The Weekly Register - June 1813

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Niles, Hezekiah, Editor

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Periodicals

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

June 5th, pages 217-232
2nd Page:
• Report from the legislature of Maryland

3rd Page:
• Report on the defence of the state of Maryland

6th Page:
• Events of the war

7th Page:
• Military events, including an account of the capture of York

10th Page:
• Naval news

11th Page:
• Reports from the blockade of the Chesapeake

12th Page:
• List of American naval prizes
• Report on the death of General Z. M. Pike, including his last orders to his troops

16th Page
• Report of the attack on Sackett’s Harbour
• Report that an artillery bombardment of Fort George to cover the passing of American boats had levelled the buildings in or near the fort, suspicion of American attack mentioned
• Report of the capture of a British packet by the American privateer brig Anaconda, Shaler

June 12th, pages 233-249
1st Page:
• Speech by the governor of Massachusetts to the Senate and the House of Representatives

6th Page:
• Events of the war
• Military events, including details and casualty returns for the capture of York

7th Page:
• Report of capture of Fort George by American forces, including numbers of killed and wounded in the fighting
• Additional report of the battle at Fort George
• Report of General Lewis’ pursuit of the British forces and British abandonment of Chippewa and Fort Erie

8th Page:
• More detailed account of the attack on Fort George by Issac Chauncey

9th Page:
• Account of the British attack on Sackett’s Harbour

10th Page:
• Report of the Seige of Fort Meigs

12th Page:
• Report of the treatment of American prisoners in Canada

13th Page:
• Naval news

15th Page:
• Report from the blockade of the Delaware
• List of American naval prizes

June 19th, pages 250-264
2nd Page:
• Speech by governor of New-Hampshire to both houses of congress

3rd Page:
• Report from the legislature of Massachusetts

11th Page:
• Events of the War
• Military events

12th Page:
• Account of the battle at Fort George
• Account of the attempted British siege of Sackett’s Harbour

14th Page:
• Accounts of the Battle of Stoney Creek

15th Page:
• Naval news

16th Page:
• Reports from the blockade of the Delaware and the Chesapeake
• List of American naval prizes
• Report of the capture of British frigates Andromache and Briton

June 26th, pages 265-280
5th Page:
• Events of the war

6th Page:
• Military news

7th Page:
• Report of killed and wounded in the attack on Fort George
• General Lewis’ account of the Battle of Stoney Creek and the subsequent retreat of the US forces

8th Page:
• Letter from General Dearborn to General Lewis ordering his immediate retreat to Fort George
• Report by Assistant Adjutant General J. Johnson of killed, wounded, and missing during the action at Stoney Creek
• Report of a British defeat near the banks of the Miami river on May 5th

9th Page:
• British account of the Battle of Stoney Creek
• Two accounts of an American attack on two British armed vessels, Growler and Eagle from Lake Champlain
• Naval news
• British official account of the capture of the Java

11th Page:
• Second account of the battle between the Constitution and the Java

12th Page:
• British account of the capture of the Chesapeake

14th Page:
• Reports from the blockades of the Delaware and the Chesapeake

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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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