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How to treat other countries, or a veil to the situation in America...
How to treat other countries, or a veil to the situation in America...
Item # 700173
December 19, 1768
THE GLOCESTER JOURNAL, England (now spelled Gloucester), Dec. 19, 1768 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 a piece of a letter, not specific to America but rather to the administration of some counties in England, although there are overtones on his the American colonies are being treated: "...I consider the choice you have made of me for your representative was the most authentic, declaration of your abhorrence of those arbitrary & oppressive measures which have too long disgraced the administration of these kingdoms, and which, if pursued, cannot fail to destroy our most excellent constitution. I hope that your example will lead other counties also to assert their independence; and that the sacred flame of liberty, which always ascends, will reach at lengthy the higher orders of this nation, and warm them likewise to a disdain of offering or accepting the wages of corruption."
Four pages, full red tax stamp on the front page, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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