Sep 30, 2021 - Sale 2580

Sale 2580 - Lot 239

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(GEORGE WASHINGTON.) Volume of J. Russell's Gazette, covering the death of Washington. 121 (of 124) biweekly issues, each 4 pages, plus a pair of 2-page extras, with the title becoming simply "Boston Gazette" on 9 October 1800. Folio, 20 x 12 inches, contemporary 1/4 calf over soft patterned paper-covered boards, moderate wear; lacking issues dated 6 June, 4 July and 22 September 1800, lacking first leaf of 2 June 1800 issue and most of 2 October 1800 first leaf, tightly trimmed and occasionally a bit cropped, foxing, generally only minor wear; subscriber's name over some mastheads, inked early owner's stamp on front pastedown. Boston, 4 November 1799 to 1 January 1801
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The 8 issues from 26 December 1799 to 20 January 1800 are black-bordered and largely devoted to the death of George Washington: the first reporting of the tragic news, a mourning card from the Society of the Cincinnati, a diagram of his funeral procession, reports of numerous local memorial services, and in the 16 and 20 January issues the complete text of Henry Lee's funeral oration.

Provenance: Charles Sigourney, Jr. (1778-1854), who in 1819 would marry the famed poet Lydia Huntley Sigourney. His name is inscribed as the subscriber above the masthead on many issues (sometimes cropped), and a partial inked stamp reading "igourney.N" appears on the front pastedown.