Colonial Boston...
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August 26, 1773
THE MASSACHUSETTS GAZETTE & BOSTON WEEKLY NEWS-LETTER, Aug. 26, 1773.
* Pre Revolutionary War
This newspaper was printed in Boston less than four
months before the Boston Tea Party. Page 2 has a report on the number of slaves imported into Charleston, South Carolina, and noting where they were from (see photo).
The entire front page and some of the back page are taken up with a lengthy report concerning church discipline, etc.
Pages 3 & 4 are mostly taken up with ads.
Scattered foxing, four pages, a bit close-trimmed at the top of pages 2 & 4, otherwise good. Coat-of-arms engraving in the masthead.
* Pre Revolutionary War
This newspaper was printed in Boston less than four
months before the Boston Tea Party. Page 2 has a report on the number of slaves imported into Charleston, South Carolina, and noting where they were from (see photo).
The entire front page and some of the back page are taken up with a lengthy report concerning church discipline, etc.
Pages 3 & 4 are mostly taken up with ads.
Scattered foxing, four pages, a bit close-trimmed at the top of pages 2 & 4, otherwise good. Coat-of-arms engraving in the masthead.
Category: Revolutionary War
