The London Evening Post, England July 8, 1777

The London Evening Post, England July 8, 1777

The front page quoting the “Virginia Gazette – May, 26, 1777: “General Putnam… with near 5000 Provincial troops…was attacked near Prince Town by Lord Cornwallis with between four and five thousand English troops when a general action commenced …when the British army gave way & retreated in great disorder…upwards of 600 regulars were taken prisoners…declaring that they had been for a considerable time half famished with hunger…and that Lord Cornwallis & his troops were drove to the alternative of fighting or being starved.” Newspaper has the red tax stamp on page 3.

Provenance:
Christie’s Auction (July, 1979)
Walter O’Connor, Lyon, Pennsylvania
Gordon Barlow, Swoope, Virginia (1982)