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Signed by Ben Franklin on the front page...
Signed by Ben Franklin on the front page...
Item # 701206
March 11, 1780
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 11, 1780 Most of the front page is taken up with an interesting article titled: "Useful Hints for Learning to Swim, By Benjamin Franklin, LL.D.F.R.S In a Letter to a Friend" which is signed by him in type: B. FRANKLIN.
Unusual to have an item signed by Ben Franklin, and terrific that it is on the front page. Displayable as such.
The back page has a brief item: "...brings intelligence that General Lee, disgusted with the treatment he has received from the Congress, is come over with a body of Americans, and has joined the British army under Gen. Clinton." And a bit further on is: "Advices from Georgia...confirm the favourable intelligence...the friendly dispositions of the Georgians & back settlers of South Carolina to return to their allegiance & enjoy the blessings of the British government."
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches, some light dirtiness to the right half of the front page, some stray ink marks near the margins of the back page, discrete archival strengthening at the blank spine.
Category: Revolutionary War
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