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Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox", plus much more...
Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox", plus much more...
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October 28, 1782
INDEPENDENT LEDGER, AND AMERICAN ADVERTISER, Boston, Oct. 28, 1782 One of the best features of this issue is the masthead engraving which features a very patriotic theme: "All Hands with One Inflamed Enlightened Heart." signifying the 13 united colonies having a common, patriotic purpose. One of the more patriotic masthead engravings of the Revolutionary War era.
The front page has a letter from Gen. Greene in which he laments the loss of Lieut. Col. Laurens, signed in type: N. Greene. A second letter mentions Middletons Farm and describes the action which resulted in the death of Col. Laurens. It concludes on page 2 where there are two more related dispatches.
Also on page 2 is a letter about an engagement with the British near Bardos Farm, signed in type: Francis Marion. Page 2 also has a resolution issued by Congress stating that "...the right of making peace is vested in the...Congress; and by the Treaty of Alliance between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States...that neither...shall conclude peace...with Great Britain without consent of the other..." It concludes on page 3 where it is signed in type: Charles Thomson.
A page 3 "Proclamation" issued by Congress establishes Nov. 28 as a day of Thanksgiving, signed in type: John Hanson. Plus a resolve signed in type: John Hancock.
Four pages, inside has a non-archival mend in the resolution, and the proclamation, causing no loss of readability, A bit irregular near the top of the spine, otherwise in nice condition..
Also on page 2 is a letter about an engagement with the British near Bardos Farm, signed in type: Francis Marion. Page 2 also has a resolution issued by Congress stating that "...the right of making peace is vested in the...Congress; and by the Treaty of Alliance between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States...that neither...shall conclude peace...with Great Britain without consent of the other..." It concludes on page 3 where it is signed in type: Charles Thomson.
A page 3 "Proclamation" issued by Congress establishes Nov. 28 as a day of Thanksgiving, signed in type: John Hanson. Plus a resolve signed in type: John Hancock.
Four pages, inside has a non-archival mend in the resolution, and the proclamation, causing no loss of readability, A bit irregular near the top of the spine, otherwise in nice condition..
Category: Revolutionary War
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