(AMERICAN REVOLUTION NEWSPAPERS) Group of 22 issues of the

Sale 2287 - Lot 92

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEWSPAPERS.) Group of 22 issues of the New-York Packet. Various sizes and conditions, each 2 or 4 pages on one sheet, most complete, a few defective with loss of text. (JMR) Fishkill, NY: Samuel Loudon, July 1778 to January 1782

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Early issues of the first newspaper in Dutchess County, NY, which relocated from New York City in January 1777. The full title was usually "The New-York Packet, and the American Advertiser." Among the highlights in this lot are an appearance of Thomas Jefferson's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom" (1 June 1780); reports on the surrender of Charleston (22 June 1780); Benedict Arnold's address "To the Inhabitants of America," captioned as "the feeble efforts of the basest Villain on earth, to justify his conduct" (26 October 1780, defective); a report on the Battle of Cowpens (22 February 1781); and correspondence regarding the British surrender at Yorktown (8 November 1781, defective).