1777 VOLUME OF NEWSPAPERS - MUCH AMERICAN REVOLUTION Start Price USD 149.99 Current Price USD 177.50 Time Left - Bid Count 3 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, December 01, 2008 End Time Monday, December 08, 2008 Location Weirton, WV See more about '1777 VOLUME OF NEWSPAPERS - MUCH AMERICAN REVOLUTION ' Description   WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="55" NAME="aswtagline" ALIGN="middle" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL INQUIRING ABOUT THE LABEL OF "1774" ON THE SPINE.  WHILE THE SPINE LABEL SAYS 1774, THE CONTENT OF THE VOLUME IS FOR THE YEAR "1777".  APPARENTLY, WHEN THE BOOK WAS BOUND, THE BINDER PLACED THE WRONG YEAR ON THE LABEL.  AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CONTENT, ALL OF THE ISSUES AND CONTENT ARE FROM EVENTS WHICH OCCURED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN 1777 AND NOT 1774. THIS IS A BO8UND VOLUME OF THE LONDON MAGAZINE OR GENTLEMAN'S MONTHLY INTELLIGENCER FOR THE YEAR 1777.  THE BOUND VOLUME CONTAINS 12 MONTHLY ISSUES FROM JANUARY 1777 THROUGH DECEMBER 1777 PLUS A SUPPLEMENT.  EACH ISSUE CONTAINS ABOUT 60 PAGES.  THE VOLUME MEASURES 8 INCHES BY 5.5 INCHES AND CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 607 PAGES PLUS AN INDEX.  THERE ARE ABOUT 44 PAGES MISSING FROM THE VOLUME (A PAGE HERE AND TWO OR THREE PAGES THERE) BUT I HAVE GONE THROUGHT HE WHOLE VOLUME AND NONE OF THE MATERIAL OR PAGES REALTED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ARE MISSING AS FAR AS i CAN TELL.  EVERY ITEM DETAILED BELOW IS COMPLETE.  THE LONDON MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHE DIN LONDON DURING THE 1770'S.  IT IS VERY SIMILAR IN FORMAT AND CONTENT TO THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.  HOWEVER, WHILE BOTH MAGAZINES CONTAINED MUCH OF THE SAME INFORMATION, THE LONDON MAGAZINE CONTAINS MANY ARTICLES CONCERNING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THAT ARE NOT CONTAINED IN THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, AND SOME SUGGEST THAT THE LONDON MAGAZINE IS MUCH MORE RARE THAN THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINES. THIS VOLUME IS BOUND IN LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARDS AND TH LEATHER IS WORN.  THE BINDING IS STILL HOLDING TIGHT AND THE INTERIOR PAGES ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.  THIS VOLUME IS A TREASURE TROVE OF ARTICLES AND INFORMATION CONCERNING MAJOR IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INCLUDING WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE, THE BATTLE OF TRENTON, BATTLE OF NEW YORK, BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS, BATTLE OF FORT TICONDEROGA, BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE; AND BATTLE AND EVENTS LEADING TO THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA AND MUCH MORE.  IT ALSO CONTAINS OPINIONS OF THE DAY AND DECLARATIONS BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.  THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF LIST OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY ISSUE:     SIR WILLIAM HOWE LETTERS DETAILING THE BATTLE OF NEW YORK AND THE RETREAT FROM THEIR BY THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND THEN THE BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS AND SUBSEQUENT TROOP DEATHS AND CAPTURES; LETTER FROM PARIS DETAILING BENJAMIN FRANKLINS EFFORTS TO GAIN FRENCH SUPPORT FOR THE REVOLUTION FEBRUARY ISSUE:  ARTICLE REMARKS ON THE DECLARATORY ACT; OBSERVATIONS ON MR. BURKES SPEECH IN DEFENSE OF THE DECLARATORY ACT; 4 PAGES OF AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, INCLUDING GENERAL HOWES PROCLOMATION IN JULY 1776 TO GRANT PARDONS TO ALL WHO JOINED TO BRITISH AND THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS RESPONSE TO THIS AND HOWES REPLY;  LETTER FROM HOWE TO LORD GERMAIN DESCRIBING WASHINGOTN CROSSING THE DELAWARE AND ALSO THE BATTLE OF TRENTON.  MARCH ISSUE:   4 PAGE ARTICLE ON WHY THE CANADIANS WON'T JOIN THE AMERICANS TO FIGHT THE BRITISH; REPORT DETAILING THE AND RANK KILLED, WOUNDED AND CAPTURED IN THE BATTLE OF TRENTON; APRIL ISSUE:    A RECITATION OF THE PARDON GRANTED BY KING GEORGE III FOR THOSE WHO QUIT THE REVOLUTION AND SIDE WITH THE BRITISH; FASCINASTING OATH PROSCRIBED BY CONGRESS IN RESPONSE TO THE PARDON OFFERED BY THE KINK WHERE THE PERSON SWEARS ALLEGANCE TO THE REVOLUTION AND DENOUNCES ANY ALLEGANCE TO THE CROWN; LETTERS FROM WASHINGTON TO CONGRESS REPORTING HIS MOVEMENTS; MAY ISSUE:    2 P[AGE LETTER FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO GENERAL HOWE DISCUSSING THE PARDONS OFFERED BY HOWE AND THE KING;  LETTER FROM WASHINGTON TO CONGRESS DESCRIBING THE BATTLE OF TRENTON AND THE LOSSES THERE; JUNE ISSUE:   PROCLOMATION ISSUES BY GENERAL HOWE WHICH SAYS THAT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN RUMORED THAT MANY MEN FIGHTING FOR THE COLONISTS ARE BEING FORCED TO DO SO, ANYONE MAY SURRENDER TO A BRITISH SOLDIER AND WILL BE PARDONED AND GIVEN QUARTER; 4 PAGE LETTER FROM A NOBLE LORD IN PHILADELPHIA ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS; 4 PAGES OF LETTERS DETAILING THE BRITISH MOVEMENTS AND SKIRMISHES WITH THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN APRIL AND MAY 1777 AUGUST ISSUE:  4 PAGES OF LETTERS BETWEEN HOWE AND WASHINGTON CONCERNING THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS; PROCLOMATION BY GENERAL BORGOYNE CONCERNING THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAMPAIGN AND THE REVOLUTION (A PRETTY AROGANT PROCLOMATION IF YOU ASK ME - BUT GREAT READING!); SEPTEMBER ISSUE;  5 PAGE LETTER FROM BURGOYNE DETAILING THE BATTLE OF FORT TICONDEROGA AND LOSSES THERE; 4 PAGE LETTER FROM WASHINGTON TO HOWE CONCERNING PRISONERS AND OTHER MATTERS; DECEMBER ISSUE:  THREE  PAGE LETTER DETAILING THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE AND MOVEMENTS OF THE BRITISH ARMY FROMAUGUST UNTIL NOVEMBER 1777; TWO PAGE LETTER ON THE CAPTURE OF FORT CLINTON; AND A THREE PAGE LETTER FROM GENERAL BURGOYNE DETAILING HIS LOSS AND SURRENDER AT THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA TOGETHER WITH THE ARTICLES OF SURRENDER I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT NEXT TO 1776, THE 1777 YEAR CONTAINED THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE REVOLUTION, FROM THE BATTLE OF TRENTON WHEN THE REVOLUTION WAS ALMOST DEAD AND THEN SEVERAL LOOSING BATTLES DURING THE YEAR UNTIL THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA, WHICH MANY BELIEVE TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE IN THE REVOLUTION BECAUSE ITS VICTORY PERSUADED THE FRENCH TO ASSIST THE COLONIES WITH FIRST MONEY AND THEN TROOPS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY A NAVY. VERY HARD TO FIND AND GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FROM 1777.        Place a Bid!