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From Maine, before statehood... Jefferson, Aaron Burr...
From Maine, before statehood... Jefferson, Aaron Burr...
Item # 694504
November 02, 1807
PORTLAND GAZETTE & MAINE ADVERTISER, Nov. 2, 1807 At this time Maine was part of Massachusetts, not becoming a state until 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise. So this issue is from 13 years before statehood.
Page 2 has most of a column on: "Col. Burr's Trial" for High Treason glints the United States. Then a brief item on: "Trial of Com. Barron". He was charged with: negligently performing the duty assigned him; neglecting, on the probability of an engagement, to clear ship for action; failing to encourage in his own person his inferior officers and men to fight courageously; not doing his utmost to take or destroy the Leopard, which vessel it was his duty to encounter.
Page 3 also has: "A Proclamation" signed in type by the President: Th. Jefferson, offering a full pardon to those who deserted the military if they surrender themselves within 4 months.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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