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Treaty of Ghent signed... breaking news...
Treaty of Ghent signed... breaking news...
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February 15, 1815
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, February 15, 1815
* Treaty of Ghent signing (historic)
* War of 1812 officially ends
Page 2 has a two column wide heading regarding the news about the signing of the Treaty of Ghent: "PEACE--SAFETY, and Prospect of returning COMMERCE, and PROSPERITY." Note that the headline is prefaced with an incorrect date (January 15, 1815), and should be February 15, the date of this issue.
And beneath this a letter "...which was immediately issued...in a Handbill!" The handbill headed "For The Public" was addressed to the publisher of this newspaper and contains the breaking news about the signing of the treaty, ending the War of 1812: "I HASTEN to acquaint you, for the information of the Public of the arrival here this afternoon of His Britanic Majestys sloop of war Favorites, in which has come passenger Mr. Carroll, American Messenger, having in his possession A TREATY OF PEACE, between this Country and Great Britain, signed the on the 24th December last...", signed in type by Jonathan Goodhue, followed by a statement from this newspaper: "We most heartily felicitate our Country on this auspicious news, which may be relied on as wholly authentic." Hereafter is an interesting footnote stating that the cost to bring the express to Boston was $225 and was advanced by Mr. Goodhue (see photos).
There is also some related content under "Confirmation" and "Peace With America".
In another column, under "Late From England" is a report with breaking news headed: "Great And Cheering News", and reading: "That a TREATY OF PEACE between the United States and Great Britain was concluded in Ghent, the 24th December; was RATIFIED by the Prince Regent the 30th; reached New York on Saturday evening last; was no doubt received in Washington yesterday; will probably be laid before the Senate today..." (see).
To give this content a chronological as well as a historical perspective, a source notes that news of the signing of the treaty reached America on February 11, 1815.
A nice presentation and uncommon to have two full columns used for a report during this period.
Four pages, has a few ink notations above the masthead, has a piece missing in the upper right corner, and a small piece missing in the lower left corner, and a small hole in the second leaf.
wikipedia notes: The Treaty of Ghent (8 Stat. 218), signed on December 24, 1814, in Ghent, Netherlands (currently in Belgium), was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The treaty largely restored relations between the two countries to status quo ante bellum. Due to the era's slow speed of communication, it took weeks for news of the peace treaty to reach America, well after the Battle of New Orleans had begun.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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