American Historical Ephemera & Photography

The Weekly Register. 5 issues (incomplete run). Baltimore, MD: H. Niles, 1812. 8vo, 5 issues numbering: Vol. II No. 46, 18 July 1812; Vol. II No. 52, 29 August 1812 with reporting on the "Secret Congressional Journal" on the declaration  and outbreak of the war; Vol. III No. 3, 19 September 1812, with reporting on Fort Malden, a call for volunteers signed in type by William Henry Harrison, and reporting of the "shameful capitulation" that was the surrender of Detroit; Vol. III No. 5, 3 October 1812 with a reprinted letter from Governor Meigs regarding General Harrison; Vol. III No. 10, 7 November 1812, with an account from Captain Heald, the former commander of Fort Dearborn, written from Pittsburgh. Also includes content about Hull's surrender at Detroit.  (Some browning or spotting.) Original printed wrappers (three issues with spines neatly reinforced).

[With:] EMERSON, Brown (1778-1872). The Equity of God's Dealings with Nations. A Sermon, Preached in Salem, July 23, 1812, A Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer in Massachusetts, Occasioned by the Declaration of War Against Great Britain. Salem, [MA]: Joshua Cushing, 1812. -- Report, in Part, of the Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business. Washington: Roger C. Weightman, 1813. Regarding appropriations for militia pensions, as well as for a road from Shawanoe, OH to Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory "for the more effectual protection of the north-western frontier." OCLC locates 9 copies. -- [MADISON, James (1751-1836)]. Message from the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirteenth Congress. Washington, D.C.: Roger C. Weightman, 1813. -- Reportof the committee Appointed on the Twentieth of December Last, to Inquire into the Present Condition and Distribution of the Flags, Standards and colors which Have been Taken by the Forces of the United States from their Enemies and Whether it Would be Epedient to make Any Provision in Relation to Them. Washington, DC: A. & G. Way, 1814. OCLC locates 9 copies. -- Report of the Committee on so much of the Message of the President as Relates to a Revision of the Militia Laws, on the Memorial of the Legislature of the Indiana Territory, praying Compensation for their militia called into the service of the United States, for the protection of the frontiers of said territory against the ravages of the enemy. Washington, DC: A. & G. Way, 1814. OCLC locates 14 copies. -- Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Documents Containing the Information Required by the Resolution of Mr. Wright, on the 22d Inst. Relative to the Execution of the Act Fixing the Military Peace Establishment. Washington: Wiliam A. Davis, 1816. With U.S. Army registers. OCLC locates 9 copies. -- Together, 6 pamphlets, 8vo, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good, some toning.