Sep 15, 2011 - Sale 2253

Sale 2253 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 720
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or American Oracle of Liberty. 4 pages, 15 x 9 3/4 inches, on 2 detached sheets, with engraved masthead by Paul Revere; toning, edge wear not affecting text; early owner's signature. Worcester, MA, 19 January 1776
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Full of important war news, including a cover page notice by Horatio Gates that all absent officers and soldiers "under the immediate command of his Excellency General Washington" are to rejoin their regiments within a month or face punishment. Also features an early printing of the English Patriot's Creed, a report on the Battle of Quebec, and a runaway slave advertisement. See Brigham, Paul Revere's Engravings, page 202.