THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Aug. 24, 1775.

* Seizing Hancock & Adams was their purpose

The ftpg. has a report on the quantity of flour & wheat exported from each of 4 colonies to England, plus a cautionary note from London: "...if the next accounts from America are not more favourable than the last, press warrants will be issued immediately."  Also on the ftpg. is: "An American officer appeared at the masquerade the other night tarred and feathered, just as he is represented in the print shops, to the no small diversion of the company." and another item notes: "Nothing can more evince the utility of the Colonies ot the Mother Country than that in less than 12 months 3 millions of bushels of wheat have been exported from the Continent to England alone, besides flour." And a very interesting note on the ftpg. as well reads: "In a letter dated April 23 from an officer in Lord Percy's regiment in Boston, is the following article:--'Our business was to seize a quantity of military stores and the bodies of Messieurs Hancock and Adams, who are both attainted & were at that place enforcing, with all their influence, the rebellious spirit of the Provincial Congress." Pg. 2 has a note: "I should be for withdrawing the troops, blocking up their ports, and leaving them to starve among themselves in time, but that our merchants on this side would be losers of two millions in arrears." An item about the Quakers concerning the war. Also a report concerning the meeting of the General Congress in Philadephia. On pg. 2 & carrying over to pg. 3 is a nice letter from Cambridge which begins: "We waited on General Washington, who I have the pleasure to inform you is much beloved and admired for his polite condescension & noble deportment. His appointment to the chief command has the general suffrage of all ranks of people here, which I think is no bad omen...". This is followed by some great descriptive text on the vicinity of Dorchester Neck & Roxbury (see photos). More nice content as well. Pg. 3 also contains a report from Congress concerning non-importation & other items. This issue also includes a rather uncommon "Supplement" issue as well, which has on the ftpg. a very lengthy letter: "To Capt. Wallace, Commander of his Majesty's sloop Rose in the Service of the British Divan, at Newport." which begins: "Though I have not the misfortune of personally knowing you, yet I am perfectly acquainted with your character, which is obnoxious to common fame...". Complete in 6 pgs.,  some minor damp stains near the margins, generally in nice condition.