Text To the freemen, freeholders, and other inhabitants of the city and county of New-York. : Gentlemen, In times of public danger, I conceive it to be the indispensable duty of every member of the community to communicate his sentiments to the fellow citizens A critical examination of the resolves of the Committee of Correspondence concerning the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies in general, and non-importation in particular. Dated: New-York, July 16, 1774. Ascribed to the press of James Rivington by Evans. Text in three columns. View Item
Text To the inhabitants of the city and colony of New-York. : Fathers, brethren, and fellow countrymen, In this alarming crisis, of our public affairs, it is the incumbent duty of every well wisher to the rights and privileges of this much injured country …, v View Item
Text To the inhabitants of the city and colony of New-York. : Fathers, brethren, and fellow countrymen, In this alarming crisis, of our public affairs, it is the incumbent duty of every well wisher to the rights and privileges of this much injured country …, r View Item
Image Text 2 Items To the inhabitants of the city and colony of New-York. : Fathers, brethren, and fellow countrymen, In this alarming crisis, of our public affairs, it is the incumbent duty of every well wisher to the rights and privileges of this much injured country ... Concerning the election of delegates to the Continental Congress. Signed: New-York, June 30th, 1774. A citizen. Ascribed to the press of John Holt by Evans. Text in two columns. View Item
Text To the tradesmen, mechanics, &c. of the province of Pennsylvania. : My dear and much respected brethren, At a time when a corrupt and prostituted ministry are pointing their destructive machines against the sacred liberties of the Americans, the eyes of a In favor of the non-importation of tea. Signed: A mechanic. Philadelphia, December 4, 1773. Text in two columns. New-York Historical copy inscribed: "A. Lamb". View Item
Text Boston, December 1, 1773. : At a meeting of the people of Boston, and the neighbouring towns, at Faneuil-Hall, in said Boston, on Monday the 29th of November, 1773 ... for the purpose of consulting, advising, and determining upon the most proper and effec Title taken from caption title and first lines of text. Imprint supplied by the John Carter Brown Library. Printed in four columns. View Item
Text New-York, November 5, 1773. To the friends of liberty and commerce, : Gentlemen, It must be strongly marked on your minds, that the end of the last non-importation agreement, was to obtain a repeal of the tyrannical act of Parliament, that imposed a duty Signed: Cassius. View Item
Text On the new-year 1773. : To all the worthy customers of the New-Hampshire gazette, the following lines are inscribed, by their humble servants, the printers boys. First line: While pompous players, in this happy age. Presumably printed late in 1772 by Daniel and Robert Fowle, printers of the New Hampshire gazette, Portsmouth, for distribution on or about New Year's Day. View Item
Text To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York. : Every good citizen will be inclined from duty as well as interest, to love his country ... In support of the importation of British tea for commercial reasons. Signed: Poplicola. The pseudonym Poplicola was used by John Vardill. Issued as a supplement to Rivington's New-York gazeteer. Text in two columns. View Item
Text Advertisement. : Whereas some time since an action was brought in the Supreme Court of this province, by Robert Leake, and others, against Samuel Moore, a tenant of the subscriber William Bayard, in which action the title of the said Robert Leake ... to t Dated: Hobocken, July 5, 1773. Not in Evans or Bristol. Ornamental border. View Item
Text To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York. : No subject is so misunderstood, none is so necessary at this season to be rightly apprehended, as liberty. …, verso View Item
Text To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York. : No subject is so misunderstood, none is so necessary at this season to be rightly apprehended, as liberty. …, recto View Item
Image Text 2 Items To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York. : No subject is so misunderstood, none is so necessary at this season to be rightly apprehended, as liberty. ... In support of the importation of British tea by the East India Company, in reply to the arguments of A tradesman in To the free-holders and free-men, of the city, and province of New York. Signed: Poplicola. The pseudonym Poplicola was used by John Vardill. Issued as a supplement to Rivington's New-York gazetteer. Text in two columns divided by a single rule. View Item
Text A letter from the country, to a gentleman in Philadelphia. : My dear friend, I am very sorry for the piece of intelligence you were pleased to communicate to me in your last. Five ships, loaded with tea, on their way to America! ... In opposition to the tea tax and the importation of tea to the American colonies by the East India Company. Signed and dated: Rusticus. Fairview, Nov. 27, 1773. Generally attributed to John Dickinson. Cf. Ford, Paul L. "The writings of John Dickinson" in Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, v. XIV, p. 455. Text in two columns divided by type ornament rule; printed area measures 31.0 x 17.3 cm. View Item
Text The last words and dying speech of Levi Ames, : who was executed at Boston, on Thursday the 21st day of October, 1773. For burglary. / Taken from his own mouth, and published at his desire, as a solemn warning to all, more particularly young people. Signed: Levi Ames. Attest, Joseph Otis, dept. goal-keeper. Text in three columns divided by heavy black rules and surrounded by mourning border; printed area measures 47.1 x 32.8 cm. New-York Historical copy damaged along creases, with slight loss of text. View Item
