2005-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/31/2005
Connecticut Courant, October 10, 1778, complete four-page newspaper, with inside page complete printing of the Manifesto by the Carlisle Commission, a group sent over by the King of England to mediate an end to the American Revolutionary War on terms favorable to Great Britain and without accepting the independence of the U.S. from Britain. Also contains inside news of British General Clinton at Staten Island in New York and news ofthe delegates chosen by Massachusetts for the American Continental Congress, including Sam Adams and John Hancock, and further notes on the Revolutionary War.
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