(MAINE) A very early issue of the Falmouth Gazette and Weekl

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(MAINE.) A very early issue of the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, Maine's first newspaper. Volume I, issue 10. 4 pages, 17 x 11 inches, on one folding sheet; uncut, stitch holes, short separations at folds; subscriber's name to left of masthead. Falmouth, ME: Titcomb & Wait, 5 March 1785

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The tenth issue of Maine's first (and in until 1790, only) newspaper. Includes a letter to the editor advocating that Falmoth become capital of Maine. Provenance: from the collection of William Wheeler III.