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Life in America eight years before the outbreak of war...
Life in America eight years before the outbreak of war...
Item # 703663
August 24, 1767
THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE, Philadelphia, Aug. 24, 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.
Page 2 has a rather detailed article concerning the growing of grapes & other produces in America with much on the wine industry. Page 2 also has a report concerns a preacher soliciting money in New England for an Indian school for the Mohegan tribe.
Pages 2 & 3 have two graphics--rare in 18th century newspapers--concerning barrel-making, and a geometric calculation for creating a functional arch in a house.
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, minor archival repair at the blank spine, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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