Lot 509
Seventeen Issues of the New York Evening Post. Lot of seventeen different issues, all with War of 1812 dates. Four copies are from the month of September 1813, twelve from December 1813, and one from June 3, 1814, all 4 pages, 19½ x 13 in. Each issue is replete with news articles about the war, British ships captured by the American Navy, and our attack upon Canada. Also, stories about American privateers mentioning a British admiralty court case: "Charles Coanolly, a native of Ireland stood indicted for having piraticly sailed in a privateer called the 'True Bloodied Yankee' under color of an American commission on the high seas, where they aided, assisted and comforted divers armed men in the capture of vessels pertaining to the Sovereign subjects of England." Die-cut coach ads, theater announcements, ship sailings, and all the goings-on in our New Republic. Papers all printed on rag paper with yellowish tint. Previously bound, having edge tattering at spine. Fine to Very Fine. (17 issues).
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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