Sep 15, 2011 - Sale 2253

Sale 2253 - Lot 143

Price Realized: $ 5,760
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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
AMERICA'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL NEWSPAPER (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) The Boston News-Letter. 2 pages, 12 x 8 inches, on one sheet; stitch holes, marginal notes. Boston, 25 March 1725
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A fairly early issue of the first successful American newspaper, launched in 1704. Features a report that the Jews of Genoa are being forced to wear special yellow ribbons on their sleeves as a "mark of distinction." Also includes an interesting extract from Colden's "Memorial Concerning the Furr-Trade of New-York."