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British officers revolt in New Jersey... News from Pensacola...
British officers revolt in New Jersey... News from Pensacola...
Item # 703661
August 03, 1767
THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE, Philadelphia, Aug. 3, 1767 A fine, colonial newspaper offering a flavor of life in America during the tumultuous period shortly after the Stamp Act, during the hated Quartering Act & Townshend Acts era, and before tensions would boil over with the Boston Massacre of 1770, the Tea party in 1773 and the resulting Revolutionary War.
The front page has nearly a full column concerning the: "College of Philadelphia", and the: "Qualifications for a Doctor's Degree in Physic" which was a medical degree.
Page 3 has a letter datelined from: "Pensacola, in Wet-Florida", very early from this town. It mentions in part: "...What must other colonies think of you, when they know how you tax the subject merely for your own benefit and advantage?...". Another report also has a letter from Pensacola concerning the Chickasaw, Creek, and Choctaw Indians.
Yet another letter mentions a regiment from Ireland at Ticonderoga, the reduction of Fort DuQuesne, and the reduction of Canada, with more on this.
Page 3 has a letter from "Elizabeth-Town" concerning a riot by British soldiers there. This was the 28th regiment which had a reputation for causing trouble. Just before their departure the commander demanded that the New Jersey government reimburse him & other officers who had secured private quarters in Elizabethtown because of a lack of suitable facilities in the barracks. Gov. William Franklin refused to pay, which caused a melee by the angry officers. While the confrontation was relatively minor, the incident left behind a citizenry that was deeply resentful & fearful of the military. Shades of what would happen in a few years with the outbreak of war.
This newspaper was a primary means of voicing the anti-British sentiment that was rapidly spreading throughout the colonies. It gained much notoriety when Goddard printed an article supporting the Boston Tea Party, causing the British to heavily tax it for delivery and eventually refuse to deliver it, driving it out of business in early 1774.
Four pages, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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