Small format (approximately 6x9) newspaper, original and complete but disbound from a larger volume. Each issue 16 pp. consecutively numbered.
The Niles Weekly Register was a national magazine published in Baltimore from 1811 to 1848. The most widely circulated magazine of its time, the Register was the nation's first weekly newsmagazine and exerted a powerful influence on the early national discourse. This is a broken run of ten issues from March 25-April 8 [3]; May 6-May 13 [2], and June 3-June 24 [5]. Contents include extensive news and commentary on the final weeks of the War of 1812, the Napoleonic War in Europe; a proposed constitutional amendment concerning slave representation and apportionment in the creation of new states, the Trial of Andrew Jackson for opposing execution of the writ of habeas corpus, national population statistics, Indian affairs, and commercial and foreign news. An 8-page supplement to the last issue contains the entirety of the New French Constitution and Napoleon’s Imperial Decrees.
CONDITION: Good; clean, but browned, copies with no tears; scattered light to moderate toning and foxing. See photos for exemplars.
Title: COLLECTION OF 10 ORIGINAL ISSUES OF THE NILES WEEKLY REGISTER, Mar-June 1815.
Edition: 1st edition
Created: 1815
Location Published: Baltimore, H. Niles: 1815
Binding: Loose sheets
Book Condition: Good
Type: Newspaper
Categories: Americana, Ephemera, U.S. History, Magazines & Periodicals, Journalism, Reporting, News
Seller ID: k210331c
Keywords: americana, ephemera, magazines, newspaper, periodical, u.s. history, war