Oct 21, 2004 - Sale 2018

Sale 2018 - Lot 390

Price Realized: $ 518
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
12 DAYS AFTER LEXINGTON AND CONCORD (REVOLUTION.) In Provincial Congress, Watertown, May 1, 1775. Whereas the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston have been detained by General Gage . . . Broadside, approximately 13x73/4 inches; dampstained, lacks portion at bottom with loss to text, chips in side margins; contemporary ink inscription on verso. sold as is. [Watertown, 1775]

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The broadside transmits a resolution from the Provincial Congress detailing the planned resettlement of inhabitants from British-occupied Boston in the various surrounding towns and allocating public assistance for their removal. Evans 14224; Ford 1850 (locating only 3 copies).