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74 Newspapers 1815-1822

1815

Sept. 23           Columbian Centinel (Boston)            Dreadful storm

Sept. 27           New-York Spectator                           Bonaparte goes to St. Helena

Oct. 4              New-York Spectator                           New British Ambassador to USA

Oct. 7              New-York Spectator                           Congress of Vienna

Oct. 14            New-York Spectator                           Louis XVIII’s Ordination

Oct. 16            New-York Spectator                           Governor Smith’s speech

Oct. 23            New-York Spectator                           Bank Mania

Oct. 25            New-York Spectator                           Diabolical Act

Nov. 1             New-York Spectator                           Marshal Ney

Nov. 2             Intelligencer (Portsmouth, NH)        Battle of Moskwa

Nov. 3             New-York Spectator                           American Manufacturers

Nov. 8             New-York Spectator                           Military Tyrany

Nov. 11           New-York Spectator                           The Catacombs of Paris

Nov. 18           New-York Spectator                           U.S. Navy in the Meditarranean

Nov. 22           New-York Spectator                           Governor’s Loan

Nov. 23           Intelligencer (Portsmouth, NH)        “Honor to the Brave”

Nov. 25           New-York Spectator                           Stephen Decatur’s Report

Nov. 29           New-York Spectator                           Celebration of 1783 evacuation of NY by the British

Dec. 2              New-York Spectator                           The List of Lloyd’s of London

Dec. 8              New-York Spectator                           Alabama Lands

Dec. 9              New-York Spectator                           Napoleon’s Address to the French

Dec. 13            New-York Spectator                           Members of the 14^th Congress

Dec. 16            New-York Spectator                           U.S. Treasury Report

Dec. 20            New-York Spectator                           “The Field of Waterloo” by W. Scott

Dec. 23            New-York Spectator                           The USS Wasp is sunk

Dec. 27            New-York Spectator                           Fine Arts

 1816

 Aug. 6              American Friend (Marietta, OH)    (plus Supplement) A murderer is hanged

 1818

 Apr. 8              The Union (Philadelphia)                    Navigation Bill

May 6              Essex Register (Salem, MA)                South American Affairs

June 2              Boston Recorder                                  Female Character

July 4               The Union (Philadelphia)                    Kidnapping

Sept. 2             The Union (Philadelphia)                     Island Trade

Oct. 10             The Union (Philadelphia)                     Declaration of Independence Painting

Oct. 17             The Union (Philadelphia)                     USS Macadonian Returns

 1819

 June 12           Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Maine separate from Massachusetts

Oct. 23             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Maine Constitution

Nov. 3             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Maine Convention

Nov. 13           Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Colonization of the Blacks

Nov. 17           Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Duel Avoided / Wilmington Fire

Nov. 17           National Aegis (Worchester. MA)        Maine Constitution

Nov. 27           Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Shocking Murder

Dec. 1              Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Meeting to check the Slave Trade

Dec. 29            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Bill to Admit Maine

 1820

 Jan. 15             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Commerce and Currency

Feb. 2              Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Restriction of Slavery

Feb. 5              Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Cobbett and Burdett Controversy

Feb. 9              Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Maine and Missouri Bill

Feb. 16            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Agricultural Societies Meet

Mar. 1              Columbian Centinel (Boston)                General Bolivar / Day of Fasting

Mar. 6              Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Pirates Punished

Mar. 14            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                The Slavery Question

Mar. 18            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Death of George III

Mar. 22            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Act extends city of Washington

Mar. 25            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Navy, Post Office and Indians Acts

Mar. 29            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Decatur Killed in a Duel

Apr. 29            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Aurora Newspaper vs. Truth

May 20            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Maine Bank Failures

July 15             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Talk with the Indians

July 19             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Capture of a Picaroon

July 26             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Execution of Lauvel in Paris

July 29             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Botta’s History of the Revolution

Oct. 14             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Fire in Nova Scotia

Oct. 18             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Astonishing Productiveness

Oct. 21             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Cattle Shows / Balloon Ascension

Oct. 25             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Trial of the English Queen

Oct. 28             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Affairs of Spain

Oct. 30             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                War in Spanish America / Pirates

Nov. 1             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                National Election

Nov. 4             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Affairs of the Queen

Nov. 11           Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Defense of the British Queen

Nov. 18           Columbian Centinel (Boston)                John Adams Declines Nomination

Dec. 14            Richmond (VA) Enquirer                      Maine-Missouri Debate / Queen’s Trial

 1821

 Oct. 30           Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia)             Third Term for Monroe?

 1822

 Jan. 30            Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia)            Tompkins / Rufus King / Van Buren

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