Lot 150

1792 Columbian Centinel on Acts of Congress

Estimate: $3,500 - $5,000

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For your consideration is this Rare 1792 Columbian Centinel on Acts of Congress Approved By President George Washington. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. The Columbian Centinel was a Boston, Massachusetts, newspaper established by Benjamin Russell. The paper was "the most influential and enterprising paper in Massachusetts after the American Revoultion. In the Federalist Era, the newspaper was aligned with Federalist sentiment. Until c. 1800 its circulation was the largest in Boston. Russell has been characterized as the Horace Greeley of his time. This issue includes an Act of Congress authorizing appropriations to the commissioners, House of Representatives, courts of the United States, et al. Also includes an Act of Congress making alterations in the Treasury and War Departments. Both notices include the signature of then president George Washington, published by authority of the Second Congress of the United States: at the first session. Jonathan Trumbull, Speaker of the Houseof Representatives and Richard Henry Lee, President Pro tempore are mentioned, as well as Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. The paper also includes an article from the Belfast Newsletter of the "Rights Of Women" with the translation of remarks made on that incident by the editor of the Journal De Paris. Contemporary advertisements including brigatines and schooners for sale. The newspaper is in amazingly preserved condition, mounted in a wood frame. Normal age tanning and wear exhibited, tears observed on edges. Wood frame is in good overall condition with scuffing to edges. Visible image measures 17.5"W x 23.5"L, frame is 22"W x 27.75"L x 1.75"D from hangers. Weight is 7lb.

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