<I>Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commerical and Political, Vol. XII, No. 3595</I>
date: label: Date
content: March 14, 1812
name: label: Published by
content: Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commerical and Political, American, founded 1800
notes: label: Description
content: A copy of the Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial and Political, Vol. XII, No. 3595, from Saturday, March 14, 1812.These four (4) pages printed on both sides of a bi-folded sheet. The front and back pages are exclusively advertisements. The interior pages contain mostly columns with politically-related subjects, with some advertisements mixed in on the third page far right column. Much of the political content relates to the embargoes and acts of aggression by the British and French contributing to the War of 1812 that began later in the year. Advertisements on page one include a wanted ad "For Hire or Sale / A Female House Servant," "A Likely Mulatto Boy" for hire, and "A Female House-Servant" for sale. Page three has another wanted ad "For Hire / A Female House Servant." The fourth page has an ad for "100 Dollars Reward" for the return of the runaway enslaved man Jerry posted by Richard Stuart.
place: label: Place printed
content: Alexandria, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Fugitive enslaved
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slave hire system
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: War of 1812, 1812-1815
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.166.34
objectType: label: Type
content: newspapers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 19 3/8 × 11 15/16 in. (49.2 × 30.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 19 3/8 × 23 1/4 in. (49.2 × 59.1 cm)