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Peace with America is wanted, but cannot happen...



Item # 659941

July 19, 1777

THE LONDON EVENING POST, England, July 19, 1777  The front page has a report on the war events near Canada, Ticonderoga, and Lakes Chaplain and George, as shown in the photos.
The back page has: "Further Observations on the State of Affairs & the Conduct of the Minsters", much relating to America. It begins: "The public papers not only continue suggesting to the nation the necessity of peace with North America, but endeavour to animate it to wage war against France...I am heartily desirous of a peace with America...It is very certain we cannot make peace with America...".
Also on the back page are 3 separate reports on the latest events in New Jersey (see photos).
Four pages, folio size, never-trimmed margins, red tax stamp on page 3, nice condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #356, released for July, 2025

Category: Revolutionary War