Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 254

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
OGLETHORPE AND THE SIEGE OF ST. AUGUSTINE (NEWSPAPERS.) The Boston Evening-Post. Broadsheet, 2 pages on one sheet, 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches; short repaired tear on bottom edge, stitch holes, minor dampstaining and wear. Boston: Thomas Fleet, 26 November 1739

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An early Boston newspaper, established in 1735. This issue includes detailed commentary on preacher George Whitefield, and a report of James Oglethorpe undertaking the siege of St. Augustine in Florida.