(AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1777) Five issues of the Connecticut J

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Five issues of the Connecticut Journal. Issues dated 21 May 1777, 12 November 1777, 11 March 1778, 25 March 1778, and 25 May 1780. Each 4 pages, 14 x 8 1/4 inches, on one folding sheet, unbound; moderate wear; the first four marked in pencil "dupe" and the fifth with an 1865 library acquisition tag. New Haven, CT: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1777-80

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All of the issues are packed with war news. The 12 November 1777 issue prints Gates's letter to Burgoyne after the Saratoga surrender, offering a prisoner exchange for Ethan Allen; on 11 March 1778 is a letter from Washington requesting support from the farmers of New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the coming campaign. Provenance: Parke-Bernet sale, 18 February 1976, lot 5.