Rare 1813 War of 1812 newspaper with several eyewitness accounts of the IMPRESSMENT of AMERICAN SALORS by the BRITISH, one of the principal causes of the WAR OF 1812.

 - inv # 4T-417

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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL rare War of 1812 NEWSPAPER, The War (New York, NY)  dated April 27, 1813. This original newspaper contains an inside page headline: "IMPRESMENT OF AMERICAN SEAMENBATTLE OF FRENCHTOWN" with 2 columns of text with eyewitness accounts of the British IMPRESSING AMERICAN SEAMEN.  

One newspaper especially defined by its era was The War, a New York-based publication that ran from 1812 to 1815. The newspaper’s very existence was precipitated by the War of 1812, and the description in the masthead proclaimed it as “being a faithful record of the transactions of the war.” The editor, Samuel Woodworth, declared that not only would the paper “support a love of country, and excite a contempt of danger” and “hand down to posterity the names of those heroes of America,” it would also educate its readers in “the art of war.”

The War preached to pro-war followers, and to the opposition Woodworth pledged to “detect and hold up to contempt or punishment every effort of internal enemies” of the “just cause.” Regardless of its editorial bias, the newspaper also provided firm information to digest. Transcriptions of presidential addresses, correspondence between diplomats, descriptions of military battles, and other official business were printed weekly. Families of soldiers and sailors probably found the most current news in publications like The War, which offered a broad overview of the conflict, including laws and negotiations, military movements, and descriptions of armaments and types of sea-going vessels. Those seeking moral support found it in impassioned editorials, songs, tales of “female patriotism,” and personal accounts of action witnessed.

The British Royal Navy's practice of impressment of American seamen was a major cause of the War of 1812. The British would board American merchant ships to force English-speaking sailors into service in the British navy.  

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