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General Gage on the Suffolk Resolves...
General Gage on the Suffolk Resolves...
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September 28, 1774
THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, Philadelphia, Sept. 28, 1774 Most of the first column on the front page is taken up with a: "Proclamation" signed in type by: John Penn. Almost half of page 2 is taken up with a letter relating to the troubling situation between England & the American colonies, beginning: "Whilst the people of this unhappy & infatuated country are slumbering upon the brink of destruction..." and further on has: "...It will be worthy of your most serious consideration whether a revenue of 85,000 pounds per ann. is not dearly purchased by the discontent of the colonists...How fatally, sir, does the situation of Great Britain & America resemble the foregoing. Like the, our dispute has commenced with taxation...trampling upon the expiring liberties of America...If the Americans are wise, they must know how much more necessary they are to us..." with much more.
Page 2 also has Governor Gage's response to the 'Suffolk address [the Suffolk Resolves. See hyperlink for details] which includes: "...I would ask what occasion there is for such numbers going armed in & out of the town, and through the country, in an hostile manner? Or why were the guns removed privately in the night from the battery at Charlestown..." which is followed by an address to the governor which includes: "...Your Excellency is too well acquainted with the human heart not to be sensible that it is natural for the people to be soured by oppression...when their exertions for the preservation of their rights are construed into treason and rebellion. Our liberties are invaded by acts of the British Parliament, troops are sent to enforce those acts...have hitherto evinced no singular regard to the liberties of America..." with much more. Truly great reading. More rebellious content on page 3 as well (see for portions).
Complete in 4 pages, handsome coat-of-arms engraving in the masthead, very nice, clean condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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