THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Feb. 15, 1768, together with the "Supplement To The Boston Chronicle" of the same date. A nice colonial newspaper which is highlighted by both "Letter IX" and "Letter X" by the famed John Dickinson, being the ninth & tenth of his twelve famous "Letters From a Farmer In Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies".
This series of letters furnished a constitutional basis for the widespread colonial opposition to the English trade acts. While Dickinson agreed that England had the legal power to regulate colonial trade, he denied the parliamentary authority to impose taxes to raise revenues from colonial sources. These essays proved immensely influential in shaping colonial opinion.
Letter 9 begins on page 2, takes all of page 3 & a portion of page 4. Letter 10 takes all of the front page of the "Supplement", all of page 2, & a portion of page 3. Both are signed at their conclusions: "A Farmer".
Complete in 12 pages with the "Supplement", 8 1/2 by 10 3/4 inches, a bit of scattered foxing, very 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)