Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 304

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
TREATY OF GHENT (WAR OF 1812.) Albany Argus Extra . . . An Honorable Treaty of Peace, Procured by the Valor of the American Arms. Broadside newspaper extra, 20 3/4 x 14 inches, signed in type by Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and others, and illustrated with patriotic emblems; worn, dampstaining, long archival tape repair up the center fold, missing 2 x 1-inch piece with slight loss of text. Albany, NY, 21 February [1815]

Additional Details

An early printing of the treaty which ended the war. An introductory note explains how the news travelled from Washington to Philadelphia to New York in 23 hours.