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Discussing problems between the colonies & England... Tea tax remains...
Discussing problems between the colonies & England... Tea tax remains...
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May 05, 1770
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE & COUNTRY JOURNAL, Rhode Island, May 5, 1770 The entire front page and a bit of page 2 are taken up with addresses from the people of Boston (John Hancock among them) and the Lt. Governor of Massachusetts concerning differences between them, with a focus on the positioning of British troops in the town. One paragraph begins: "A military force, if posted among the people, without their express consent, is itself one of the greatest grievances & threatens the total subversion of a free system of corrupt and arbitrary power and even to exterminate the liberties of the country...". There is talk of a riotous situation in Gloucester, and some veiled references to the Boston Massacre of the previous month.
A report on page 3 concern the arrest of Capt. Alexander McDougall. McDougall was a patriot leader & member of the Sons of Liberty in New York. He wrote & printed an anonymous broadside "To the Betrayed Inhabitants" which criticized the Assembly. He was accused of libel & arrested serving two periods in jail
Another report begins: "By letters from London it appears that the duties on paper, glass and painters colours were taken off; the duty on tea remains..." with more discussion on this. Further on is: "and said that the repeal of the Stamp Act had made the Americans wanton in their claims against Great Britain..." and more.
Four pages, handsome coat-of-arms engraving in the masthead, never bound nor trimmed, printed on thick stock newsprint, good condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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