[COLONIAL ERA .] [NEWSPAPERS.] A group of thirteen Colonial era newspapers, 1650-1761. -- A Perfect Diurnall of some Passages and proceedings of, and in relation to, the Armies in England and Ireland, 1-8 July 1650. Disbound. Reporting threatened invasion of England by King of the Scots. -- The London Gazette, 2-5 December 1678. Accounts of sea battles, voyage of the Concord. -- Domestick Intelligence, or News from both City and Country, 16 December 1679. Later a publisher in America, Benjamin Harris’s journal’s motto “Published to prevent false reports.” -- The London Gazette, 1822 January 1682. Military news from Hungary and Holland. -- The London Gazette, 14-18 February 1683. Accounts of battles in Hungary. -- The London Gazette, 10 April 1684. Military reports from Europe. --The Athenian Mercury, 8 July 1693. Containing an advertisement for Increase Mather and Cotton Mather books on the Salem witch trials. -- The Post Boy, 31 July -2 August 1718. Short notice on the death of the “eminent Quaker,” Sir William Penn. -- The London Gazette, 11-15 January 1682. Refuting a false report of the death of William Penn, “to the great prejudice of his Affairs…There is no manner of ground for it…” -- The New York Weekly Journal, 24 June 1734. A fine issue of John Peter Zenger’s paper. Foreign military news. --The Gentleman’s Magazine, August 1755[?]. 48pp., 8vo wrappers, disbound. Containing a vivid and dramatic account of Braddock’s defeat (pp.378-380). -- The London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post, 18-20 October 1759. A tribute to General Wolfe. -- The Maryland Gazette, 10 December 1761. The coronation of George III. Together 13 items.