Home > Back to Search Results >
Latest news from the Revolutionary War...
Latest news from the Revolutionary War...
Item # 658578
Currently Unavailable. Contact us if you would like to be placed on a want list or to be notified if a similar item is available.
May 15, 1781
THE CONNECTICUT COURANT & WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, Hartford, May 15, 1781 The front page has a brief item: "The American spy, mentioned a few days since, is taken at Harwich and will be examined before the Privy-Council. Many papers were found upon his person, touching a treasonable correspondence."
The ftpg. also has some items from the war including the mention of the British capturing a ship off the capes of Virginia, plus quantities of clothes sent to General Washington's army, and more.
War items continue on page 2 with mention of a naval encounter: "The enemy's fleet of ten sail...are gone up to Alexandria, they burnt & destroyed numbers of houses and much property...", plus a report on the military movements of Major General the Marquis de la Fayette's army, plus mention that: "...latest accounts from North Carolina mention that Lord Cornwallis & his army had reached Wilmington on Cape Fear River...and that General Greene & his forces were on their way toward Camden...in South Carolina."
A report under a Boston dateline has further news.
Four pages, decorative lettering in the masthead, some stains, nice condition.
Category: The Civil War
No Longer Available
