Pennsylvania Gazette, March 1775, Incl. Commentary on Conflict between America and the British Over Taxation

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Lot Description

The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, PA, March 29, 1775. 4pp, 10 x 16.5 in. Pre-Revolutionary War newspaper containing coverage of the conflict over taxation between the British and Americans that would lead to the start of the war just three weeks later. An inside page letter from a personage in Great Britain to his American friend reads in part that “…the (British) ministry are determined to persevere in the great system of American taxation…My earnest advice is to prepare for the worst…and do not relax your vigilance…”

The issue also contains a lengthy, detailed inside page report of the so-called Westminster Massacre (Westminster, VT), which Vermont claims was actually the start of the Revolutionary War. The massacre (March 13, 1775) involved the killing of two men by British colonial officials (a band of local men led by the local sheriff) in Westminster, VT, which was then part of the New Hampshire Grants, whose control was at the time disputed between its residents and the Province of New York. The massacre polarized Vermont citizens and helped in filling the ranks of the Green Mountain Boys for the defense of Vermont. Within two months after the massacre, they would agree that the British posed a bigger threat and marched to Fort Ticonderoga for the defense of Boston. (Information obtained from "A Revolutionary Day" website, March 14, 2017.)

Condition

Almost fully separated at central vertical fold, but reinforced in certain areas with Scotch tape. Also reinforced in few areas with Scotch tape along central horizontal fold. Some light, scattered spotting. Chipping, some short tears, wear along perimeter of each page. Few small holes in newspaper not impacting text. Penciled note on front page.
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