Description: WAR OF 1812 RHODE ISLAND NEWSPAPER
Saturday Morning March 19, 1814 of the "Providence Patriot and Columbian Phenix" (vol 12, no 10), having news of the war some five months before the burning of Washington, during the fight against Tecumseh's Confederacy and Privateering against the blockade. The most important news is the bill that President Madison got through to assemble an Army of Volunteers. Single bifold sheet, 14" x 22". Folded, wrinkled and water stained, but sturdy and fully legible.