Item #23731 "Official Account of the loss of the Frigate Essex" published in the Columbian Centinel July 20, 1814. Ships, 'Moby Dick'.
"Official Account of the loss of the Frigate Essex" published in the Columbian Centinel July 20, 1814.
"Official Account of the loss of the Frigate Essex" published in the Columbian Centinel July 20, 1814.

"Official Account of the loss of the Frigate Essex" published in the Columbian Centinel July 20, 1814.

Boston: Columbian Centinel, 1814. Ephemera. The main article of the newspaper on page 1 is '"Official Account of the loss of the Frigate Essex" Copy of a letter from Captain Porter, to the Secretary of the Navy" dated Washington City, July 13, 1814 and Essex Junior, July 3d, 1814, at Sea'. Letters on page 2 also include those from Captain James Hillyer, of the HMS Phoebe. The War of 1812 occupies the majority of the paper. The Essex story inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick.

4 pages, 14 3/4 x 20", 108 column inches, a bit dusty, some small closed tears in the lower left margin, original folds. Good + overall. Item #23731

Price: $150.00

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