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Treaty of Ghent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07929 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1815/02/13 Pagination: 1 p. 26.5 x 10.5 cm. Order a Copy

Announcing the Treaty of Ghent. This broadside contains the news from both New York and London that peace between the United States and Great Britain had been signed..

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