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Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection(BOSTON MASSACRE)First Anniversary Commemoration of the Boston Massacre in The Essex Gazette, Vol. III, No. 136. Salem: Printed by Samuel Hall, February 26-March 5, 1771 Folio, four pages (15 5/8 x 10 in.; 400 x 250 mm) on a full sheet of laid paper, fine allegorical woodcut vignette in masthead, woodcut vignette of a sailing ship among the advertisements, text in one column (21-line banner headline on front page) and three columns, columns separated by heavy mourning rules; separation with a bit of loss at central fold, a few stains, disbound. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot. One of the first American banner headlines: "As a solemn and perpetual Memorial … Be it forever Remembered, That this Day, the Fifth of March, is the Anniversary of Preston's Massacre—in King-Street—Boston, N. England—1770." A dramatic and very early American banner newspaper headline rallying Americans to oppose their British oppressors. Hall's incendiary front page, in design and content, could easily have been printed as a broadside. Foreshadowing the Declaration of Independence, he lists the transgressions of the British—"quartering Armies, in Time of Peace, in populous Cities … supporting Civil Government by a Military Force … the Introduction of a Standing Army into this Province in the year 1768"—before proclaiming "God Save the People!"Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The