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Handsome newspaper... John Hancock...
Handsome newspaper... John Hancock...
Item # 689115
July 11, 1793
INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE & THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, July 11, 1793
* Nice masthead engraving
* 18th century America
* John Hancock
As the photo shows, this is one of the more handsome & displayable mastheads of the 18th century.
All of the front page, all of page 2, and nearly half of page 3 are taken up with an Act of the Mass. Legislature for a: "New Militia Law", signed at its conclusion by the governor: John Hancock.
This is followed by a half column: "Proclamation" concerning convening a General Court, also signed in type by the governor: John Hancock.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, two small & discrete archival mends, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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