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Come settle in Nova Scotia... The incomparable Frederick Handel...

Item # 696154
February 14, 1761
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Feb. 14, 1761  The front page begins with reports headed: "America" with a Boston dateline, noting that Johnathan Belcher is now governor of Nova Scotia, and all is well there, and he encourages the settlement of the island.
The back page has a report noting: "At the great Concert Room in Dean Street, Soho...will be performed the Sacred Oratorio, all the MESSIAH, composed by the late incomparable Frederick Handel..." with more on this.
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 10 3/4 inches, full red tax stamp on page 4, very nice condition.