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November 30, 1767
THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia PA, November 30, 1767.
* Rare Colonial Pennsylvania issue
* Pre Revolutionary War original
This is a volume one issue of a handsome & full folio-size colonial newspaper which features an extremely ornate engraving of a coat-of-arms in the masthead (see).
Published by William Goddard, he established the first printing-press at Providence in 1762, where he also began printing the "Gazette."
He soon afterward became one of the publishers of the New York "Gazette and Postboy," and in 1766 removed to Philadelphia, where he published the "Pennsylvania Chronicle."
He was one of several publishers who used private carriers to get their news past the prying eyes of the Crown postal system. Goddard experienced the abuse of authority by British firsthand in Philadelphia after forming a partnership with Benjamin Franklin to publish his Pennsylvania Chronicle—a paper sympathetic to the revolutionary cause.
The local Crown postmaster failed to deliver out-of-town newspapers to him, depriving Goddard of a critical source of information. The Chronicle was subsequently driven out of business when the Crown post refused to accept it in the mails.
This issue has a wide variety of content, with pg. 2 including: "They write from Georgia that the western parts of the province continue to be peopled very fast, by German, Dutch and Irish settlers, on which account estates that formerly sold at ten years purchase now fetch from twenty to twenty-four."
Also included is a speech of the governor of Massachusetts to the General Assembly.
Most of pg. 3 and all of pg. 4 are taken up with ads.
Complete in 4 pgs., very nice condition.
* Rare Colonial Pennsylvania issue
* Pre Revolutionary War original
This is a volume one issue of a handsome & full folio-size colonial newspaper which features an extremely ornate engraving of a coat-of-arms in the masthead (see).
Published by William Goddard, he established the first printing-press at Providence in 1762, where he also began printing the "Gazette."
He soon afterward became one of the publishers of the New York "Gazette and Postboy," and in 1766 removed to Philadelphia, where he published the "Pennsylvania Chronicle."
He was one of several publishers who used private carriers to get their news past the prying eyes of the Crown postal system. Goddard experienced the abuse of authority by British firsthand in Philadelphia after forming a partnership with Benjamin Franklin to publish his Pennsylvania Chronicle—a paper sympathetic to the revolutionary cause.
The local Crown postmaster failed to deliver out-of-town newspapers to him, depriving Goddard of a critical source of information. The Chronicle was subsequently driven out of business when the Crown post refused to accept it in the mails.
This issue has a wide variety of content, with pg. 2 including: "They write from Georgia that the western parts of the province continue to be peopled very fast, by German, Dutch and Irish settlers, on which account estates that formerly sold at ten years purchase now fetch from twenty to twenty-four."
Also included is a speech of the governor of Massachusetts to the General Assembly.
Most of pg. 3 and all of pg. 4 are taken up with ads.
Complete in 4 pgs., very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
