Embargo & war! Office of the Newport Mercury, April 13, 1812. : Embargo law. Official. Newport, April 13, 1812. : The act of Congress laying an embargo on our commerce, was finally passed ... on Saturday the 4th inst...

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 25336.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Embargo.

Elections--Massachusetts.

Elections.

Massachusetts.

United States--Commerce.

United States.

Commerce.

United States--Foreign relations--1812-1815.

International relations.

United States--History--War of 1812.

History.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 51 x 32 cm

Other Title:

Embargo and war.

Place of Publication:

[Newport, R.I.] : [Printed by Rousmaniere & Barber], [1812]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Includes text of the "Act laying an embargo on all the ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, for a limited time;" reaction to the embargo; an address to the "freemen of Rhode-Island;" "America assisting in the destruction of Spain;" and Massachusetts gubernatorial election returns.

The Newport mercury, Newport, R.I., was published by Rousmaniere and Barber in 1812.

Text printed in five columns; printed area measures 46.4 x 30.9 cm.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 25336).

Contains:

United States. Act laying an embargo on all the ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, for a limited time.

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