1784 REVOLUTIONARY ERA Newspaper PAUL REVERE MASTHEAD Hancock ADAMS Early July 4 Celebration
Boston, MA: The Massachusetts Spy, 1784. 1st Edition. Folio. Very Good. Item #15737
1784 REVOLUTIONARY ERA Massachusetts Newspaper (The Massachusetts Spy) with a beautiful PAUL REVERE MASTHEAD and an inside-page printing of a Massachusetts Act authorizing the auction of property confiscated by the government, likely land seized from British Loyalists during the Revolutionary War, which ended the year before. This act features the signatures in block type of Revolutionary War Patriots John Hancock and Samuel Adams at the end. Additionally, there is a report from Philadelphia announcing the celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the ringing of the bell at Christ Church 13 times, once for each of the original 13 colonies.
SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, Boston, Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Spy, July 22, 1784. Very Good Condition, but a thin unobtrusive closed tear in the center of the Masthead, affecting the third 'S' in word "Massachusetts". Fantastic early post-Revolutionary War history, when each of the states was still operating under the Articles of Confederation as independent 'countries'.
This newspaper features a masthead completely engraved by Patriot Paul Revere and is Perfect for framing and display!
Paul Revere (1734 - 1818) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, Sons of Liberty member, and Patriot and Founding Father. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem, "Paul Revere's Ride".
At age 41, Revere was a prosperous, established and prominent Boston silversmith. He had helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military. Revere later served as a Massachusetts militia officer, though his service ended after the Penobscot Expedition, one of the most disastrous campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, for which he was absolved of blame.
Following the war, Revere returned to his silversmith trade. He used the profits from his expanding business to finance his work in iron casting, bronze bell and cannon casting, and the forging of copper bolts and spikes. In 1800, he became the first American to successfully roll copper into sheets for use as sheathing on naval vessels.
Very Good, complete in four pages, with a short closed tear to masthead. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper. VINTAGE BOOKS AND FINE ART stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is original printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description, unless clearly stated as a reproduction in the header AND text body. U.S. buyers pay calculated priority postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We accept payment by PAYPAL. We ship packages daily.
This is truly a piece OF REVOLUTIONARY ERA HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN! #2D-011.
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