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Defiance is the only way to get the laws repealed...
Defiance is the only way to get the laws repealed...
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February 26, 1770
THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1770 Page 2 has an item from New York noting: "The merchants of this city have received many letters...affirming that all the Acts we complain of will be repealed soon after the Parliament meets; others asserting the contrary; but it seems they all agree, the duty on Tea will not be taken off on any account." (see photos). Page 3 has a list of Acts passed by the Penna. General Assembly. Also a letter from London noting: "The Parliament...thought they will repeal the laws laying internal taxes on the colonies, except that on Tea...I hope, as we have entered into the Resolutions of Non-Importation, we shall continue them, for our conduct...is approved by all the friends of America & is judged to be the only method of getting the laws repealed" (see photos). Also an ad fro the sale of "A likely Negro man, about 23 years of age...".
Four pages, folio size, coat-of-arms in the masthead, an archival mend at the blank spine margin, nice condition.
This newspaper was a primary means in voicing the anti-British sentiment that was rapidly spreading throughout the colonies prior to the American Revolution. The paper gained much notoriety when Goddard printed an article voicing his support for the Boston Tea party. The paper's sympathies and general revolutionary message were a cause of great concern to the British. Soon the newspaper was heavily taxed for its delivery by the Crown Post (the colonial mail system in use at the time), and later the Crown Post simply refused to deliver the publication, driving the newspaper out of business in 1773. This prompted Goddard and Benjamin Franklin to establish an alternative mail system independent of the Crown Post authorities. This alternative system ultimately became the basis of a postal system that would later become the U.S. Post Office. (Wikipedia)
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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