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THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Sept. 15, 1800
* re. the creation of the state of Indiana
* Gabriel Prosser's slave insurrection
Page 3 has a brief & early report on Gabriel's Rebellion,
It notes: "An insurrection was discovered on the 30th alt. among the negroes in the neighborhood of Richmond, Vir. and some of them are lodged in the gaol [jail] of that city...".
Gabriel's Rebellion was a planned slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia, area in the summer of 1800. Information…
AMERICAN MERCURY, Hartford, Connecticut, Jan. 23, 1817 The bottom of page 2 has the historic document from Congress whereby Indiana joined the Union.
Headed: "Resolution for Admitting the State of Indiana into the Union" noting in part: "...An act to enable the people of the Indiana territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of that state into the Union...that the state of Indiana shall be one & is hereby declared to be one of the U. States of America, and…
Item from our most recent catalog - #369 - released for August, 2026
NATIONAL AEGIS, Worcester, Massachusetts, Aug. 3, 1808 Half of the front page is taken up with eight Acts of Congress, one for carrying into effect Indian treaties, one allow for voting in the Indiana Territory, & another for erecting a lighthouse on te island of Sapelo near Darien, Ct. Each is signed in type by the President: Th. Jefferson.
Four pages, various foxing throughout, good condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #369 - released for August, 2026
SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Walpole, June 2, 1806 Page 2 has a letter from Vincennes in the Indiana Territory concerning: "...the Delaware Indians have burnt several...of their nation & condemned several others to undergo the same fat. A prophet it seems, appeared among them...the Great Spirit...commanded him to tell the Indian that it was his will they should destroy all those who drink spiritous liquors...".
The back page has: "An Act" of Congress signed in type: Th. Jefferson.
Four pages,…
Item from last month's catalog - #368 - released for July, 2026
THE WAR, New York, Oct. 10, 1812
* Siege of Fort Harrison - Indiana
* War of 1812 - Zachery Taylor
The front page is entirely taken up with "Copies of Letters" including 3 signed in type: D. Porter, 2 datelined "at sea" and the third: "mouth of the Delaware"; plus a letter from Adm. J. T. Duckworth to David Porter.
Inside has a letter signed: Eben. Huntington; "Military Movements" "Surrender of Fort Dearborn, (Chicago)" "Appointments" and more.
The back page is almost entirely taken up with a…
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