(VERMONT) Issue of the Edinburgh Evening Courant describing

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(VERMONT.) Issue of the Edinburgh Evening Courant describing Ethan Allen's secret negotiations with the Crown. 4 pages, 18 x 11 1/4 inches, on one folding sheet; disbound, minor wear, extensive early manuscript notes on advertisements. (MRS) Edinburgh, Scotland, 15 May 1782

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On page 3: "A letter from New York, dated the 25th of March, to . . . London, says 'General Clinton has lately had a visit from Ethan Allen, the Chief of the Vermont Association, offering to become the allies of Great Britain under certain circumstances. . . . On his return, himself and his party, except one or two, fell into the hands of the rebels, who lodged them in jail at Albany, and sent an account to General Washington of the circumstance; mean while the Vermontese came in a large body. . . . A bloody action ensued, in which many fell, but the latter were complete victors, and rescued their Chief, Ethan Allen, who has sent fresh assurances to General Clinton, of the most firm resolutions to espouse the British cause." Though Allen's negotiations with the British are well-documented, we don't know of this particular report. Provenance: sold by Jan and Larry Malis to the consignor, 1973.