Nice content on America: rumblings of a future war...
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December 26, 1768
THE GLOCESTER JOURNAL, England (now spelled Gloucester), Dec. 26, 1768
* Pre Revolutionary War America
Various British news reports throughout, with its finest feature being the handsome masthead with two detailed engravings and the ornate lettering. This is from the period when the troubling relationship between England and America was coming to a head. The Boston Massacre would be less than 2 years away.
Page 2 has several reports from America, bits including: "...letter from Gov. Barnard that there are 500 men enrolled in Boston for the purpose of seizing upon Castle William. The chief town...have concurred with...Boston in all their resolutions, and agreed to support them at the hazard of their lives...merchants (not the mob) in New York...people of Pennsylvania defer going with the people of Boston in their resolution to stop the trade; only till they see whether Parliament will repeal the duties. The principal people in Virginia waited on Lord Botetourt...to inform him, that it was the determined... resolution of the inhabitants to oppose, by every legal method, the collection of the late duties & to refuse obedience to the acts of Parliament for levying money in the colonies." with a bit more.
Four pages, full red tax stamp on the front page, very nice condition.
Background: This 1768 edition of The Glocester Journal is a high-voltage time capsule, capturing the British Empire at its most volatile breaking point. Printed just months after the British military occupation of Boston began, this issue crackles with the "spirit of 1776" nearly a decade before the Declaration of Independence. The text documents a continent on the verge of explosion: from the covert plotting of 500 men to seize the strategic fortress of Castle William to the defiant "hazard of their lives" pacts made by colonial merchants. This isn't just news; it is the raw, real-time intelligence that kept King George III’s subjects awake at night. Complete with its striking red tax stamp and an ornate, museum-quality masthead, this artifact offers a front-row seat to the birth of American rebellion, documenting the precise moment when "legal methods" began to transform into an unstoppable revolution.
* Pre Revolutionary War America
Various British news reports throughout, with its finest feature being the handsome masthead with two detailed engravings and the ornate lettering. This is from the period when the troubling relationship between England and America was coming to a head. The Boston Massacre would be less than 2 years away.
Page 2 has several reports from America, bits including: "...letter from Gov. Barnard that there are 500 men enrolled in Boston for the purpose of seizing upon Castle William. The chief town...have concurred with...Boston in all their resolutions, and agreed to support them at the hazard of their lives...merchants (not the mob) in New York...people of Pennsylvania defer going with the people of Boston in their resolution to stop the trade; only till they see whether Parliament will repeal the duties. The principal people in Virginia waited on Lord Botetourt...to inform him, that it was the determined... resolution of the inhabitants to oppose, by every legal method, the collection of the late duties & to refuse obedience to the acts of Parliament for levying money in the colonies." with a bit more.
Four pages, full red tax stamp on the front page, very nice condition.
Background: This 1768 edition of The Glocester Journal is a high-voltage time capsule, capturing the British Empire at its most volatile breaking point. Printed just months after the British military occupation of Boston began, this issue crackles with the "spirit of 1776" nearly a decade before the Declaration of Independence. The text documents a continent on the verge of explosion: from the covert plotting of 500 men to seize the strategic fortress of Castle William to the defiant "hazard of their lives" pacts made by colonial merchants. This isn't just news; it is the raw, real-time intelligence that kept King George III’s subjects awake at night. Complete with its striking red tax stamp and an ornate, museum-quality masthead, this artifact offers a front-row seat to the birth of American rebellion, documenting the precise moment when "legal methods" began to transform into an unstoppable revolution.
Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
