Raynors HCA 2015-08
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/27/2015
A complete issue of the Gentleman’s Magazine, September 1777, 54pp., disbound, VG. From the interior, 2-1/2 pages are taken up with: "Letter from Gen. Washington to Gen. Sir William Howe" from Middlebrook, June 10, 1777, signed by him in type: Geo. Washington. This is followed by another letter from Washington to Howe, which begins: "The fortune of war having thrown Major-General Prescot in our hands, I beg leave to propose his exchange for Major-General Lee..." signed in type: G. Washington. Further on is: "Letters from Gen. Washington to the Congress on the Removal of the King's Troops from the Jerseys" is actually several letters, one of which begins: "I have the honour & pleasure to inform you that the enemy evacuated Brunswick this morning & retired to Amboy, burning many houses as they went." Another letter begins: "On Thursday morning Gen. Howe advanced with his whole army in several columns from Amboy as far as Westfield..." Of historical significance is: "Gen. Schuyler's Letter to Gen. Washington giving an Account of the Surrender of Ticonderoga" datelined Saratoga, July 7, the day after the battle. Also: "General St. Clair to Congress" with even more detail on the surrender of Ticonderoga, he being the commanding officer, signed: Ar. St. Clair. This is followed by a letter from Burgoyne from Fort Edward taking over half a page & signed: J. Burgoyne. Of great significance is: "Copy of a Manifest of General Washington...to General Burgoyne's Proclamation" Washington's response--printed in this issue--extols the American cause, beginning: "The associated armies of America act from the noblest motives, and for the purest purposes. Their common object is liberty...". It is signed in type: George Washington. Further on is a letter from Captain Pearson from Quebec which includes: "By the last accounts from General Burgoyne's army...they were encamped at & near Fort Edward; which place the rebel army...then retired towards Saratoga. General Arnold has lately joined & now commands their northern army...General Burgoyne...all well & in great spirits, proposed marching on the 5th to attack them." Certainly one of the more important war issues.
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