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Auction archive: Lot number 200

NEWSPAPER] A collection of 43 historic newspapers reporting...

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$2,750
Auction archive: Lot number 200

NEWSPAPER] A collection of 43 historic newspapers reporting...

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$2,750
Beschreibung:

NEWSPAPER.] A collection of 43 historic newspapers reporting events of the Federal Era and the early American Republic, 1784-1796. Issue reported on include the raging debates over the weakness of the Articles of Confederation, the proposed Constitution and it ratification, and the establishment of the new republic under the Constitution. There are numerous numbers of the Columbian Centinel and the Gazette of the United States , printing the early Acts of the first Congress and important presidential messages by George Washington. Highlights include: Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser , 24 April 1783. Reporting (pp.2-3) the King’s proclamation of cessation of hostilities in light of the provisional articles of peace. Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette , 26 February 1784. Report of arrival of Definitive Treaty of peace between U.S. and Britain. “Some British officers who were in town, it is said muttered some invidious expressions on this occasion…” The New-Haven Gazette , 7 June 1787. “The Political establishments of the United States of America.” A scathing look at the weakness of the country under the Articles of Confederation (written as Federal Convention met in Philadelphia). “Our civil and political establishments are essentially defective…Congress…is a burlesque on government.” The Massachusetts Centinel , 27 June 1787. Report on the delegates to the Federal (Constitutional) Convention in Philadelphia. Disbound. A report on clemency for participants in Shays’s Rebellion. A complete list available upon request.
NEWSPAPER.] A collection of 43 historic newspapers reporting events of the Federal Era and the early American Republic, 1784-1796. Issue reported on include the raging debates over the weakness of the Articles of Confederation, the proposed Constitution and it ratification, and the establishment of the new republic under the Constitution. There are numerous numbers of the Columbian Centinel and the Gazette of the United States , printing the early Acts of the first Congress and important presidential messages by George Washington. Highlights include: Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser , 24 April 1783. Reporting (pp.2-3) the King’s proclamation of cessation of hostilities in light of the provisional articles of peace. Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette , 26 February 1784. Report of arrival of Definitive Treaty of peace between U.S. and Britain. “Some British officers who were in town, it is said muttered some invidious expressions on this occasion…” The New-Haven Gazette , 7 June 1787. “The Political establishments of the United States of America.” A scathing look at the weakness of the country under the Articles of Confederation (written as Federal Convention met in Philadelphia). “Our civil and political establishments are essentially defective…Congress…is a burlesque on government.” The Massachusetts Centinel , 27 June 1787. Report on the delegates to the Federal (Constitutional) Convention in Philadelphia. Disbound. A report on clemency for participants in Shays’s Rebellion. A complete list available upon request.

Auction archive: Lot number 200
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

NEWSPAPER.] A collection of 43 historic newspapers reporting events of the Federal Era and the early American Republic, 1784-1796. Issue reported on include the raging debates over the weakness of the Articles of Confederation, the proposed Constitution and it ratification, and the establishment of the new republic under the Constitution. There are numerous numbers of the Columbian Centinel and the Gazette of the United States , printing the early Acts of the first Congress and important presidential messages by George Washington. Highlights include: Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser , 24 April 1783. Reporting (pp.2-3) the King’s proclamation of cessation of hostilities in light of the provisional articles of peace. Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette , 26 February 1784. Report of arrival of Definitive Treaty of peace between U.S. and Britain. “Some British officers who were in town, it is said muttered some invidious expressions on this occasion…” The New-Haven Gazette , 7 June 1787. “The Political establishments of the United States of America.” A scathing look at the weakness of the country under the Articles of Confederation (written as Federal Convention met in Philadelphia). “Our civil and political establishments are essentially defective…Congress…is a burlesque on government.” The Massachusetts Centinel , 27 June 1787. Report on the delegates to the Federal (Constitutional) Convention in Philadelphia. Disbound. A report on clemency for participants in Shays’s Rebellion. A complete list available upon request.
NEWSPAPER.] A collection of 43 historic newspapers reporting events of the Federal Era and the early American Republic, 1784-1796. Issue reported on include the raging debates over the weakness of the Articles of Confederation, the proposed Constitution and it ratification, and the establishment of the new republic under the Constitution. There are numerous numbers of the Columbian Centinel and the Gazette of the United States , printing the early Acts of the first Congress and important presidential messages by George Washington. Highlights include: Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser , 24 April 1783. Reporting (pp.2-3) the King’s proclamation of cessation of hostilities in light of the provisional articles of peace. Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette , 26 February 1784. Report of arrival of Definitive Treaty of peace between U.S. and Britain. “Some British officers who were in town, it is said muttered some invidious expressions on this occasion…” The New-Haven Gazette , 7 June 1787. “The Political establishments of the United States of America.” A scathing look at the weakness of the country under the Articles of Confederation (written as Federal Convention met in Philadelphia). “Our civil and political establishments are essentially defective…Congress…is a burlesque on government.” The Massachusetts Centinel , 27 June 1787. Report on the delegates to the Federal (Constitutional) Convention in Philadelphia. Disbound. A report on clemency for participants in Shays’s Rebellion. A complete list available upon request.

Auction archive: Lot number 200
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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