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Repairing the destruction from the British invasion in Washington, D.C... Graphic on the 'Hartford Convention'...

Item # 708865

November 25, 1814

THE NATIONAL ADVOCATE, New York, Nov. 25, 1814 This issue has reports on the closing, climatic months of the War of 1812.
Content includes a letter from Jacob Brown on his work at the Niagara frontier, an editorial beginning: "In celebration of the anniversary of the evacuation of this city by the British, a military parade will take place..."; followed by: "Public Buildings ate Washington" noting in part: "...a bill making appropriations for repairing or rebuilding the public buildings in the city of Washington..." that were destroyed by the British in August. There are a number of Resolutions which relate to reconstruction efforts from the British invasion & destruction a few months previous.
The entire back page is taken up with text and a large graphic of the: "Comparative View Of The American Confederation, With the Hartford Convention States."
The Hartford Convention was a secret meeting in Hartford, of Federalist delegates from New England states who were dissatisfied with Madison’s mercantile policies and the progress of the War of 1812 , as well as long resentful over the balance of political power that gave the South, particularly Virginia, effective control of the national government.