The Weekly Register - September 1811 and Index

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Niles, Hezekiah, Editor

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Periodicals

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Issues for the September 1811 Weekly Register newspaper (Baltimore, Maryland) are divided as follows:

September 7th, pages 1-16
3rd Page:
• Article outlining the problems associated with foreign trade, obstructed by the military power of European nations, and the need to increase home trade, increase domestic manufactures in order to decrease reliance on foreign goods

4th Page:
• First chapter of a piece discussing the history of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon

8th Page:
• Political piece discussing and defending the viability of the republican system within the United States

10th Page:
• Chart of total expenses of the US war of independence, with a statement of all troops in continental service

16th Page:
• Report of no important news from Europe
• Report of British squadron dispatched to the United States in retaliation for the affair of the Little Belt and the President
• Report discussing belief that native behaviour had been brought about by “British influence”, but suggests war was not likely

September 14th, pages 17-32
9th Page:
• Second chapter of a piece discussing the history of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon

14th Page:
• Miscellaneous intelligence from abroad

16th Page:
• Foreign intelligence from abroad, including report of speculation from London of impending war with the United States

September 21st, pages 33-48
1st Page:
• Copy of a letter from Commodore Rodgers to the secretary of the navy detailing his account of the affair of the President and Little Belt
• Reports and correspondence discussing the affair of the President and the Little Belt

8th Page:
• Second chapter of a piece discussing the history of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon

16th Page:
• Report of no important news from England, London papers said to be “barren of intelligence”
• Report that Governor Harrison had ordered an attachment of US troops to march and break up the “Shawnee association”

September 28th, pages 49-72

1st Page:
• Report and official correspondence of the affair of the Chesapeake and the Leopard

7th Page:
• Second chapter of a piece discussing the history of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon

13th Page:
• Report that the Missouri Company were expanding their trade, the Sioux being feared, claims they were furnished by the British to annoy their trade

16th Page:
• Military news from Europe

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The Weekly Register, also known as Niles Weekly Register, was a weekly periodical edited by Hezekiah Niles (1777-1839) and published in Baltimore Maryland. Volumes of interest were published between 1811 (Vol. 1, No. 1, September 7, 1811) to 1814 (Vol. 5, No. 26, February 26, 1814). These volumes focus primarily on 19th century politics and government in the United States of America.

Niles edited and published the Weekly Register until 1836, making it one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States. The popularity also made Niles into one of the most influential journalists of his day. Devoted primarily to politics, Niles' Weekly Register is considered an important source for the history of the period. The Register also recorded current economics, technology, science, medicine, geography, archaeology, the weather, and stories of human interest.

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