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Handsome newspaper... Two John Hancock documents on the front page...
Handsome newspaper... Two John Hancock documents on the front page...
Item # 689112
March 21, 1793
INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE & THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, March 21, 1793
* John Hancock signed in type
As the photo shows, this is one of the more handsome & displayable mastheads of the 18th century.
The front page features a full column: "Proclamation" for a day of thanksgiving and prayer, signed by governor: John Hancock. It is headed with the same coat-of-arms as is in the masthead. Also on the front page is a document to the Mass. House of Rep. concerning the holding a a court of Common Please in Plymouth, also signed in type: John Hancock.
The front page also has: "Rights of Women". The back page features 17 nice, illustrated house for sale ads.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's