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See the engraving of Franklin in the masthead...
See the engraving of Franklin in the masthead...
Item # 694560
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May 14, 1818
FRANKLIN GAZETTE, Philadelphia, May 14, 1818 From the private collection, saved because of the wonder engraving of a bust of Ben Franklin in the masthead. It was published by Richard Bache, a relative of Franklin. This is a volume 1 issue.
Page 2 has a lengthy report on the; "Trial of the Mail Robbers" as well as: "Schuylkill Navigation taking two columns.
Four pages, never-trimmed, slightly irregular at the spine from disbinding, a small, non-archival mend at the blank spine, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War