Lord Nelson... Negro insurrection...
Item # 571111Sorry, but this item is no longer available. Please be in touch at info@rarenewspapers.com if you would like to be placed on a want list or are interested in a potential alternate issue.
September 06, 1805
THE REPERTORY, Boston, Massachusetts, September 6, 1805 The second page of this issue contains a report under "Boston" "Combined Fleet and Lord Nelson" "We have at length received advices, which may be relied upon, the the combined fleet has positively returned to Europe. it was seen in the Bay of Biscay, and was probably bound to Brest. They were however in pursuit of the English! Lord nelson has been at Gibraltar, to make some repairs." Also on page two is of a letter from a gentleman in Savannah (Georgia) "Which states the negroes had shewn evident signs of an insurrection -- and had began poisoning a number of the white inhabitants. Thirteen of them had been committed to Waynesborough jail: the greater part of whom were sentence of death -- they had already burnt one alive, hanged two..." There is other news of the day and advertisements, some of which are illustrated.
This is complete in four pages and in good condition.
This is complete in four pages and in good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War













