John Dickinson responds... Supplement issue also...
Item # 701425
May 02, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, with the "Supplement" as well, May 2, 1768 Inside pages have various reports from colonial cities with one item from New London noting: "...that New Hampshire, Connecticut and New Jersey did soon after the repeal of the stamp act, return their thanks to the committee of merchants for their services in that most important matter..." with more.
There is also a letter of gratitude headed: "To the Very Respectable Inhabitants of the Town of Boston" which is signed by: "A Farmer", datelined Pennsylvania, April 11, 1768. This was John Dickinson, the author of the famed series of 11 letters titled "Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania". Curiously a prior page has an advertisement for the printing of the: "Letters From A Farmer in Pennsylvania".
The "Supplement To the Boston Chronicle" is attached at the back, has 4 pages, and is mostly taken up with: "An Account of the famous Paoli, Commander in Chief of the Corsicans, taken from the History of Corsica just published".
Complete in 12 pages with the "Supplement", measures 8 1/4 by 10 1/4 inches, some minor margin tears to the first leaf, nice condition.
This newspaper published only briefly from December 21, 1767 until 1770. The publishers, John Mein and John Fleeming, were both from Scotland. The Chronicle was a Loyalist paper in the time before the American Revolution. In its second year, Mein printed names in the paper that accused some colonial merchants of breaking a British non-importation agreement. In response, Mein's name appeared on a list of merchants who violated the trade agreement. Mein retaliated by accusing the Merchants' Committee of using the non-importation agreement for illegal profiteering. The irritated readership ransacked the offices of the Chronicle, and ultimately, it ceased operations in 1770. (credit Wikipedia)
There is also a letter of gratitude headed: "To the Very Respectable Inhabitants of the Town of Boston" which is signed by: "A Farmer", datelined Pennsylvania, April 11, 1768. This was John Dickinson, the author of the famed series of 11 letters titled "Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania". Curiously a prior page has an advertisement for the printing of the: "Letters From A Farmer in Pennsylvania".
The "Supplement To the Boston Chronicle" is attached at the back, has 4 pages, and is mostly taken up with: "An Account of the famous Paoli, Commander in Chief of the Corsicans, taken from the History of Corsica just published".
Complete in 12 pages with the "Supplement", measures 8 1/4 by 10 1/4 inches, some minor margin tears to the first leaf, nice condition.
This newspaper published only briefly from December 21, 1767 until 1770. The publishers, John Mein and John Fleeming, were both from Scotland. The Chronicle was a Loyalist paper in the time before the American Revolution. In its second year, Mein printed names in the paper that accused some colonial merchants of breaking a British non-importation agreement. In response, Mein's name appeared on a list of merchants who violated the trade agreement. Mein retaliated by accusing the Merchants' Committee of using the non-importation agreement for illegal profiteering. The irritated readership ransacked the offices of the Chronicle, and ultimately, it ceased operations in 1770. (credit Wikipedia)
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