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Corsica...

Item # 696186 ·
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, August 27, 1767  

* Island Kingdom of Corsica 

The back page has a report "From the Corsican Gazette" headed: "The General and Supreme Council of the Kingdom of Corsica...To our Beloved People..." the full text of which is shown in the photos.
The balance of the issue is taken up with various reports from Europe from just 8 years before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.Com
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 inches, nice condition.

Background: This August 27, 1767 issue of The London Chronicle offers a captivating snapshot of 18th-century geopolitical reporting, centered on a back-page proclamation "From the Corsican Gazette" addressed by "The General and Supreme Council of the Kingdom of Corsica... To our Beloved People...". During this pivotal moment—eight years before the outbreak of the American Revolution—Corsica was an independent republic under Pasquale Paoli, and its bold defiance against Genoese domination served as a major ideological inspiration for both British supporters and American colonists fighting against imperial overreach.

Item from last month's catalog - #368 - released for July, 2026

Price
$28
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.