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Broadside "Extra" of the Pennsylvania Gazette...
Broadside "Extra" of the Pennsylvania Gazette...
Item # 694986
May 17, 1771
POSTSCRIPT EXTRAORDINARY to the PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE....Philadelphia, May 17, 1771
* Very rare "extra" edition broadside
* Pre-Revolutionary War America
A very handsome broadside (printed on one side only) "Extra" edition of the famous newspapers, owned by Ben Franklin during the previous decade.
The reports are news items from London brought over in the ships Lydia and Paolo. Included are items concerning the radical Richard Oliver being committed to the Tower of London. Many other items as well.
Complete as a single sheet, printed on the front side only, wide untrimmed margins, measures, 8 1/2 by 14 inches, handsome and in nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's