The Constitutional courant : containing matters interesting to liberty, and no wise repugnant to loyalty.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 9941. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Though issued in the form of a newspaper, in fact a political manifesto in opposition to the Stamp Act. Contains two essays, signed Philoleutheros and Philo Patriæ, preceded by prefatory remarks 'To the public,' signed 'Andrew Marvel' (i.e., William Goddard), and followed by a report of changes in the Ministry in Great Britain. At head of title: Saturday, September 21, 1765. [Numb. 1.]. In midst of title is a device of a snake divided into 8 parts, with motto: Join or die. "This single number of the Courant, directed against the obnoxious Stamp-Act, was printed by William Goddard at James Parker's press in Woodbridge, New Jersey, in a large edition, which was secretly forwarded to New York City and there sold by hawkers rapidly. It was reprinted there, and at Boston, and at Philadelphia."--Evans. See also Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers, volume 1, pages 525-526 (where the New York hawker is identified as Lawrence Sweeney); and the paper by Albert Matthews in Publications of the Colonial Society of Mass., volume 11, pages 421-453. Printed in three columns. In this edition, the imprint appears at the foot of the third column on page [2]. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages) ; (1/2$) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New Jersey -- Woodbridge. United States -- New York -- New York. |