[War of 1812] The Weekly Register, Commodore Isaac Hull's Copy, with Extensive Coverage of the War of 1812, and more

The Weekly Register...
Baltimore: H. Niles, September 1813-March 1814. Vol. V, Nos. 1-26, plus two supplements and two addenda. Red library buckram, stamped in gilt, library label on spine, stain on front board; all edges trimmed; Library of Congress book-plate on front paste-down, surplus ink stamp on same; ink stamp "Com. I. Hull / U.S. Navy" on title-page and front blank; ownership signature on title-page ("Jer. Sullivan"); manuscript on front and rear blanks; foxing and toning throughout.

Commodore Isaac Hull's copy, with his ownership stamps, on a run of periodicals printing extensive coverage of the War of 1812. The front and rear endpapers feature incomplete ship's log notes from an unknown voyage in the Pacific, dating from March and October, 1823.

Isaac Hull (1773-1843) was a naval officer who served in the Quasi-War with France, the Barbary Wars, and the War of 1812. In the latter conflict, he commanded the famous USS Constitution during its engagement and capture of the HMS Guerriere, the event that earned the ship its moniker, "Old Ironsides."

Lot also includes:

1. Federal Republican, and Commercial Gazette. Georgetown, September 22, 1813. Vol. VII, No. 1013. Printed newspaper. Folio. (4) pp. Creasing from when folded; scattered spotting.

Printing on the second page, Oliver Hazard Perry's message of his victory at Lake Erie to Secretary of the Navy William Jones.

2. The Weekly Register. Baltimore: H. Niles, Saturday, March 27, 1813. Vol. IV, No. 4, Whole No. 82. 8vo. pp. (57)-72. Disbound; sheets toned; scattered spotting.

Printing a laudatory message to America's naval commanders on the first page.

3. Daily Federal Republican. Georgetown (Washington D.C.), August 23, 1814. Vol. IX, No. 1259. Bifolium, 19 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (mm). Printed newspaper. Disbound. Creasing from old folds, moderately toned; scattered stains; contemporary ownership signature "D.P. Clark" on front page.

Lot includes a separate printed Congressional report for a proposed memorial for Commodore Isaac Hull, as well as one leaf of printed sheet music, titled "Yankee Thunders."

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[War of 1812] The Weekly Register, Commodore Isaac Hull's Copy, with Extensive Coverage of the War of 1812, and more

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