Lot 799
[Lexington-Concord] 1775 Philadelphia Newspaper Publishes A Letter On the Battle. "The Pennsylvania Evening Post," 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. "The Pennsylvania Evening Post," 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 "Extract of a letter from Roxbury, dated April 28" 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 "a Gentleman in Newport, Rhode-Island."
The letter, in part: "…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."
Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000.
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