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Lot 393: 1815 Newspaper - Worcester, MA

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Lot  393: 1815 Newspaper - Worcester, MA
<b>War of 1812</b><hr><b>VICTORY! The Battle of NEW ORLEANS</b>

<b>February 15, 1815, NATIONAL AEGIS, Worcester, Massachusetts, Fine.</b>
19.25' x 12.25', 4 pages. Page 2 headline: 'ALMOST INCREDIBLE VICTORY! FROM NEW ORLEANS.' Includes a long letter signed in type by Andrew Jackson: ' Early on the morning of the 8th...the enemy advanced in strong columns on my right and left...My men...opened upon them a fire...and their loss was immense....' Also, the first news of 'Peace.' Page 1 message to Congress, signed in type by President James Madison, explaining his objections to a bill entitled 'An act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States of America.'