The Weekly Register - August 1813

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Niles, Hezekiah, Editor

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Publication

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Periodicals

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Issues for the August 1813 Weekly Register newspaper (Baltimore, Maryland) are divided as follows:

August 7th, pages 361-376
4th Page:
• Report on the distribution of arms to various states before and after 24th December 1812

5th Page:
• Report on the use of torpedoes and underwater diving boats by US forces

9th Page:
• Events of the war

10th Page:
• Military news, including a report on the Battle of Beaverdams

14th Page:
• Naval news

15th Page:
• Reports from the blockade of New-London
• Reports from the blockade of the Delaware
• Reports from the blockade of the Chesapeake

August 14th, pages 377-392
3rd Page:
• Report discussing alleged barbarities by the British against Americans

9th Page:
• Events of the war

11th Page:
• Military news

14th Page:
• Naval news

15th Page:
• Reports from the blockade of New-London
• Reports from the blockade of the Chesapeake

16th Page:
• List of American prizes

August 21st, pages 393-408
7th Page:
• Notice of declaration of war by chiefs and councillors of the six nations of natives in the residing in the state of New York

9th Page:
• Events of the war

11th Page:
• Military news

12th Page:
• Naval news

14th Page:
• Reports from the blockade of New-London
• Reports from the blockade of the Chesapeake

August 28th, pages 409-424
8th Page:
• Events of the war
9th Page:
• Military news
13th Page:
• Naval news

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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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