(AMERICAN REVOLUTION NEWSPAPERS) The Boston Gazette and Cou

Sale 2287 - Lot 87

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEWSPAPERS) The Boston-Gazette and Country Journal. 4 pages, 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, on one sheet, with masthead engraving by or after Paul Revere; disbound, worn at center fold, edges worn with slight loss; subscriber's name inked in margin. (JMR) Boston: Benjamin Edes, 20 October 1777

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Includes reports from Saratoga, Germantown, and Fort Montgomery. In Saratoga, a correspondent reports that "the total destruction of General Burgoyne is very near." He surrendered on 17 October. A letter dated 6 October from "an officer in Gen. Washington's army" describes the recent defeat in Germantown. Brigham, Paul Revere's Engravings, page 201 (illustration of similar cut by Revere).