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Launch of the U.S. brig President Adams...
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Launch of the U.S. brig President Adams...

Item # 704002 ·
THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, Aug. 7, 1799  Most of the front page is taken up with: "Robespierre--The Detested", the famous name from the French Revolution.
A page 2 item from Pittsburgh has: "A new brig, the property of the United States, called President Adams, was launched on Rouge River, six miles from Detroit...She carries 18 guns & is remarkably handsome and well built."
Four pages, handsome masthead, very nice condition.
Price
$43
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.