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Richard Henry Lee & John Hancock on counterfeiters... John Adams is ambassador to England... Vermont gains its independence...

Item # 684105

March 10, 1785

THE CONTINENTAL JOURNAL & WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Boston, March 10, 1785 The entire front page is taken up with the continued: "History of America, by William Robertson".
Page 4 has a "Proclamation by the United States..." offering a $500 award to counterfeiters, signed in type: Richard Henry Lee, who was President of Congress when it had recently relocated from Trenton to New York. This is followed by a document from Massachusetts supporting the Proclamation, signed in type: John Hancock.
Most of page 2 is taken up with a lengthy address signed in type by the governor of New Hampshire: John Sullivan, mostly focused on the military & political situation of the country after the Revolutionary War.
Page 3 begins with a letter concerning the navigation of the Potomac. Also a report: "...that John Adams is appointed, by the Hon Congress, Ambassador from these States to the Court of London." And also: "Their august personages the Congress of the United States have been pleased to acknowledge the Independence of the state of Vermont". However, Vermont would not become the 14th state until 1791.
Four pages, very nice condition.