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[CROCKETT, Davy (1786-1836)]. Boston Weekly Messenger. Boston, May 5, 1836. Vol. XXV, No. 48. Four folio pages on one large folio sheet. Each page approximately 613 x 448 mm. Toned, soiled, one vertical and three horizontal creases, some edgewear, light chipping, tears, previous owner’s signature near masthead. On p. 2 is a fake news story, claiming that Col. Davy Crockett has survived the Alamo (he died there on March 6, 1836): “Col. Crockett - The Cincinnati Whig states, on the authority of a gentleman who had arrived in Cincinnati from Texas, who saw Col. Crockett, three weeks previously, lying ill, at the house of his brother in law, in Texas, that the Colonel was not dead, but that he was slowly recovering from his wounds. The Whig says: The gentleman who brings this news is known to a number of our citizens, who believe him to be a man of veracity. He states that Crockett was left upon the battle ground at St. Antonio, covered with wounds, and as the Mexicans supposed, dead…”