# AC167 - 12/04/1973 USA, Lycurgus Letter
Cover Commemorates Early Call for American Independence
This Official Cover, from the New Jersey American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Commission, pays tribute to the "Lycurgus" Letter. This essay was written to the editor of the New York Journal newspaper and is the first public advocacy of American independence expressed by a resident of New Jersey. This cover is postmarked December 4, 1975, the bicentennial of the publishing of the letter.
Cover Commemorates Early Call for American Independence
This Official Cover, from the New Jersey American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Commission, pays tribute to the "Lycurgus" Letter. This essay was written to the editor of the New York Journal newspaper and is the first public advocacy of American independence expressed by a resident of New Jersey. This cover is postmarked December 4, 1975, the bicentennial of the publishing of the letter.