Fine Books and Manuscripts including Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

Fine Books and Manuscripts including Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 6. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) | The State Journal or, the New-Hampshire Gazette, and Tuesday Liberty Advertiser, No. 36. Exeter: [Printed and Published by Robert L. Fowle], Tuesday, January 21, 1777.

Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) | The State Journal or, the New-Hampshire Gazette, and Tuesday Liberty Advertiser, No. 36. Exeter: [Printed and Published by Robert L. Fowle], Tuesday, January 21, 1777

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July 21, 04:09 PM GMT

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1,500 - 2,500 USD

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Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION)

The State Journal or, the New-Hampshire Gazette, and Tuesday Liberty Advertiser, No. 36. Exeter: [Printed and Published by Robert L. Fowle], Tuesday, January 21, 1777


Folio, 4 pages (15 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.; 392 x 246 mm, preserving deckle on edges) on a full sheet of laid paper, fine allegorical woodcut printer's device on masthead, text in three columns; worn at central fold, some light spotting, disbound. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot.


The first issue of this scarce newspaper under this form of the title. Robert L. Fowle founded The New-Hampshire Gazette as a weekly in Exeter in May, 1776. Fowle changed the title several times before settling on the present one, which was retained until he ceased publication with number 61, 15 July 1777. Most issues were published without an imprint, but this copy has what amounts to a manuscript imprint written by a contemporary hand at the foot of the fourth page: "Printed & Sold at Exeter, near the Revd. Mr. Hanfield's Meeting, by Robert Fowle, Where this paper may be had for 8/pr annum Inclusive of Postage."


The January 21 issue is rich in news of the Revolution, including front-page printings of the New-Hampshire Council's passage of a bonus to be paid by the state to its citizen who enlist in the Continental Army for three years, as well as the body's proclamation of January 29 as a day of fasting and prayer "to give Wisdom to the Continental Congress and to our several Assemblies; Prudence and Fortitude to our Generals, and military Officers; Courage and a Love of Discipline to our Soldiers. …" The final page is largely given over to speculation on General Burgoyne's designs on Canada.