Lot 24 email save

1782 Revolutionary War Era - NEWSPAPER

Sign In to see what this sold for

1782 Revolutionary War Era Newspaper.10" x 16", four pages, The Independent Gazetteer or the Chronicle of Freedom, Philadelphia, June 1, 1782. The newspaper includes local news, advertisements and news form the Colonies, the Hague and London. "...Lord North has ever been amusing the people with his pompous declarations of inexhaustible resources...he is obligated to grind the poor in the necessary articles of soap and small beer, to support his execrated war? The cruelty of the new taxes is condemned in all companies and by all parties..." Age toned, margins clipped and paper loss in the center fold.

View The Written Word Autographs next auction.

Similar lots up for auction