Lot 1021
Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser, Boston, Sept. 25, 1783. Complete original 15½" x 9¾" newspaper. On page 3, column 1, a letter signed in type by British General Guy Carleton announcing that British forces would be evacuating the city, the last to remain occupied, as a result of the end of the war. This was completed by late November and Carleton and the last remaining British officials left in early December, thus making American independence official. Good condition.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
|
| |
| Unsold |
