1773 DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET – December 27, 1773 – Printed Days After the Boston Tea Party – John Dunlap – Revolutionary America
1773 DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET – Published 11 Days After the Boston Tea Party – John Dunlap – Revolutionary America
Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, or the General Advertiser
Philadelphia: Monday, December 27, 1773
Vol. III, No. 114
An original issue of one of Colonial America's most important newspapers, printed by John Dunlap, the Philadelphia printer who would become immortal less than three years later for producing the first broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence on the night of July 4–5, 1776.
This issue was published only eleven days after the Boston Tea Party, placing it among the earliest newspapers printed following one of the defining events leading to the American Revolution.
The handsome front page displays Dunlap's beautiful engraved masthead with central sailing ship vignette and contains numerous advertisements for books, imported goods, lotteries, real estate, and commercial notices.
The interior pages include:
- Extensive American intelligence
- Reports from Philadelphia
- News from New York
- Savannah correspondence
- Congressional and governmental news
- Foreign intelligence from Europe
- Shipping arrivals and departures
- A wide variety of colonial advertisements reflecting everyday life in British America
The final page contains dozens of advertisements for merchants, booksellers, physicians, lotteries, property sales, imported merchandise, and other commercial notices, providing an exceptional snapshot of Philadelphia commerce in late 1773.
Printed just days after the destruction of East India Company tea in Boston Harbor, this newspaper comes from one of the most pivotal months in American history and is an outstanding survivor from the eve of the Revolutionary War.
Condition
Complete four-page issue. Strong impressions with an attractive engraved masthead, original folds, light age toning, scattered foxing, and minor edge wear. Early manuscript ownership inscription at the top margin. Overall Very Good condition for a newspaper more than 250 years old.
1773 DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET – Published 11 Days After the Boston Tea Party – John Dunlap – Revolutionary America
Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, or the General Advertiser
Philadelphia: Monday, December 27, 1773
Vol. III, No. 114
An original issue of one of Colonial America's most important newspapers, printed by John Dunlap, the Philadelphia printer who would become immortal less than three years later for producing the first broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence on the night of July 4–5, 1776.
This issue was published only eleven days after the Boston Tea Party, placing it among the earliest newspapers printed following one of the defining events leading to the American Revolution.
The handsome front page displays Dunlap's beautiful engraved masthead with central sailing ship vignette and contains numerous advertisements for books, imported goods, lotteries, real estate, and commercial notices.
The interior pages include:
- Extensive American intelligence
- Reports from Philadelphia
- News from New York
- Savannah correspondence
- Congressional and governmental news
- Foreign intelligence from Europe
- Shipping arrivals and departures
- A wide variety of colonial advertisements reflecting everyday life in British America
The final page contains dozens of advertisements for merchants, booksellers, physicians, lotteries, property sales, imported merchandise, and other commercial notices, providing an exceptional snapshot of Philadelphia commerce in late 1773.
Printed just days after the destruction of East India Company tea in Boston Harbor, this newspaper comes from one of the most pivotal months in American history and is an outstanding survivor from the eve of the Revolutionary War.
Condition
Complete four-page issue. Strong impressions with an attractive engraved masthead, original folds, light age toning, scattered foxing, and minor edge wear. Early manuscript ownership inscription at the top margin. Overall Very Good condition for a newspaper more than 250 years old.
