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Address signed by Sam Adams...



Item # 707374

January 26, 1795

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 1795  Page 3 has 1 1/2 columns taken up with an: "Address" to the Mass. legislature by the govern, signed in type: Samuel Adams. Mention is also made of an "illumination" celebration in Boston in honor of George Washington.
The back page has an ad for a lottery: "For the Improvement of the Federal City" then under construction.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, great condition.

This was the home of the nation's capital at the time while awaiting the completion of the "federal city" at Washington, D.C., where it would move in 1800.

Item from our most recent catalog - #361, released for December, 2025

(Added to the December, 2025 Catalog (#361) after its initial release - only available on-line.)

Category: The 1600's and 1700's