BURNING OF WASHINGTON & THE WHITE HOUSE WAR OF 1812 NEWS

Description: During the War of 1812, General William Winder was given military command of Washington, DC, by President James Madison. Winder was an incompetent and failed to fortify the city. The US Capitol and White House were destroyed by British Forces following the disgraceful American rout at Bladensburg, Maryland. An original complete Sept 7, 1814 issue of the Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Massachusetts w 4pp news of the War incl the burning of the White House & Capitol at Washington, General Winder's account of the Loss of Washington, the Capitulation of Alexandria, defenses at Baltimore & Georgetown by Commodore Barney & the Marines, also the British Navy capture Nantucket Island, the account by Colonel Pearson, North Carolina Troops of the capture of the Creek Indian fort on the Coosa & Talappposa Rivers, Alabama, the re-capture OF negroes taken at Fort Mims, etc. 4pp disbound, complete. Age stains archival repairs, & tears & edge cuts & wear.Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints and badges. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 41 years. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER CIVIL WAR AND EARLY AMERICAN MILITARIA LISTINGS. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described.. I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance Mike Brackin

Price: 195 USD

Location: Angier, North Carolina

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