Tuesday, June 14, 2011

American Mercury, July 21, 1818, Hartford, Connecticut



American Mercury, issue of July 21, 1818, published at Hartford Connecticut

  
I was researching this paper for new of the War of 1812 in Maine, which accounts for the enlargements of certain articles after the full page scans.  The newspaper, however, contains much news about the War of 1812 across many fronts, military and political.








Enlargement of the article about the return of Eastport, Maine, by the British to the United States, on page 3, transcript follows:







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A map of Eastport, Maine:


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