[American Newspapers] Extensive and Consecutive Run of Issues of the National Intelligencer, the Major Newspaper of the Nation's Capital, Printed During the Second Year of the Presidency of James Monroe

The National Intelligencer
Washington, (D.C.): Printed by Gales & Seaton, January 1-November 17, 1818. Vol. XVIII, No. 2696-Vol. XIX, No. 2831. Bound volume of 135 consecutive issues, a tri-weekly paper, including one supplement (March 24, 1818). Folio. Quarter brown cloth over paper-covered boards; issues unevenly trimmed; printed book-plate of Stanford University Library on front paste-down; unsigned contemporary letter laid in; scattered foxing and stains throughout; tear traversing lower half of front-page of No. 2738; lower half of front page of one issue torn away.

Notable events include, the first printing of the Flag Act of 1818, officially establishing the layout of the American Flag; notice of the death of adventurer George Rogers Clark; an advertisement for Benjamin Tyler Owen's printing of the Declaration of Independence; events surrounding the First Seminole War and invasion of Spanish Florida; the 1818 Treaty with Great Britain; Illinois statehood; and much more.

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

[American Newspapers] Extensive and Consecutive Run of Issues of the National Intelligencer, the Major Newspaper of the Nation's Capital, Printed During the Second Year of the Presidency of James Monroe

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

[American Newspapers] Extensive and Consecutive Run of Issues of the National Intelligencer, the Major Newspaper of the Nation's Capital, Printed During the Second Year of the Presidency of James Monroe

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