Much on the Benedict Arnold-Major Andre treason plot...

Item # 700603

October 12, 1780

THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, Oct. 12, 1780 A nice feature of the masthead is a great engraving taken after one done earlier by Paul Revere, showing a patriot soldier with a sword in one hand and a scroll reading "Independence" in the other.
Page 3 has some wonderful content on the history of the Benedict Arnold-Major Andre treason plot. A report from "Fish-Kill" notes in part: "We learn...that Major Andre, Adj. General of the British army, received the reward of his dear earned labour, the gallows, on last Monday. His unhappy fate was much regretted; though his life was justly forfeited by the law of nations. From his behavior it cannot be said, but that if he did not die a good christian, he did like a brave soldier. Thus died, in the bloom of life, Major Andre, the pride of the British army, the friend & confidant of Sir Henry Clinton. We further learn that the truly infamous Arnold, through whom this unfortunate gentleman lost his life, has lodged information against sundry persons in New York..." with more.
What follows is a lengthy letter dated Tappan, October 2, beginning: "You will have heard before you can receive this, of the infernal villainy of Arnold..." with so much more on the treasonous plot (see photos).
Then there is a letter from Major Andre to General Washington in which he asked: "Buoyed above the fear of death, by the consciousness of a life spent in the pursuit of honor...that I may be permitted to die the death of a soldier--It is my last request and I hope it will be granted".
See the photos for the full text on the Arnold-Andre plot.
Four pages, various foxing, irregular at the spine, some fold creases from printing, a bit irregular at the margins.