Sep 26, 2019 - Sale 2517

Sale 2517 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Bound volume of the London Chronicle. 39 of 77 issues (incomplete run) bound in one volume. 4to, 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, contemporary 1/4 calf, worn with front board detached; inked revenue stamps, minor toning and wear. London, 2 January to 28 June 1777

Additional Details

Includes coverage of the Battle of Trenton (27 March issue). A Benjamin Franklin letter is published in the 19 April issue. with--loose copies of the 19 September and 21 September 1775 issues. The earlier issue contains the letter from Continental Congress "to the people of Ireland." The other includes correspondence between General Washington and General Gage on the treatment of prisoners.