Good content from the beginning months of the war...
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May 06, 1775
THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, May 6, 1775
* Revolutionary War newspaper
Over half of the front page is taken up with a very nice: "Message from the Governor to the Assembly" signed in type by John Penn, and beginning: "I have ordered the secretary to lay before you a resolution entered into by the British House of Commons, the 20th of February last, relative to the unhappy differences subsisting between our Mother Country and her American Colonies...".
Included as well is the text of that very resolution from the House of Commons from February 20, 1775 (see photos). And also on the ftpg., concluding on pg. 2, is the lengthy reply of the Penna. Assembly to Governor Penn, which includes: "Having weighed & considered this plan...we are sincerely sorry that we cannot think the terms pointed out afford a just & reasonable ground for a final accommodation between Great Britain & the Colonies..." with more, & ending with: "Until Divine Providence shall cause...such a happy period to arrive can only deprecate, and, if it be possible, strive by prudence to avoid the calamities of a civil war, a dreadful misfortune, indeed! And not to be exceeded but by an utter subversion of the liberties of America."
Page 3 includes a report noting: "...his Excellency Gen. Gage has published a manifesto forbidding the troops under his command to injure or insult such of the inhabitants of Boston as are peaceable on pain of death. That as many of the people of Boston as are to be inclined are to have liberty to leave the town this day & retire into the country with their effects, after depositing their arms in custody of the selectmen of the town...".
A pg. 3 report with some nice news begins with a simple announcement: "Yesterday evening arrived here Capt. Osborne from London, in whom came passenger DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Agent for Massachusetts government and this province.", followed by more interesting items, including a short bit updating the public on the Gunpowder Incident at Williamsburg, reading: "We hear from Williamsburg, the locks were taken from off the guns in the magazine, that the Magdalen Schooner is in York river, under the protection of the Fowey man of war, and that Lord Dunmore has fortified himself in the palace."
Complete in 4 pgs., some damp staining at the margins, generally in nice condition & measuring about 8 by 10 inches.
* Revolutionary War newspaper
Over half of the front page is taken up with a very nice: "Message from the Governor to the Assembly" signed in type by John Penn, and beginning: "I have ordered the secretary to lay before you a resolution entered into by the British House of Commons, the 20th of February last, relative to the unhappy differences subsisting between our Mother Country and her American Colonies...".
Included as well is the text of that very resolution from the House of Commons from February 20, 1775 (see photos). And also on the ftpg., concluding on pg. 2, is the lengthy reply of the Penna. Assembly to Governor Penn, which includes: "Having weighed & considered this plan...we are sincerely sorry that we cannot think the terms pointed out afford a just & reasonable ground for a final accommodation between Great Britain & the Colonies..." with more, & ending with: "Until Divine Providence shall cause...such a happy period to arrive can only deprecate, and, if it be possible, strive by prudence to avoid the calamities of a civil war, a dreadful misfortune, indeed! And not to be exceeded but by an utter subversion of the liberties of America."
Page 3 includes a report noting: "...his Excellency Gen. Gage has published a manifesto forbidding the troops under his command to injure or insult such of the inhabitants of Boston as are peaceable on pain of death. That as many of the people of Boston as are to be inclined are to have liberty to leave the town this day & retire into the country with their effects, after depositing their arms in custody of the selectmen of the town...".
A pg. 3 report with some nice news begins with a simple announcement: "Yesterday evening arrived here Capt. Osborne from London, in whom came passenger DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Agent for Massachusetts government and this province.", followed by more interesting items, including a short bit updating the public on the Gunpowder Incident at Williamsburg, reading: "We hear from Williamsburg, the locks were taken from off the guns in the magazine, that the Magdalen Schooner is in York river, under the protection of the Fowey man of war, and that Lord Dunmore has fortified himself in the palace."
Complete in 4 pgs., some damp staining at the margins, generally in nice condition & measuring about 8 by 10 inches.
Category: Revolutionary War
