opposite the Spring Market in Portsmouth and is known from surviving issues dated throughout 1813, with copies held in a handful of historical archives; for example, the Boston Athenaeum and the New Hampshire Historical Society each have select issues, and microfilm holdings list the title among early American newspapers. Its pages included wartime correspondence and reports—such as a letter from U.S. Navy officers about naval engagements—and community notices relevant to Portsmouth’s wartime experience. After War Journal ceased publication, the same printers soon took on the New Hampshire Gazette, one of the region’s longer-running newspapers.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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