the Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Advertiser, May 3, 1776, New London, CT: Timothy Green, 4pp, 9.5 x 14.5". Front page printing in columns 1 and 2 of the act setting up rules and regulations that governed Privateers, effectively the American Navy at this point in the Revolution. Signed in type by Charles Thompson on behalf of the American Continental Congress. Very detailed in its provision for private sea captains who wished to act as agent for the Continental Congress against British shipping interests in the Revolutionary War. Great issue from that magic year of 1776 and printed just 8 weeks before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Condition: VG. Folds and light toning. Disbound from volume with holes from binding along folded edge.
the Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Advertiser, May 3, 1776, New London, CT: Timothy Green, 4pp, 9.5 x 14.5". Front page printing in columns 1 and 2 of the act setting up rules and regulations that governed Privateers, effectively the American Navy at this point in the Revolution. Signed in type by Charles Thompson on behalf of the American Continental Congress. Very detailed in its provision for private sea captains who wished to act as agent for the Continental Congress against British shipping interests in the Revolutionary War. Great issue from that magic year of 1776 and printed just 8 weeks before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Condition: VG. Folds and light toning. Disbound from volume with holes from binding along folded edge.
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