Text Hartford, 5th July, 1773. Just imported from London, and to be sold ... by Smith and Coit, : at their store east of the Court-House in Hartford, a universal assortment of drugs and medicines, painter's colours, and grocery articles; together with the foll Primarily a booksellers' catalog. The complete text of the broadside appeared in the July 6, 1773, issue of the Connecticut courant, printed by Ebenezer Watson. Text in five columns. New-York Historical copy damaged along creases, with slight loss of text. View Item
Text New-York, December 23. 1773. : On Tuesday night arrived in this city a gentleman, who came express from Boston with the following interesting intelligence, viz. ... Concerning the importation and destruction of tea. Text in three columns. New-York Historical copy torn at bottom, with slight loss of text. View Item
Text Letter found on board the sloop Illicit, Captain Perjury, wrecked at Oyster Bay. : To Messieurs Admiral Pepperpot, Commodore Mac-eat-it, Phil Blusterlong, John Bythebelt, Lowrence the Cline ... Satire on the opposition to the British East India Company's importation of tea to the colonies, facetiously attributed to representatives of the Dutch East India Company. Signed: John Beetes Van Catch Money. Sec. Amsterdam, the 3d of July, 1773. Place of publication supplied by Evans. New-York Historical copy torn, with some loss of text. missing text completed in manuscript. View Item
Text On Tuesday night arrived in this city a gentleman, who came express from Boston, with the following interesting intelligence ... On the resistance to the importation of tea into Boston. Dated Boston, December 16. Followed by intelligences dated New York, Dec. 22, 1773, and Boston, 17th December 1773. Printed in two columns. View Item
Text An elegy occasioned by the death of the late Reverend Daniel M'Clelin [i.e., McClellan], Pastor of the Church of Christ in Colerain. / By a neighbour. Verse in two parts; first line: Awake my muse, and sing a mournful song. At end: [Published at the request of the friends of the deceased.] Text in two columns surrounded by mourning border; skull and bones headband (Reilly 31). New-York Historical copy imperfect: closely trimmed, with slight loss of ornamental border. View Item
Text To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York. : The cause, fellow citizens, which I espouse, asks nothing but an impartial judgment …, verso View Item
Text To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York. : The cause, fellow citizens, which I espouse, asks nothing but an impartial judgment …, recto View Item
Image Text 2 Items To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York. : The cause, fellow citizens, which I espouse, asks nothing but an impartial judgment ... In support of importation of British tea on which duty has been paid in London, replying to the arguments of "a student of law" in Fellow citizens, friends to liberty and equal commerce ... and of "a mechanic" in To the worthy inhabitants of New-York ... Signed: Poplicola. The pseudonym Poplicola was used by John Vardill. Ascribed to the press of James Rivington by Evans. Text in two columns. View Item
Text New-York, Sept. 15, 1773. To the Corporation. : Gentlemen, The alacrity with which you began, and the indefatigable perseverence of your body, to amove Alderman Blagg, one of the most respectable of your board, from the office of alderman and justice of t Signed: The censor. Seeking the removal of Alderman George Brewerton from office. View Item
Text To the agents of their High Mightinesses the Dutch East-India Company, at St. Eustatia. : Beloved partners in iniquity, We, the deputies of their High Mightinesses, for the city of New-York, dispatch the Cowbay frigate, Captain Thistle, to acquaint you of Satirizing the New York merchants' consternation at the Tea Act of 1773 and its advantages to the East India Company. "Signed, by order of the deputies to their High Mightinesses for the city of New-York. Isaac Van Pompkin, sec. Perjury-Hall, the 28th October, 1773." New-York Historical copy torn, with some loss of text. View Item
Text Advertisement. : The members of the association of the Sons of Liberty, are requested to meet at the City-Hall, at one o'clock, to-morrow ... Signed at end: The committee of the association. Thursday, New-York, 16th December, 1773. Ornamental border. View Item
Text By permission of His Excellency the governor. Mr. Wall, comedian, will exhibit at Mr. Hull's great room, on Wednesday evening, the twenty-first of July, 1773, a new lecture, written by the author of the much admired lecture on heads. : The paintings, &c. View Item
Text By permission of His Excellency the governor. Mr. Wall, comedian, will exhibit at Mr. Hull's great room, on Wednesday evening, the twenty-first of July, 1773, a new lecture, written by the author of the much admired lecture on heads. : The paintings, &c. View Item
Image Text 2 Items By permission of His Excellency the governor. Mr. Wall, comedian, will exhibit at Mr. Hull's great room, on Wednesday evening, the twenty-first of July, 1773, a new lecture, written by the author of the much admired lecture on heads. : The paintings, &c. Includes "Syllabus." Dated at end: New-York, July 16, 1773. New-York Historical copy damaged at creases and stained, with slight loss of text. View Item
Text Whereas an association has lately been entered into by the inhabitants of the city of New-York, concerning the tea now expected from England, on account of the East-India Company, and a doubt has arisen, whether it is the general sense of the subscribers, Concerning the arrival of the tea ship Nancy. "Dated in New-York, the [blank] day of December, 1773." View Item