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We sold a Revolutionary War broadside from 1778. Please see details below:

1778 Revolutionary War Broadside, a Call to Arms to Build the “Great Chain” on the Hudson River, From West Point to Constitution Island — Broadside Also Requests Forces for Battle of Rhode Island

Superb Revolutionary War broadside from April 1778, a scarce “Call to Arms” for the men of Massachusetts to help build the “Great Chain” on the Hudson River that extended from West Point to Constitution Island, constructed in the spring of 1778. The Great Chain was a feat of inspired engineering, comprised of iron links each weighing 114 pounds that extended 600 yards across the bend in the Hudson River at West Point. As control of the River was tantamount to controlling the waterways from New York City to Montreal, several Battles had been waged on the Hudson before the Colonists conceived of the idea to construct chains across specific points in the River, so that the Army could bombard British ships when they were stalled as a result of the chains. The most effective of these chains was the Great Chain, which took advantage of a narrow “S” shaped curve on the River at West Point. Although Benedict Arnold famously told the British that “a well-loaded ship could break the chain”, the Great Chain held and prevented British boats from crossing. The Hudson River would remain in the hands of the Colonists. Sold for $2,500.

Congress by their Resolve of February 18th 1778 broadside
1778 Revolutionary War Broadside, a Call to Arms to Build the “Great Chain”. Click to enlarge.

We also sold the following Revolutionary War broadsides:

1775 Revolutionary War Broadside — With Enlistment Instructions From Horatio Gates to Officers of the Massachusetts Bay Forces

Broadside announces the recruitment of soldiers for the American Revolutionary War. The document, dated 1775 and signed in type by Horatio Gates as Adjutant General reads in full: ”Instructions for the Officers of the several Regiments of the Massachusetts Bay Forces, who are immediately to go upon the Recruiting Services. You are not to Enlist any Deserter from the Ministerial Army, nor any Stroller, Negro or Vagabond, or Person suspected of being an enemy to the Liberty of America, nor any under Eighteen Years of Age. As the cause is the best that can engage Men of Courage and Principle to take up Arms; so it is expected that non but such will be accepted by the Recruiting Officer: The Pay, Provision, etc. being so ample, it is not doubted but the Officers sent upon this Service will without Delay compleat their respective Corps, and March the Men forthwith to Camp. You are not to enlist any Person who is not American-born, unless such Person has a wife and Family, and is a settled Resident in this Country. The Persons you Enlist must be provided with good and compleat Arms. Given at the Head Quarters at Cambridge, this 10th Day of July, 1775. / Horatio Gates, Adjutant General”. Single-page broadside measures 6.5” x 8.25”. Toning, chipping and minor tears along edges, with separation to fold intersection from the left edge. Very good condition. Sold for $2,886.

Congress by their Resolve of February 18th 1778 broadside
1775 Revolutionary War Broadside. Click to enlarge.

Rare Revolutionary War Broadside From the Beginning of the War in July 1775 — “…A large Number of Shirts, Stockings and Summer Breeches are wanted immediately for the Use of the Army…”

Revolutionary War broadside from 8 July 1775, less than three months after shots were first fired at Lexington and Concord. In this broadside, David Cheever calls upon the men of Attleborough, Massachusetts to provide clothing – “as you value the lives and Health of your Countrymen”, to the soldiers in the Continental Army. At this time, Cheever was Chairman of the Commissariat subcommittee in the Committee of Safety for the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, a pro-Independence body that earlier in 1775 urged Massachusetts residents to resist the British – insisting “it becomes the christian and social duty of each individual” to do so when confronted with oppression and tyranny. Sold for $1,850.

Congress by their Resolve of February 18th 1778 broadside
Rare Revolutionary War Broadside From the Beginning of the War in July 1775. Click to enlarge.

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