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Death of the governor of Massachusetts Bay... An encounter with pirates...
Death of the governor of Massachusetts Bay... An encounter with pirates...
Item # 685317
June 25, 1720
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL OR SATURDAY'S POST, London, June 25, 1720 This title has one of the more beautiful & intricately engraved mastheads to be had, and is a nice display issue as such.
Various news reports of the day, mostly from England but items from other parts of Europe as well.
Page 4 begins with: "From Portsmouth in New Hampshire they tell us that a brigantine arrived there from Barbadoes...reported that a Bristol Galley and a sloop were fitted out to take a Pirate sloop of ten guns...they came up and engaged her, but the Pyrate having a great number of men on board gave them such a warm reception that they were obliged to go back to Barbadoes without her...many men were lost on both sides."
Then: "Letters from Boston in New England give us an account of the death of Col. Joseph Dudley, a native of that country, and late Governor of those provinces..." with further detail.
Page 4 also has a nice account of an encounter with pirates.
Present are all 6 pages, as more typically the back leaf is lacking as it was often loose from pages 1-4 (there was no tax on 4 page newspapers at the time). Measures 8 1/2 by 13 1/2 inches, minor front page dirtiness, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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