Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Baltimore (August 1801).

• imprint_number: 1801.042
• title: Glorious news: extract of a letter from a gentleman in Baltimore, to his friend in this town, dated the 28th of August 1801 ...
• sequence_number: 42
• year: 1801
• place_issued: Winchester
• issuing_press: George Trisler
• author: -----
• notes: Apparently a report of the First Battle of Algeciras (6 July 1801) in which a British fleet was defeated by the French, barring the British navy (temporarily) from the Mediterranean Sea, so preventing their interference in American trade there.
  Colophon states: "Winchester, September 5th, 1801. Printed at the Triumph of Liberty Office." The Triumph of Liberty was a Republican newspaper published by George Trisler, so the attribution here. Only known copy is held by the Library of Congress,
  
  
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