11-18-200711-18-2007
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November 18, 2007 11:00 AMCalender
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(Boston Massacre, American Revolution),Bound Group of Three Pamphlets

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$11,163$9,500
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2386Location: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2007 11:00AM

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(Boston Massacre, American Revolution),Bound Group of Three Pamphlets, comprising; Hancock, John (1737-1793),An Oration; Delivered March 5, 1774, At the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to Commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March 1770, Boston: Edes and Gill, 1774, contemporary limp calf, 4to, (title with large chip to edge, browned); and Warren, Joseph (1741-1775),An Oration; Delivered March Sixth, 1775...to Commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770, Boston: Edes and Gill, and Joseph Greenleaf, 1775, 4to, (minor spotting, last leaf cut, not affecting text); and Church, Dr. Benjamin, An Oration, Delivered March Fifth, 1773...to Commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770, Boston: New Printing Office, 1773, 8vo, (center right marginal small tear through all leaves, last two leaves with heavier loss, possibly incomplete); together with a copy of The Essex County Gazette, January 5-12, 1773, one leaf, (chipped and browned, fold weakness and minor loss).
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Keywords

Joseph Greenleaf, Benjamin, Gill, New Printing Office, The Essex County Gazette