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Lot 256
[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] Two manuscript items of interest before the outbreak of war, comprising a contemporary copy of Richard Penns
, comprising a contemporary copy of Richard Penn's (Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania) 29 January 1773 address to the General Assembly regarding the dangers faced by settlers from Indians upon the British Evacuation of Fort Pitt, the address seeking a garrison to remain there and mentioning General Gage's dismissal of Penn's petition ("the execution of his orders was too far advanced to be countermanded; nor did he think it expedient..."), 2 pp. with integral blank. Splits to folds and chips to head; and a circa 1775 nine page draft from an unknown writer of a portion of a lengthy dissertation expressing the unhappiness in America over British taxes and policies ("America will one day struggle for an independency ... pamphlets are to be taxed. They are to be carried by the printer to the distributor of stamps...) but ultimately suggesting a path of non-violence, the manuscript on recto and verso of three bifolium, undated and unsigned and likely missing its first and last leaves, a few splits and chips, worthy of future research.
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