(No stamped paper to be had.) : Boston, Oct. 28. We hear from Halifax in the province of Nova-Scotia, that on Sunday the 13th inst. in the morning, were discovered hanging on the gallows behind the Citadel-Hill, the effigies of a stampman …

Hugh Gaine's Nov. 4, 1765, issue, no. 732, of the New York Mercury, published as a broadside to evade the stamp tax. Issues nos. 732-734 of the New-York Mercury, were printed by Hugh Gaine without number, masthead, or imprint. Upon the inception of the Stamp Act which required that newspapers be printed on imported, stamped paper, Gaine suspended the regular heading of his newspaper. By issuing sheets without the characteristic appearance of a newspaper, he was able to satisfy the subscribers while protecting the firm from legal repercussions.

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Hugh Gaine's Nov. 4, 1765, issue, no. 732, of the New York Mercury, published as a broadside to evade the stamp tax. Issues nos. 732-734 of the New-York Mercury, were printed by Hugh Gaine without number, masthead, or imprint. Upon the inception of the Stamp Act which required that newspapers be printed on imported, stamped paper, Gaine suspended the regular heading of his newspaper. By issuing sheets without the characteristic appearance of a newspaper, he was able to satisfy the subscribers while protecting the firm from legal repercussions. Text in three columns; the third printed in four columns running perpendicular to the first two columns. Printer's note: "The printer of the above intelligence would have favour'd the publick with more news, but was out of large paper."
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nyhs:236145
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Newspapers -- New-York Mercury (1765)
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(No stamped paper to be had.) : Boston, Oct. 28. We hear from Halifax in the province of Nova-Scotia, that on Sunday the 13th inst. in the morning, were discovered hanging on the gallows behind the Citadel-Hill, the effigies of a stampman …
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1765-November-04
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1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 40 x 26 cm
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