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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian History
• Sale Date:
  30 May 2017 ~ 10am - Session 1: Lots 1 - 406
  30 May 2017 ~ 2.30pm - Session 2: Lots 407 - 715
• Lot #:
  343
• Lot Description:
  GEORGE BARRINGTON & D’ARCY WENTWORTH: THE LONDON CHRONICLE, December 8-10, 1789
  This edition contains a lengthy and detailed report on Barrington’s trial at the Old Bailey; also, a further mention of the notorious D’Arcy Wentworth. Also, a report on a slave revolt in Martinique which includes the publication of a letter threatening “...we will spread fire and blood through all the colony...” signed “All the Negroes” and a note that “One of the convicts who was sentenced for transportation to Botany Bay,,,,,contrived to escape on Hounslow Heath last Friday evening.”
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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