Posted on March 1, 2022, Last updated March 4, 2022 by Michael Buehler of Boston Rare Maps

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If it bleeds, it leads… rare illustrated broadside of Samuel Frost’s 1793 execution for murder

A very rare illustrated broadside issued on the occasion of the execution of Samuel Frost for murder on October 31, 1793. Published in Worcester, Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas, one of the leading printers of the Revolutionary and early Republican eras and the founder of the American Antiquarian Society. The broadside is large and striking, nearly […]

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Worcester, Massachusetts Cotton Manufactory Company ledger for 1789-91, including Isaiah Thomas and other luminaries

A fascinating piece of early American industrial history, being the account book of the Worcester Cotton Manufactory, a short-lived venture involving eminent Worcester-County citizens such as Levi Lincoln and Isaiah Thomas. Background Soon after Independence, entrepreneurs began the first, halting attempts to bring large-scale textile manufacturing to the United States, invariably relying on British designs […]

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