2006-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2006
Monday, June 19, 1769, THE BOSTON EVENING-POST, Boston, MA, Fine. No. 1760, 15.25" x 10," 3-column layout, 4 pages. Large woodcut in the masthead. Toned and worn paper, with half-moon absence along bottom edge, near left column. Brown-inked signature of a previous owner in upper left margin. A front page report discusses the third anniversary of the 1766 repeal of the Stamp Act, which was "celebrated by the friends of Liberty..." Other articles relate the news of the day from London, excepts from the London Gazette, and items from Boston. Complete with numerous advertisements on every page--including sales of "Sperma Ceti Candles," "Negro" slaves, "A Variety of Callicoes, Chints...," and much more.
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