Nice content on America: rumblings of a future war...

Item # 700174

December 26, 1768

THE GLOCESTER JOURNAL, England (now spelled Gloucester), Dec. 26, 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 several reports from America, bits including: "...letter from Gov. Barnard that there are 500 men enrolled in Boston for the purpose of seizing upon Castle William. The chief town...have concurred with...Boston in all their resolutions, and agreed to support them at the hazard of their lives...merchants (not the mob) in New York...people of Pennsylvania defer going with the people of Boston in their resolution to stop the trade; only till they see whether Parliament will repeal the duties. The principal people in Virginia waited on Lord Botetourt...to inform him, that it was the determined... resolution of the inhabitants to oppose, by every legal method, the collection of the late duties & to refuse obedience to the acts of Parliament for levying money in the colonies." with a bit more.
Four pages, full red tax stamp on the front page, very nice condition.