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- GLC#
- GLC08725.01-View header record
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- 1812/09/05
- Author/Creator
- Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845
- Title
- Columbian centinel. [No. 2965 (September 5, 1812)]
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 52 cm, Width: 36.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Contains news near the beginning of the War of 1812. Notable reports on Napoleon's invasion of Russia and other foreign news. Also reports on the American surrender at Fort Detroit by General William Hull in August 1812, editorializes against President Madison's war policy (see "The Prospect Before Us"), and prints other news items pertaining to the war. Contains many advertisements.
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