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Broadside (19 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.; 499 x 397 mm) on an untrimmed sheet of laid paper, unwatermarked, preserving deckle on edges. PROVENANCE: Sent by the printer to the Rev. Gay of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1776 (docketed on the verso "Revd. Mr. Gay. Hingham") — Acquired by Mrs. J. Insley Blair, of Tuxedo Park, New York, ca. 1920 — Inherited by Mrs. Blair's daughter, Natica Blair (Mrs. Screven Lorillard), 1952 — Inherited by Mrs. Lorillard's husband, Screven Lorillard, 1955 — Inherited by Screven Lorillard's second wife, Alice Whitney Lorillard, 1979 (Property from the Library of the Late Mrs. J. Insley Blair, Sotheby's, 3 December 2004, lot 270) A little light spotting, creased where formerly folded, with a few resulting pinholes, affecting one letter only. Sotheby's is grateful to Seth Kaller for the information about Russell's note in the American Gazette for July 23, as well as for additions and corrections to the census.