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Great front page & patriotic engraving...
Great front page & patriotic engraving...
Item # 216400
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December 07, 1778
THE INDEPENDENT LEDGER & AMERICAN ADVERTISER, Boston, Dec. 7, 1778 As seen in the photo below, this issue has one of the nicer mastheads from the Revolutionary, with a patriotic theme as well, showing a group of 13 arms, representing the colonies, holding on to a common link within which is an inflamed heart. The caption beneath the engraving reads: "All Hands With One Inflamed, Enlightened Heart." Making this issue even more displayable is the fine ftpg. content, as the entire page is taken up a response to Lord Chatham's speech in the House of Lords, which is fascinating reading, with portions including: "It was with pain I behold your Lordship rise on your crutches to deliver your sentiments in the Senate, & it is with reluctance I now address you...more for the decay of your mental faculties. Great & eminent as they were...they are now debilitated & lost; lost, as irrecoverably lost to yourself & country as the great & increasing empire of America...Is not, my Lord, America dissevered, effectually dissevered from Great Britain? Did not the Americans declare themselves Independent the 4th day of July, 1776? And are they not at this moment in full possession of Independence? Your consent, my Lord, to that independence is of no consequence to America..." and so much more, carrying over a bit to pg. 2. The photos below show only portions of this speech. Pg. 2 contains a document from the "House of Delegates, Williamsburg" (see photos). Pg. 3 has various items concerning the Revolutionary War including bits reading: "The enemy at Rhode Island, we are informed, have lately dismissed all the French & American prisoners in that place without waiting for an exchange...we have good information that Admiral Byron's fleet is weakly manned & very sickly...Notwithstanding all the appearances which the enemy have lately given of totally leaving New York & Rhode Island, neither of those places are yet evacuated..." and more. Also on pg. 3 is "A Proclamation" from the Continental Congress for the observance of a day of thanksgiving: "...to support us in a just & necessary war, for the defence of our Rights & Liberties by affording us seasonable supplies to our armies...by defeating the councils & evil designs of our enemies, & giving us victory over their troops & by the continuance of that union among these states which, by His blessing, will be their future's strength & glory..." signed in type by Henry Laurens, President. There is a very small triangular piece from the top which affects part of "T" in "The..." in the title, otherwise in great condition & complete in 4 pages.
Category: Revolutionary War
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