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THBJuly 16, 1770-Dated Edition of the Boston Gazette and Country Journal
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July 16, 1770-Dated Edition Report Referencing "The Boston Massacre" The Boston Gazette and Country Journal with Paul Revere Engraved Masthead Liberty Cap on a Staff
July 16, 1770-Dated Newspaper titled, "The Boston Gazette and Country Journal" with Paul Revere Engraved Masthead, with References to Freedom of Speech in New York, Non-Importation of British Goods at Boston, the Boston Massacre, by Benjamin Edes and John Gill, printed in Boston, Mass., Very Fine.
July 16, 1770-Dated Boston Massacre / Pre Revolutionary War period edition of the "Boston Gazette and Country Journal" one of the most influential newspapers in American history. Printed in Boston, MA by Benjamin Edes and John Gill, this edition measures 9.25" x 15.5" and consists of four pages. The front cover page features a Masthead woodcut vignette Engraved by Paul Revere showing a Seated "Britannia with a Liberty Cap on a Staff." The newspaper's motto reads, "Containing the freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestic." This important historic edition contains information related to "The Bloody Massacre" a.k.a. "The Boston Massacre" perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of soldiers from the British 29th Regiment. This specific newspaper being the property of American Patriot "Mr. James Bracket" (1736-1825 who died at age of 98), his name being written in period brown ink within the upper left margin. He was the owner / proprietor of the James Bracket Tavern on Hancock Street at the corner of Elm Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. The inside-page references British Captain Thomas Preston and the Boston Massacre, which is referred to as, "... the horrid massacre on the fifth of March last..," are included. The Non-importation Agreements in the American Colonies resulting from the hated British taxes on the American Colonies, and references to the Boston Massacre are also covered in the issue. Light horizontal and vertical folds with some tone to the folds with light wear. Two margins on the right side appear trimmed close to the printed text affecting the outer typeset letters to the outer columns of page 2 (inner left front) and 4 (the back page). An important and highly desirable Boston newspaper edition with a Paul Revere engraved masthead.
May 1766 - [from the Diary of John Adams]
Sunday. May 4th. 1766.
Returning from Meeting this Morning I saw for the first Time, a likely young Button Wood Tree, lately planted, on the Triangle made by the Three Roads, by the House of Mr. James Brackett. The Tree is well set, well guarded, and has on it, an Inscription "The Tree of Liberty," and "cursed is he, who cutts this Tree." - Q. What will be the Consequences of this Thought? I never heard an Hint of it, till I saw it, but I hear that some Persons grumble and threaten to girdle it.
James Brackett kept a "large and commodious" tavern on what is now the corner of Hancock and Elm Streets, Quincy, Mass. (Pattee, Old Braintree and Quincy, p. 168-169).
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