Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 11,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
LOYALIST REPORT ON BUNKER HILL (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1775.) This Town was Alarmed on the 17th Instant . . . the Rebels had Broke Ground, and were Raising a Battery on the Heights of the Peninsula of Charlestown, against the Town of Boston. Letterpress broadside, 14 x 8 3/4 inches; two short tears in upper margin. (MRS) Boston: [John Howe], 26 June 1775
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A first-hand report on the Battle of Bunker Hill, as seen from the perspective of a Boston Loyalist. "The King's Troops advanced; the Attack began by a Cannonade, and notwithstanding various Impediments of Fences, Walls, &c and the heavy Fire they were exposed to, from the vast Numbers of Rebels . . . the Troops made their Way to the redoubt, mounted the Works, and carried it. The Rebels were then forced from their other strong Holds, and pursued 'till they were drove clear of the Peninsula, leaving Five Pieces of Cannon behind them. . . . This Action has shown the Bravery of the King's Troops, who under every Disadvantage, gained a compleat Victory over Three Times their Number, strongly posted, and covered by Breastworks. But they fought for their King, their Laws and Constitution."
Evans 13842; Ford 1801; Streeter sale II:760. Provenance: Daniel Kelleher sale, March 1982, lot 211, to the consignor.