1767 REVOLUTIONARY WAR Newspaper PATRIOT COUNTERFEITER WILLIAM DEPRIEST ARREST
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1767 pre-REVOLUTIONARY WAR newspaper with an inside-page report that PATRIOT Printer and currency COUNTERFEITER WILLIAM DEPRIEST has been ARRESTED and thrown in jail in Frederick, Maryland for printing 80, 000L in Maryland currency in defiance of King George III and Parliament. - #1J-016Please visit our ebay store for printed on the front page other FANTASTIC Americana, Antiquarian Books and Ephemera.SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the _P...ennsylvania Chronicle (Philadelphia, Pa) dated November 2, 1767, with fantastic pre-REVOLUTIONARY WAR history! Published by influential Patriot printer William Goddard, the Pennsylvania Chronicle was the most widely read newspaper in the colonies before he, and partner BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, were forced to shut down. Perfect for framing and display! A COMPELLING addition to any fine REVOLUTIONARY WAR, Maryland or NUMISMATICS collection. This November 2, 1767 issue was published five years before the British Government would force Goddard to close up shop and move to Maryland and this particular issue contains GREAT Maryland content as well, with an inside-page report on the arrest of Patriot printer William Depriest for printing 80, 000L ($3.4 million today) in Maryland currency.At the time it was illegal to print money in the colonies, but after a 1765 plea from Revolutionary Patrick Henry asking Virginia to begin printing its own money, Depriest, who was fiercely anti-British, began printing the Maryland bills.He was arrested and thrown in jail in Frederick. Fearing Patriot friends might try to free him, he was moved to Annapolis where he died in jail awaiting trial in 1768, a martyr to the Revolutionary cause.Depriest’s letter to his wife after his arrest sits in the Maryland Archives today.Very Good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper. VINTAGE BOOKS AND FINE ART stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is original printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description, unless clearly stated as a reproduction in the header AND text body. U.S. buyers pay calculated priority postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We accept payment by PAYPAL. We ship packages daily. This is truly a piece OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!
