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1st Philadelphia Newspaper Report On Lexington-Concord

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1st Philadelphia Newspaper Report On Lexington-Concord
<Our item number 140689><B>[Lexington-Concord] 1775 Philadelphia Newspaper Publishes A Letter On the Battle.</B> &#34;The Pennsylvania Evening Post,&#34; 4pp, 10 x 8 in., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, May 9, 1775. Printed by Benjamin Towne, who would be the first to print the Declaration of Independence in a newspaper. &#34;The Pennsylvania Evening Post,&#34; was the first newspaper printed in Philadelphia, and the only paper to be published in Philadelphia throughout the Revolutionary War. Printed on rag content, laid paper; except for extensive light soiling and foxing, and some marginal stains, none of which affects legibility, this issue is in near fine condition. An &#34;Extract of a letter from Roxbury, dated April 28&#34; is published on the third page. This letter was also published in the papers of the Connecticut Assembly and it is noted there that it was penned to &#34;a Gentleman in Newport, Rhode-Island.&#34; <BR>The letter, in part: &#34;…What folly could induce Gen. Gage to act a part so fatal to Britain. - It is all over with them - their withering laurels will soon be plucked from their brows by the rapacious Bourbon… Is it not truly amazing, that such a body of regulars, so thoroughly appointed, with artillery, &c. should be defeated, and put to flight, by a handful of raw, undisciplined peasants? - We have lost but forty one, and but few, not exceeding ten, wounded - they have near three hundred killed, wounded and missing. Our countrymen swarm to our defence from all quarters - we are busily organizing our troops, and shall soon have a well constructed army in the field of 30,000 men. Gage and his troops are immured within the walls of Boston, and what is a delay to our satisfaction, our friends are entrapped by them: - We have some hopes they will be liberated this day; Gen. Gage has proposed, upon their surrendering their arms, that they may march out; they surrendered their arms yesterday….Thank God, our enemies will assuredly be defeated.&#34; <BR>Estimated V alue &#36;4,000 - 6,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 140689<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140689.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140689N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>