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Rare Paul Revere engraving... Benedict Arnold & the Battle of Quebec...
Rare Paul Revere engraving... Benedict Arnold & the Battle of Quebec...
Item # 687220
February 09, 1776
THE ESSEX JOURNAL & NEW HAMPSHIRE PACKET, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Feb. 9, 1776 There were but a few masthead engravings of the 18th century which were created by Paul Revere. The "Massachusetts Spy" is perhaps the most famous, plus there is the engraving in the "Boston Gazette" as well, with these two newspapers being among the most common in a relative sense. But even these are quite rare.
Revere also created the masthead for the Essex Journal, very few examples of which are found on the market today.
In addition to the ornate engraving of the title, the left engraving shows a Native American and the right engraving shows a sailing ship.
With the scarcity of this title with the Revere engraving the content might seem inconsequential, however there is some nice war-related content as well.
Most of the last column of the front page is taken up with the: "Extract of a Letter from An Officer under Col. Arnold..." which has much war-related content from just prior to the Battle of Quebec, it carrying over to take over half of page 2.
Page 2 has a report from Charleston with war-related content, as well as another historic report on the Battle of Quebec beginning: "The last letters from Canada bring an account of an unsuccessful attempt made to gain possession of Quebec by storm on the 31st December..." with various particulars, taking over three-quarters of a column.
Most of page 3 is taken up with war content including much more fine content on the Battle of Quebec. Also a report from Williamsburg.
Nearly half of the back page is taken up with a great Resolve from Congress, dated January 2, 1776.
Complete in four pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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