The first newspaper in New Jersey, plus war-related content...

Item # 703304

April 05, 1780

THE NEW JERSEY GAZETTE, Trenton, April 5, 1780 New Jersey was the last of the 13 original colonies to have a newspaper, its first issue printed on December 5, 1777.
The front page has a report noting: "...with respect to the wounded on board the King's ships Serapis and Countess of Scarborough, I cannot but acquit myself of his Majesty's strict orders, by renewing the strongest and most urgent demands for stopping and restitution of those ships, and for the enlarging of their crews, or which the pirate [John] Paul Jones, of Scotland, a rebelled state-criminal, has the possession."
Also on the front page is a report from London noting in part: "A long space of time has elapsed since we have considered America as lost to this nation without resource. To dissipate the small hopes which some still retrained, Spain has joined its forces to those of France...It is an undoubted fact, that those courts have proposed to that of Great Britain, to acknowledge the independence of America..." with more on this.
Page 2 has a report that mentions Ben Franklin. A report from Fishkill notes in part: "...that the enemy have called in their guards from their two redoubts near Kingsbridge... the guns from Fort Washington taken away...". Page 3 has a report from Philadelphia with a "Resolve" from Congress relating to the war, and items under "Trenton" have various updates on events of the war as seen in the photos.
Four pages, a bit irregular at the right margin of the front leaf but no test loss, in great condition.