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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. [AUTOMATON]. A Revolutionary War-Era Issue of The Salem Gazette. Salem, MA: October 16, 1783. Folded folio sheet, 4 pages. Unfolded approximately 387 x 500 mm. On rag paper, toned, creased, soiled, edgeworn, this issue with both folio leaves glued together. Some articles related to the Revolutionary War, with a mention of “Earl Cornwallis, Adjutant General in Scotland” as well as an article about the capture of pirates (“We have the satisfaction to inform the public, that on Wednesday morning last, a gang of free-booters, that have for some time disturbed the peace of this city [New York], were apprehended and safely lodged in the Provost…”) and an unusual article about a chess-playing automaton in a Turkish costume (“He plays a game with any person in the company. Before he begins, Mr. Anthon opens the lower part of the table to shew the interior machinery, which consists of wheels, cylinders and springs of all kinds…”).