Nov 25, 2014 - Sale 2368

Sale 2368 - Lot 306

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(WAR OF 1812.) The Battle Between the Chesapeake and Shannon. Letterpress broadside with woodcut illustration, 9 1/2 x 8 inches; worn with loss of a few words, laid down on paper. (MRS) [Charlestown, MA?]: [Joseph White?], circa 1813

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A song on the capture of USS Chesapeake on Boston Harbor. Brown University holds the only copy in OCLC, and provides the tentative attribution of the printer.