From the year before the creation of the Constitution...
PENNSYLVANIA PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Jan. 27, 1786 An issue from the brief period between the end of the Revolutionary War and before the creation of the Constitution & the new federal government.
Various news reports of the day. The back page has an illustrated ad for a "Hat Manufactory" which shows the iconic tricorne (three corner) hat of the colonial period.
Four pages, minor fold foxing, nice condition.
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