Broadside. "Benedict Arnold has just Imported and sells at his store in New Haven, etc."
Date: 1767
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 13/16 x 5 1/8 in. (35.1 x 13 cm)
Medium: letterpress on paper
Place of Origin: United States, New Haven
Classification: Manuscripts
Object number: 1923.42
Label Text:A Broadside in the early days was the term applied to a piece of printing on one side of a single sheet, generally of a public notice, advertisement, a harrowing poem or the like. The most notable broadside advertises the wares of Benedict Arnold, the Traitor, when as a young man of 21 was a dealer in drugs, books and sundries at New Haven, Connecticut. It is the only one known to exist and as an early American bookseller's list it has great bibliographical importance.
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