[American Newspapers] [Fire Insurance] Group of 2 Issues of the Aurora, with a Large Ad for Early Fire Insurance, and Reports on British Impressment of American Sailors

Philadelphia: Published by Duane & Co., Thursday, March 29-Friday, March 30, 1810. Two printed newspapers. Folio. Two uncut broadsheets. Disbound; scattered soiling and light wear.

With reports on British impressment of American sailors and a Congressional bill authorizing the President to arm public ships to protect its merchant fleet. On the recto of the March 29 issue is a half-page ad for the American Fire Insurance Company, one of the first joint-stock fire insurance companies in the United States, first organized only a month prior, on February 28.

The Aurora emerged as the single most influential newspaper of its day during the time that Philadelphia served as the nation's capital. Its founder, Benjamin Franklin Bache, the favorite grandson of Benjamin Franklin, was the driving force behind its success with fresh and accurate reporting.

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[American Newspapers] [Fire Insurance] Group of 2 Issues of the Aurora, with a Large Ad for Early Fire Insurance, and Reports on British Impressment of American Sailors

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[American Newspapers] [Fire Insurance] Group of 2 Issues of the Aurora, with a Large Ad for Early Fire Insurance, and Reports on British Impressment of American Sailors

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