Connecticut Courant Vol. 47 #2405, Feb. 27, 1811 -

Hartford, Conn.: Hudson & Goodwin, 1811. Periodical. Very Good. The highest price in Cash paid for Calves Pates, by the Printers hereof." (Calves pates, the skin of the forehead, was used for sizing paper.) The original newspaper, disbound from a folio. 4 pp. on laid paper, vg; some scattered foxing and a sm. waterstain at the bottom edge. A fascinating paper, with news of Napoleon's maneuverings against the British; reports of Napoleon's "Non-Intercourse Law", which blockaded most of the ports of Europe for years, and started many small wars including our 'War of 1812'; and an editorial critical of Madison's invasion of Spanish Florida (left more or less unattended while Napoleon pestered the Spanish government).