THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, February 13, 1776   Any newspaper dated 1776 is quite desirable, but even more so issues printed in Philadelphia.
The entire front page is taken up with a lengthy letter to the publisher which begins: "I cannot recall an idea to my mind more amazingly absurd & stupid than the idea of Lord North's second attempt to gull the colonists into a belief of his inclination to hold out to them terms of a safe and amicable reconciliation with Great Britain..." with much more. Some great discussion of relations between England & the colonies.
A page 2 item from "Williamsburg" mentions in part: "Six white men & four Negroes...landed...in Isle of Wight county in order to carry off some sheep...discovering a Negro dressed in the uniform of the 14th regiment immediately went & informed his master..." with more. Page 2 also has a letter from Brig. General Arnold from Quebec in which he tells of his loss at the Battle of Quebec, beginning: "...I make no doubt you will have heard of our misfortune of the 31st ult. & will be anxious for my safety...the command of the army, by the death of my truly great & good friend General Montgomery devolved upon me...I received a wound by a ball through my left leg..." with much more.
Page 3 has a report from a Virginia newspaper concerning Lord Dunsmore and the cannonading & burning of Norfolk (see photos) and ending with: "...The Norfolk affair is related with the same truth & impartially with which that at the Great Bridge was told." This is followed by a nice item from Maryland concerning the recently published "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, including: "If you know the author of COMMON SENSE, tell him he has done wonders & worked miracles, made Tories Whigs, & washed Blackamores white. He has made a great number of converts here. His stile is plain & nervous; his facts are true; his reasoning just & conclusive..." with more (see). Nice commentary of this very significant pamphlet.
A page 3 report from the House of Commons notes that Lord North made a motion: "..to cut off all intercourse between Great Britain & the colonies of America, now in actual rebellion, so long as they shall continue in rebellion & to repeal the Boston port bill, the fishery bills..." with more.
Four pages, 8 1/4 by 10 1/2 inches, archivally rejoined at the spine, never-trimmed margins, great condition.