Item #20539 The MARYLAND JOURNAL And The BALTIMORE ADVERTISER. Volume I, Number 1. [Facsimile Reprint]. Colonial Newspaper, William Goddard, George Washington, 1740 - 1817.

The MARYLAND JOURNAL And The BALTIMORE ADVERTISER. Volume I, Number 1. [Facsimile Reprint].

Baltimore: William Goddard, Publisher. August 20, 1773. Facsimile reprint. 1 sheet folded; 4 pp. Text in 3 columns. Wood-cut head-piece at mast-head. Folio. 43.2 cm x 26.5 cm. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Abt VG (some edgwear/horizontal fold-line in center/short horizontal tear to left edge 1" above fold-line with split in first leaf along horizontal fold). Item #20539

This newspaper had the distinction of being the first published in Baltimore, and continued [in various guises] until December 30, 1794. Pg 4 of this issue has a George Washington advertisement seeking subscribers to lease land on the Ohio and Great Kanhawa.

Price: $30.00