Boston Evening-Post Numb. 1982

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Issue number 1982 of the Boston Evening-Post from September 20, 1773. The newspaper is a single piece folded in half once, producing four pages. On page two, at the center of the second column directly under the heading [BOSTON, September 20, 1773], is an item that reads [In Capt. Calef, from London, came Passengers Capt. Hillhouse and Lady, Mr Aleing; also Phillis, the extraordinary poetical Genius, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of this Town]. The second column on page three notes that [For LONDON, / The Ship LONDON, / ROBERT CALEF, Master, / Laying at the Long Wharf, and / will Absolutely sail by the First Day / of November, having Part of / her Cargo engaged.

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