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Washington D.C. is captured by the British, in a British newspaper...
Washington D.C. is captured by the British, in a British newspaper...
Item # 705558
September 27, 1814
THE TIMES, London, England, Sept. 27, 1814 Page 3 has an entire column taken up with a notable report headed: "CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON" which begins: "We stop the press to announce the receipt of the following most important intelligence from America:---BULLETIN" "Capt. Wainwright...arrived early this morning at this office with dispatches from Vince Admiral Sir A. Cochrane...with an account of the CAPTURE and DESTRUCTION by his Majesty's forces of the CITY of WASHINGTON on the 24th ult. after a severe, but brilliant action, in which the enemy was defeated with great loss..." with much more detail.
Great to have this "stop the press" report in a newspaper from the home of the "enemy" during the War of 1812.
Four pages, red tax stamp in the masthead, nice condition.
Category: War of 1812
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