WAR DECLARED!!

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1812-06-22
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A printed paper broadside with the headline "WAR DECLARED!!" announcing the United State's declaration of war against Great Britain on June 18, 1812. The broadside is dated June 22, 1812, with a "MIRROR-OFFICE" attribution. This is assumed to be the Connecticut Mirror, a Hartford, Connecticut, newspaper. It lists the number of Congressional votes for and against the war and announces the authorization of a naval force and Letters of Marque and Reprisal.

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Digital Commonwealth
Contributing Institution
USS Constitution Museum
Collection
USS Constitution Museum Broadsides Collection
Publisher
Connecticut Mirror
Subjects
Declarations of war
United States--History--War of 1812
Type
text
Format
Ephemera
Broadsides
Language
English
URL
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r4057
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WAR DECLARED!!. 1812-06-22. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r4057. (Accessed February 11, 2025.)
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(1812-06-22) WAR DECLARED!!. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r4057
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Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r4057>.
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