(WAR OF 1812.) Volume of the Providence Gazette and Country Journal, covering the early months of the war. 47 (of 52) weekly issues. Folio, 21½ x 15 inches, stitched; 4 January missing first leaf, 15 issues incomplete, most with folds, moderate wear and foxing; uncut; name of subscriber written above mastheads. In ½-cloth folding case with marbled boards. Providence, RI, 4 January to 26 December 1812 Like many New Englanders, this paper assumed a skeptical antiwar stance. Highlights include the Embargo Act (11 April, slightly defective), the declaration of war (27 June), General Hull's proclamation to the people of Canada (8 August), the victory of the USS Constitution over HMS Guerriere, and the American surrender of Detroit (5 September), and the Battle of Queenston (24 October).