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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. [Federalist Press: a continuous run of an Early Boston, Massachusetts Newspaper from President Thomas Jefferson's 2nd term] Volumes 25 -26. Folio, 21 x 13 3/4 inches. 101 issues, on 405 printed pages. 4-page, semi-weekly. Contemporary leather-backed, blue boards. Shelf worn cover. Internally sound and very legible. Numerous contemporary ads for ships bearing cargo, employment notices, etc. The first issue contains a request for a wet nurse. The New-England Palladium was a continuation of the the Mercury and New-England Palladium, first printed in 1801. C.S. Brigham, Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820, p. 260. Articles contain news from Washington and neighboring states, Commonwealth of Mass laws and politics (Gov. Caleb Strong), the arrival of ships bearing goods, requests for apprentices and servants, foreign news, the Napoleonic wars, the Louisiana Purchase, New Orleans, the Empire of Haiti, potential conflict with Spain and Russia over the West coast of North America, new inventions (a hydraulic press), The First Barbary War (General Eaton at the Battle of Derna, in Tripoli), Admiral Nelson's battles, Pirates in Jamaica, President Jefferson's State of the Union Address, British Impressment of American sailors, Spanish incursions in Mississippi Territory, etc.