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RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen
RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen

RARE July 6, 1775 Newspaper - Reports Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen

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    CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA
    .  Located on Lake Champlain in northeastern New York, Fort Ticonderoga served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War.  On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising and capturing the sleeping British garrison.  Although it was a small-scale conflict, the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War and would give the Continental Army much-needed artillery to be used in future battles.
    ORIGINAL JULY 6, 1775 EDITION OF
    THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE, OR EDINBURGH AMUSEMENT
    PROVIDING SEVERAL ACCOUNTS ON THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA
    Original July 6, 1775 edition of
    The Weekly Magazine, or Edinburgh Amusement
    providing several accounts on the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga.  One report is entitled, “An authentic account of the taking of fortresses of Ticonderoga and Crown-Point, by a party of the Connecticut forces”, and it provides the following information, “... Accordingly the men raised and proceeded as directed by said Mott and Phelps, Col. Ethan Allen commanding and soldiery.  On Tuesday they surprised and took the fortress, making prisoners the commandant and his party...Ethan Allen, fearful of an attempt from Gov. Carelton to retake the place, has written to the committee of Albany for a supply of 500 men.”
    “COL. ETHAN ALLEN...SURPRISED AND TOOK THE FORTRESS, MAKING PRISONERS THE COMMANDANT AND HIS PARTY”
    In addition, there is a proclamation from the loyalist Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, criticizing Patrick Henry for organizing a militia, “Whereas I have been informed from undoubted authority that a certain Patrick Henry of the county of Hanover, and a number of deluded followers have taken up arms, chosen their officers, and stiling themselves an independent company, have marched out of their county and put themselves in a posture of war...excited the people to join in these outrageous and rebellious practices to the terror of all his majesty’s faithful...oppose them and their designs by every means...involve the whole country in the most dire calamity.”  There are also additional pages of news from several major figures of the Revolutionary War and a warning to King George III advising him to, “never...bear hard on the liberties of the people, for they will restore themselves with dangerous force.”
    WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO LOCATE ONE SIMILAR NEWSPAPER PROVIDING REPORTS ON TICONDEROGA AND IT SOLD FOR ,383 AT RR AUCTION IN OCTOBER 2014
    We were only able to locate one similar newspaper providing reports on Ticonderoga and it sold for ,383 at RR Auction in October 2014.  The newspaper was printed in Scotland, contains 32 pages, measures 8.25 by 5 inches, and in very good condition with minor foxing throughout and the last few pages disbound.
    The History Channel.
    The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
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