March 17, 1783. · Boston
by [Massachusetts Newspaper]
Boston, March 17, 1783.. 4pp. Folio. Silked on both sides. Minor losses at old folds, affecting a few words of text. Some light soiling and wear. Very good. A representative issue of this newspaper, with a lengthy article relating news from the English Parliament, in which the treaty of peace with America is discussed. THE INDEPENDENT LEDGER..., established June 15, 1778 by Edward Draper and John W. Folsom, was one of a few papers started in Boston during the Revolution. Folsom and Draper's partnership dissolved at the end of the war in 1783, though Folsom continued publishing the paper by himself with diminishing success until Oct. 16, 1786. (Inventory #: WRCAM43191)