Independence is not all it's cracked up to be...
THE WHITEHALL EVENING POST, London, Oct. 14, 1783 Page 3 contains an: "Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Boston, to his Friend in Aberdeen". It includes: "This country now begins to feel the effects of their independence very sensible; their taxes are so enormous as to distress them beyond imagination...They have disbanded the army without paying them a shilling during the war...The highest libertine among them begins now to wish for the old times again..." and more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, red tax stamp on the front page, nice condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #371 - released for October, 2026
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