LONDON CHRONICLE, England, July 20, 1775  Page 2 has a report beginning: "Lt. Gen. Gage...gives an account that the town of Boston continued to be surrounded by a large body of Rebel Provincials...the Rebels had been burning houses..." and continues with: "...Gen. Gage had published a Proclamation offering his Majesty's pardon to all persons who should immediately lay down their arms, except Samuel Adams and John Hancock, declaring all persons to be traitors who should aid & assist or hold any correspondence with the Rebels, & ordering martial law to be in force within the province of Massachusetts Bay so long as the present unhappy occasion shall necessarily require it."
Yet another report on pg. 2 begins: "The account so generally current yesterday of an engagement between the provincials & the troops at Boston cannot be true..." with further details (see photos). Yet another page has a report from Williamsburg being a speech by the Governor concerning relations between England & the colonies. Another report from Boston mentions Hancock & Adams. Over half of the bkpg. is taken up with war-related reports from London, Williamsburg and New York, including a letter from Norfolk which includes: "I profess myself a lover of freedom, and would willingly risk every thing to establish it on a permanent foundation..." and much more.
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, very nice condition.