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THE CONNECTICUT COURANT AND WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. Tuesday, February 17, 1781, No. 840, Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, Near the Great Bridge. Complete issue, 4 pages, small folio/10 x 14 in. Varied content about the Revolutionary War plus some news of England and Europe, most significantly starting a the bottom of the second column (of three) of the first page, “Copy of a letter from Sir Henry Clinton [head of British forces in North America], K. B. to Lord George Germaine, one of his Majesties principal Secretaries of State, received by Capt. St. George, one of Sir Henry Clinton’s Aids-de-Camp, who arrived from New York in the Fortune frigate. New York, October 12 [1780]”, reading in part, “My Lord, In my separate letter of yesterday’s date, I had the honor of informing your Lordship, that the American Major-General Arnold had quitted the rebel service, and joined the King’s standard…the unfortunate failure of a plan…would have been productive to the of the greatest good consequences to his Majesty’s service, but which terminated most fatally for Major Andre, my Adjutant-General, who being taken prisoner, was tried by a board of rebel General Officers, and condemned by their sentence to suffer death…ordered by the rebel General Washington…"[follows with mention of planned expedition to Virginia headed by Major-General Leslie]…[H. CLINTON [typescript]. BLACK AMERICANA INTEREST - RUNAWAY SLAVE NOTICE, p. 4, column 3, 15 lines: “RUNAWAY from his Master, in Suffield [Connecticut], a Negro Man, named BOSTON, about 17 years old, thick set, and well built, of a copper colour: Had on when he went away…Said Negro is about 5 feet, 6 inches high, speaks good English, and plays poorly on a fiddle…500 dollars reward…” SAMPLING OF OTHER CONTENT: “Extract of a letter from Vice Admiral Arbuthnot…on board the Royal Oak, at sea, Oct. 4, 1780…Six privateers, mounting 20 guns, and manned by upward of 700 men, have since my last [letter] captured from the rebels, by his Majesty’s cruisers, and carried into New York…On the 30th of September, we fell in with a French ship…and maintained a running fire for two hours…RICHMOND (Virginia), January 27…the enemy has proceeded as low as Portsmouth…BALTIMORE, February 6…the enemy’s vessels were forced on shore at Hampton Road…PHILADELPHIA FEBRUARY 14…by way of Virginia, dated St. Eustatia…The British fleet and army made an attack on St. Lucia today, and have been repulsed with considerable loss…FISH-KILL [New York], February 22…By a gentleman of Westchester…a party of the enemy…came out as far as North Castle…BOSTON, February 22…The reception Arnold met with when he went over to the Britons, the boast they make of the acquisition of such a miscreant…and the abominable cruelty with which they treat our prisoners of war, all bear the marks of meanness and madness of desperation…Britain is a lion in the net…HARTFORD, February 27…A LIST of the names of the Officers in the five Regiments of Infantry, in Connecticut line, in 1781, new arrangement…"[thru column 1, page 3, with notices and ads following through page 3 and 4 including notably on. Condition: Relatively well-preserved with normal wear for age including overall light age-toning, short tears and small losses at edges with loss of a few words at lower outside corners of page 1/2, some spots of light dampstaining, remains of tape for small spots of reinforcement, all text legible.