Connecticut, Proclamation, 1783

If you look closely at this broadside, you might see that the text at the top and bottom have light shadows—a faint double impression caused by an accidental bounce of the paper on the inked type

If you look closely at this broadside, you might see that the text at the top and bottom have light shadows---a faint double impression caused by an accidental bounce of the paper on the inked type

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A proclamation [claiming title in behalf of the State of Connecticut to all the lands lying west of Pennsylvania, and east of the river Mississippi]. New Haven: Timothy Green, 1783.

Beinecke Library, Folio BrSides +O581 1783 11/15 (public domain)

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