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![JOHNNY WITH HIS FRONT AND REAR GUARD. A Dialogue on the subject of the present War… [on sheet with:] BONA AND HIS LIFE GUARD. Father Abaddon… delivering a council of war to Napoleon… NP, ND, but American ca. 1808-1812.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BRM3255-Johnny-with-His-Rear-Guard_lowres-150x150.jpg)
A spectacular rarity from the run-up to the War of 1812, being two broadsides printed on a single sheet, one attacking Britain and the other Napoleon. Both surmounted with large, bizarre and crudely-powerful woodcuts. During these years American relations with Britain and France were fraught in the extreme. Locked in conflict, the two European powers sought […]
![[Manuscript signal book for the USS Chesapeake, taken by a British sailor after the Chesapeake was captured by the HMS Shannon in 1813]](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BRM4155-USS-Chesapeake-signal-book-1813_image-1_lowres-150x150.jpg)
An extremely rare War of 1812-era manuscript signal book from the USS Chesapeake, captured when the Chesapeake was taken by the HMS Shannon on June 1, 1813. Following a challenge issued by British Captain Philip Broke, the USS Chesapeake, under Captain James Lawrence, met the HMS Shannon in a single-battle off Boston on June 1, […]
The original manuscript record of the casualties on the USS Chesapeake during her June 1, 1813 defeat by the HMS Shannon. Compiled on the day of the battle and updating over the next several days. Following a challenge issued by British Captain Philip Broke, the USS Chesapeake, under Captain James Lawrence, met the HMS Shannon in a single-battle off […]
![Andrew Duluc, FIRST VIEW of the BATTLE of PATAPSCO NECK [:] DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR FRIENDS IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY [:] SEPTR 12 1814](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BRM2983-Battle-Patapsco-Neck-1814_lowres-150x150.jpg)
A contemporary view by an American participant of the September 1814 Battle of North Point, at which Maryland militia bravely defended Baltimore against a large force of British regulars. Extremely rare, and here in an unrecorded proof or first state. Background The early land campaigns of the War of 1812 took place along the Canadian […]
![William Charles (artist and engraver) / [Samuel Kennedy (publisher)], The Hartford Convention or LEAP NO LEAP. [Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 1814.]](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BRM3110-Charles-Hartford-Convention-1815_lowres-e1541804471558-150x150.jpg)
A scarce and striking political cartoon satirizing the 1814 Hartford Convention, at which delegates from New England states contemplated secession from the Union. Background: The War of 1812 Following the ratification of the Constitution and against the hopes of the Founders, American politics rapidly organized into a two-party system that approximately mirrored sectional differences: Roughly […]
A rare and lovely aquatint of a “silver plateu” presented by the citizens of Suffolk, England to Philip Broke, Captain of the HMS Shannon, in recognition of his victory over the ill-starred USS Chesapeake. This print offers the British side of this famous War of 1812 naval engagement off Boston, which resulted in the capture […]