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Wealth of reporting on the Shays' Rebellion...



Item # 703569

February 02, 1787

THE MASSACHUSETTS GAZETTE, Boston, Feb. 2, 1787  A wealth of reporting on the Shays' Rebellion is found on pages 2 and 3 in several reports. 
A few bits include: "Luke Day reached Northampton about twelve last night, and Shays has left his post at Chicopee...They are breaking to pieces...t present, we can march wherever we please...They have killed one of Shays's adjutants through mistake...the state's army, under General Lincoln, began their march from West-Springfield for Amherst where the insurgents were then posted...Shays thought fit to retire to Pelham..." plus a letter to Shays by B. Lincoln, followed by a response to General Lincoln to him, signed in type: Daniel Shays. Much more as seen in the photos.
Four pages, very discrete archival mend at the blank spine, a foxing streak at a front page fold, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 353 (released for April 2025)

Category: The 1600's and 1700's