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Ship bound for America, with details...



Item # 703557

November 04, 1710

THE POST BOY, London, Nov. 4, 1710  The back page has an advertisement concerning a boat destined for America, noting in part: "That the New-York Packet Boat, call'd the Bristol, Capt. William Ball, Commander, lying at Bristol, will be ready to sail the 15th of this Month...letters for New York, New England, East & West Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, will still be taken in..." with more detail.
A single sheet newspaper, 8 1/4 by 14 inches, two wood engravings in the masthead, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 354 (released for May, 2025)

Category: The 1600's and 1700's