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December 23, 1808

UNITED STATES' GAZETTE FOR THE COUNTRY, Philadelphia, Dec. 23, 1808  

* Governor James Sullivan death

Page 3 has: "Death Of Governour Sullivan" with the report from Boston noting: "His excellency Governour Sullivan died this morning at his mansion-house in Summer St. All the bells in the town wee tolled for half an hour. This is the fourth Executive Officer who has died in office in Massachusetts since the Revolution, viz. Hancock, Sumner, Gill, and Sullivan."
Four pages, very nice condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War