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Great content on the concerns of taxation by the British upon the colonies...
Great content on the concerns of taxation by the British upon the colonies...
Item # 703342
July 04, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, July 4, 1768 Page 3 has a letter to the Speaker of the House in Massachusetts, noting in part: "...the house took under consideration the several late acts of Parliament for imposing taxes and duties on the American colonies...ordered the committee of correspondence to instruct our provincial agent (Mr. Benjamin Franklin), to join earnestly with the other colonies' agents in soliciting a repeal of those acts...this instruction hath been transmitted to Mr. Franklin & I have no doubt but he will punctually observe it...".
This is followed by a very lengthy letter from the Virginia House of Regresses which expresses similar concerning, and noting in part: "...they applaud them for their attention to American Liberty...The oppressive stamp act confessedly imposed internal taxes and the late acts of parliament...plainly tend to the same point...compel the colonists to part with their money against their inclinations..." and much more.
The debate continues in this issue with letters from New Jersey and Connecticut weighing in with their concerns, simply too much great reading to note here.
Little did they know how significant this publication date (July 4th) would be just 8 years later.
The back page has a list of "...gentlemen appointed a committee to consider the Governor's messages..." which includes Samuel Adams & John Hancock among others.
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 10 1/2 inches, very nice condition.
This newspaper published only briefly from December 21, 1767 until 1770. The publishers, John Mein and John Fleeming, were both from Scotland. The Chronicle was a Loyalist paper in the time before the American Revolution. In its second year, Mein printed names in the paper that accused some colonial merchants of breaking a British non-importation agreement. In response, Mein's name appeared on a list of merchants who violated the trade agreement. Mein retaliated by accusing the Merchants' Committee of using the non-importation agreement for illegal profiteering. The irritated readership ransacked the offices of the Chronicle, and ultimately, it ceased operations in 1770. (credit Wikipedia)
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