MASSACHUSETT'S SPY.

MASSACHUSETT'S SPY.
Thomas, Isaiah, Printer. The Massachusetts Spy. Vol I. From Saturday, September 15, to Tuesday, September 18, 1770. [No. 20.] [Boston: Isaiah Thomas,] 1770.
Printed broadside, 239 x 181 mm, minor creasing, chipped at corners, old stabholes along inner margin.

RARE 1770 PRINTING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SPY.Vol I, No 20 of Thomas's important early American newspaper, which published its first issue on July 17, 1770, just two months previous. We locate only 3 copies of this issue institutionally (American Antiquarian Society, Worcester; Boston Athenaeum; and Massachusetts Historical Society), and none from the first year of publication in ABPC or Rarebookhub. Early issues are rare.