Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 218

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(MASSACHUSETTS.) Group of 7 newspapers covering Shays' Rebellion. Various sizes and conditions. (MRS) Vp, January to March 1787
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Most notable is the 27 January 1787 issue of the Massachusetts Centinel, with a first report of the attack on Springfield Armory--the central event of the insurgency--under the headline "Important and Authentick Intelligence!" Also included are the Massachusetts Centinel of 10 January the Connecticut Courant of 8 January, 15 January, and 19 March and the Massachusetts Gazette of 16 January and 6 February, all with interesting coverage of the rebellion.