The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana
(Lexington & Concord) | News of Lexington & Concord reaches Virginia
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(Lexington & Concord)
The Virginia Gazette No. 1239. Williamsburg, VA: John Dixon and William Hunter, 6 May 1775
4 pages, folio (451 x 286 mm). The text in 3 columns; several tiny tears to fore-edges but remarkably well preserved. Navy cloth chemise and slipcase, red morocco spine.
Firsthand accounts of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. This newspaper account was the first substantial report in Virginia of the Revolution's first battle.