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Craig Williams

Front page of Glasgow newspaper from 1789 set to fetch £5,000 on eBay

The front page of a Glasgow newspaper from the late 18th century has gone up for sale on Ebay - and could fetch over £5,000.

The paper in question is the Glasgow Advertiser (and Evening Intelligencer), which was founded in 1783 as a weekly publication and went on to become the Glasgow Herald.

What is special about the front page, published on Monday July 6, 1789, is that it contains George Washington's full 1st inaugural address that he gave to both Houses of Congress a week previously on April 30, 1789.

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