THE SALEM GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Jan. 3, 1782  There is a wealth of content on the closing days of the Revolutionary War, including the entire front page taken up with "An Ordinance Ascertaining What captures on Water shall be Lawful." It contains much detail on taking ships in open water, including specifics on how to handle captured negroes, etc.
Page 2 has a note that: "...from Long Island last week mentions that in New York the tories are making rapid preparations for leaving the city; and that the British officers make no secret of their leaving that place soon."
Page 3 has more war-related content, including mention of officers returning to England: "... Prince William Henry, Lord Cornwallis, and Arnold, are gone in one ship--a pretty medley, a Prince, a General, and a Traitor." Another letter from South Carolina mentions General. Marion: "...to endeavor to intercept some of the enemy's plundering parties--Col. Mahal went down below Monk's Corner and took at Fair Lawn..." with more.
Other war-related items are partially seen in the photos, including some nice back page content. One lengthy report is from Rivington's Royal Gazette, a pro-British newspaper with an obvious bias as noted: "it is scarcely possible to conceive of a more impudent & cruel insult upon humanity than the order of the Congress from the celebration of a festival, after bringing their country to the very edge of the precipice of utter destruction...a motive of rejoicing, what the meanest understanding must ascribe to Great Britain's disinclination to prosecute the war as a foreign one, instead of a chastisement of subjects rebellious indeed..." with so much more.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, a few discrete archival mends at margins, very nice condition.