2024-01 Raynors Americana Auction
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Annual Register... for the Year 1776, 530pp., beautiful rebound covers, spine split, interior VG. With the column head, "Reasons assigned by the Continental Congress for the North American Colonies and Provinces withdrawing their Allegiance to the King of Great Britain," there is a four-page FULL PRINTING of the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, signed in type by John Hancock. This is directly followed by a seven-page FULL PRINTING of the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, "Resolved and signed at Philadelphia in Congress, the 4th of October, 1776." In addition, this volume details major political and historical events of the time, such as coverage of the Battle of Quebec, parliamentary legislation such as the Prohibitory Act and fierce debate over the American colonies.
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