New Jersey responds to the Townshend Acts...
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July 25, 1768
THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE, Philadelphia, July 25, 1768 Page 2 has: "Queries Proposed to the Committee of Philadelphia Merchants, now sitting" which addresses several concerns between England & America (see). One bit notes: "..Whether it is consistent with the Rights of Mankind for one colony to press or insist on another to adopt their measures, more especially for a people whose characteristic is freedom, and who call themselves Sons of Liberty? If this Province should adopt the plan proposed of importing no more goods..." with more.
Page 4 has a terrific letter from the New Jersey Assembly to the king, protesting--in the most polite manner possible--the Townsend Acts (see). A similar report from Pennsylvania expresses concerns for relations with England. Other interesting tidbits as well.
Eight pages, 9 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches, nice coat-of-arms in the masthead, 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 US Post Office. (Wikipedia)
Page 4 has a terrific letter from the New Jersey Assembly to the king, protesting--in the most polite manner possible--the Townsend Acts (see). A similar report from Pennsylvania expresses concerns for relations with England. Other interesting tidbits as well.
Eight pages, 9 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches, nice coat-of-arms in the masthead, 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 US Post Office. (Wikipedia)
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