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News of Washington's death reaches England...
News of Washington's death reaches England...
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COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, April 9, 1800* President George Washington
* News of his death reaches England
The front page has two "Acts" of Congress, each signed in script type: John Adams. Page 2 has a report taken from "The Courier" of London, headed: "Gen. Washington" and beginning: "The melancholy account of his death was brought by a vessel from Baltimore...General WASHINGTON, was, we believe, in his 68th year..." plus much more, taking an entire column.
Four pages, a piece cut from the masthead and a piece from the left margin of pg. 2 affecting some of the Washington text (see).
Category: Pre-Civil War
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