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Auction archive: Lot number 1079

1776 Newspaper Account of the Act Governing Privateers -- the American "Navy,"

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n. a.
Price realised:
US$540
Auction archive: Lot number 1079

1776 Newspaper Account of the Act Governing Privateers -- the American "Navy,"

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$540
Beschreibung:

the Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Advertiser, May 3, 1776, New London, CT: Timothy Green, 4pp, 9.5 x 14.5". Front page printing in columns 1 and 2 of the act setting up rules and regulations that governed Privateers, effectively the American Navy at this point in the Revolution. Signed in type by Charles Thompson on behalf of the American Continental Congress. Very detailed in its provision for private sea captains who wished to act as agent for the Continental Congress against British shipping interests in the Revolutionary War. Great issue from that magic year of 1776 and printed just 8 weeks before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Condition: VG. Folds and light toning. Disbound from volume with holes from binding along folded edge.

Auction archive: Lot number 1079
Auction:
Datum:
30 Apr 2006
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

the Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Advertiser, May 3, 1776, New London, CT: Timothy Green, 4pp, 9.5 x 14.5". Front page printing in columns 1 and 2 of the act setting up rules and regulations that governed Privateers, effectively the American Navy at this point in the Revolution. Signed in type by Charles Thompson on behalf of the American Continental Congress. Very detailed in its provision for private sea captains who wished to act as agent for the Continental Congress against British shipping interests in the Revolutionary War. Great issue from that magic year of 1776 and printed just 8 weeks before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Condition: VG. Folds and light toning. Disbound from volume with holes from binding along folded edge.

Auction archive: Lot number 1079
Auction:
Datum:
30 Apr 2006
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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