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Broadside. "Benedict Arnold has just Imported and sells at his store in New Haven, etc."
Broadside. "Benedict Arnold has just Imported and sells at his store in New Haven, etc."

Broadside. "Benedict Arnold has just Imported and sells at his store in New Haven, etc."

Place of OriginUnited States, New Haven
Date1767
DimensionsOverall: 13 13/16 x 5 1/8 in. (35.1 x 13 cm)
Mediumletterpress on paper
ClassificationManuscripts
Object number
1923.42
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Label TextA 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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