Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
A complete and authentic issue of the noted Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, September 28, 1769, 4pp., disbound, VG. Front page accounts of the attack on James Otis by Robinson at the British Coffee House: "The discipline of the stick next ensured, during which Mr. Otis received many heavy blows on his head…that produced a copious discharge of blood." Text of exchanges between Robinson & Otis. Notice by Otis to clear the record on the "….premeditated, cowardly and villainous attempt of Robinson…and his Confederates, last week, to assassinate me…." Very detailed (2/3 front page, ½ second page). The tragic incident in September 1769 ended Otis's career as a leader of the Boston patriots. He satirized the local commissioners of customs in the Boston Gazette, and one of them, John Robinson, confronted Otis the following day. Tempers flared, and Otis was struck in the head. He sued and was awarded £2,000 in damages, but when Robinson offered a public apology, Otis declared that he was satisfied.
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