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[PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. The Boston Gazette and Country Journal. No. 950. Boston, MA: Edes & Gill, 21 June 1773.
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[PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. The Boston Gazette and Country Journal. No. 950. Boston, MA: Edes & Gill, 21 June 1773.
4pp., folio, 9 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. Disbound (partial separation at centerfold, scattered spotting, few stains, chipping and some trimming to edges).
Leading colonial American, pro-independence newspaper with masthead containing prominent engraving of an early political cartoon designed and engraved by Paul Revere. The engraving depicts the dove of peace being set free from its cage by a female figure of “Liberty,” with the skyline of the city of Boston serving as the background.
The issue contains news of the opposition in the American Colonies to their taxation by the British in general and to the tea tax in particular.