THE NEW-YORK GAZETTE; AND THE WEEKLY MERCURY, Jan. 9, 1769  From colonial New York, the front page has a lengthy extract from the Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the General-Assembly of the Colony of New-York which concludes on pg. 2. Contains the various business conducted by the Assembly, along with the committee resolutions that were considered, plus a list of the acts that were passed.
An ad on pg. 2 reads in part: "To be sold a Stout Negro Man...can work well at the Trade of a Mason... ".
A message to the Freeholders and Freemen, of the City of New-York concerning the nomination of candidates states in part: "It affords Us the most sincere Pleasure to find that our Constituents think we manifested a proper Spirit in asserting and maintaining their just Rights and Liberties...".
Pg. 3 has a notice: "By Permission of his Excellency the Governor. By the American Company, (Never Acted Here) At the Theatre in John Street...will be presented , a Tragedy, written by Shakespear, called King John", plus the names of the cast and their roles.
Nice engraving in the masthead of a colonial soldier and an Indian holding a shield topped by a crown. Bit of very lite rubbing on the front page, first leaf has a very small hole in the lower right corner, front page has a foxing spot in the blank left margin, otherwise in very good, untrimmed condition.