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Hudson & Goodwin, fl. 1787-1800 Connecticut courant. [Vol. XXXV no. 1852 (July 21, 1800)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08726.02 Author/Creator: Hudson & Goodwin, fl. 1787-1800 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Newspaper Date: 1800/07/21 Pagination: 4 p. ; 50 x 31.5 cm. Order a Copy

Prints an announcement from the secretary of the treasury on national borrowing, an editorial against President Thomas Jefferson, a Rhode Island law to prevent "Peddling of Feathers, Indigo, and Tin Ware," international news on wars in Italy and Germany, and a proclamation by Toussaint L'Overture announcing a blockade over the southern ports of St. Domingo (present day Haiti).

Hudson & Goodwin, fl. 1787-1800
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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