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Reference to Lexington & Concord... The Restraining Act of 1775...
Reference to Lexington & Concord... The Restraining Act of 1775...
Item # 703309
June 13, 1775
THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, June 13, 1775 The entire front page, all of page 2, and over half of page 3 are taken up with: "An Act to restrain the trade and commerce of the colonies of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Southern Carolina, to Great Britain, Ireland and the British Islands in the West Indies, under certain conditions & limitations (photos show only small portions).
This is an historic Act of Parliament meant to serve as punishment against the colonists in America, and would ultimately add fuel to the hatred between England & America.
A page 3 item under "Cambridge" notes: "General Putnam hath received a letter from one of the Indian nations near Canada by which they testify their friendship for him & for the glorious cause in which the American patriots are engaged."
The back page has a report of a woman who lost five sons in the war, and another report which reads: "An American soldier who had received a wound in his breast in pursuing General Gage's troops on the 19th of April, supported his body against a tree. A brother soldier came up to him & offered him his assistance, 'I am beyond your assistance (said the wounded man), pursue the enemy.' With these words on his lips, he fell back and died."
Four pages, 8 by 10 inches, very nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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