Text P.M.S. In memoriam D. Elizabeth Graham, viri plurimum reverendi, ac Doctissimi Chauncey Graham, A.M. & V.D.M. : In tractu Rumbout, consortis nuper dilectissimæ elegiacum. Elegy for Elizabeth (Van Wyck) Graham, wife of Rev. Chauncey Graham, of Rumbout [i.e. Fishkill], New York. Elizabeth Graham died in 1770. Signed: J. Rysdyk. V.D.M. First line: O jactura gravis! Quam non irreparabile damnum! Entire text in Latin. Text within mourning border. New-York Historical copy inscribed: John McKesson. View Item
Text To the public. : Few are ignorant, that the assemblymen of this colony, were anciently induced to consent to tax the four counties of New-York, West-Chester, Queen's and Richmond, for the support of the clergy …, verso View Item
Text To the public. : Few are ignorant, that the assemblymen of this colony, were anciently induced to consent to tax the four counties of New-York, West-Chester, Queen's and Richmond, for the support of the clergy …, recto View Item
Image Text 2 Items To the public. : Few are ignorant, that the assemblymen of this colony, were anciently induced to consent to tax the four counties of New-York, West-Chester, Queen's and Richmond, for the support of the clergy ... Account of the debates and votes in the General Assembly concerning a bill to repeal the tax. Followed on verso by the text of the bill: An act to exempt the inhabitants of the counties of West-Chester, New-York, Queen's and Richmond, from any taxations for the support of the ministers of churches to which they do not belong. Signed: A true copy, G.B. Imprint supplied by Evans. Tailpiece (Reilly 246). View Item
Text New-York, May 31st, 1770. Advertisement. : Whereas a meeting of the inhabitants was called yesterday, without the knowledge of the Committee appointed to inspect into the importation of goods ... The Committee of Inspection calls for a meeting to choose another committee. New-York Historical copy from the Donald F. Clark collection. View Item
Text A Card, number 1. : A member of the Church of England, and a Son of Liberty, presents his compliments to those gentlemen, who are for an immediate and untimely importation of goods from Great-Britain ... Dated: New York, June 16, 1770. Followed by: A Card, number 2. A member of the Church of England, and a Son of Liberty, presents his compliments once more, to those gentlemen ... and ... begs the liberty, to offer them some other hints ... New-York, June 20, 1770. New-York Historical copy torn, with slight loss of text; from the Donald F. Clark collection. View Item
Text The Subscribers to the non-importation agreement, are requested to meet at Bolton's Long-Room to-morrow, precisely at six o'clock ... Signed: By order of the Committee, Isaac Low, chairman. New-York, July 3, 1770. New-York Historical copy from the Donald F. Clark collection; inlaid. View Item
Text Advertisement. To the publick. : A return having been made to the Committee of Inspection, of the sense of the inhabitants of this city, whether to import every thing except tea, or any other article subject to duty, or to abide by the present non-importa Signed: By order of the committee, Isaac Low, chairman. New-York, July 9, 1770. Not in Evans or Bristol. View Item
Text God and a soldier all men doth adore, In time of war and not before: When the war is over, and all things righted, God is forgotten, and the soldier slighted. : Whereas an uncommon and riottous [sic] disturbance prevails throughout this city, by some of i "Signed by the 16th Regiment of Foot." "This was posted at noonday in the streets of New York by the soldiers on Friday 19 January, 1770."--Evans. Mistakenly dated 1776 by Bristol. View Item
Text A Detest against the common scheme of arbitration; : likewise an account of an instance of the ill consequence of it ; with cautions against the vices that occasion'd it: namely, slander, lying, and upholding men in it; set forth as they realy [sic] are, Verse of 41 numbered stanzas; first line: Come listen a while, and I'll you tell. Imprint suggested by Bristol. Printed in three columns. New-York Historical copy has manuscript note at foot and manuscript corrections in the text; damaged along creases, with slight loss of text. View Item
Text An Account of a late military massacre at Boston, or the consequences of quartering troops in a populous well-regulated town, taken from the Boston gazette of March 12, 1770, verso View Item
Text An Account of a late military massacre at Boston, or the consequences of quartering troops in a populous well-regulated town, taken from the Boston gazette of March 12, 1770, recto View Item
Image Text 2 Items An Account of a late military massacre at Boston, or the consequences of quartering troops in a populous well-regulated town, taken from the Boston gazette of March 12, 1770. Text in five columns. An engraving with caption "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King-Street Boston on March 5th 1770, by a party of the 29th Regt. Engrav'd printed & sold by Paul Revere Boston" occupies the top half of the middle three columns. Ascribed to the press of Edes and Gill by C.S. Brigham in his Paul Revere's engravings, 1954, p. 46. New-York Historical copy has inscription on verso: "J. Goodhue's 1814"; torn and damaged, affecting text; fabric lining. View Item
Text A Wonderful dream. : The following dream, &c. publish'd near 20 years ago, is now re-printed by particular desire, page [2] View Item
Text A Wonderful dream. : The following dream, &c. publish'd near 20 years ago, is now re-printed by particular desire, page [1] View Item
Image Text 2 Items A Wonderful dream. : The following dream, &c. publish'd near 20 years ago, is now re-printed by particular desire. Attributed to B. Nicoll by Evans on unknown grounds. "I dreamed, that there had been a great revolution in England; that another Lord Protector had usurped the throne: that all laws and customs were entirely changed ..." Includes purported extracts from the New-York gazette of May 20, 1775, reporting religious persecution in England and in America. "According to the Library Company of Philadelphia, this was published 5th January, 1770 ..."--Evans. Printed in two columns. View Item
Text Province of New-Hampshire. By the Surveyor-General of the King's Woods in North-America &c. &c. : Whereas some persons have formerly gone into the King's woods, and thence hauled white pine logs into Connecticut River, without licence ... At head of title: royal arms. Reilly 870 attributes the coat of arms to imprints from the press of Daniel and Robert Fowle, printers of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who frequently took commissions for official government imprints. Dated: Portsmouth, 1st January, 1770. View Item
Text To the inhabitants of this city. : Whereas some unhappy differences have lately happened between the inhabitants and the soldiers ... Decreeing measures to be taken by citizens and by British soldiers to keep the peace, after several disputes between the same culminated in " the battle of Golden Hill." Imprint from Evans. Signed: City of New-York, Jan. 22, 1770. W. Hicks, mayor. Royal arms at head of title. View Item
Text The dying speech and confession of William Linsey, : to be executed at Worcester, October 25th. 1770. for the crime of burglary. Signed: William Linsey. Worcester-Goal, Oct. 18. 1770. John Kneeland and Seth Adams printed at this address in 1770. Text in three columns divided by mourning rules within mourning border; printed area measures 31.2 x 33.7 cm. View Item
Text Viro præstantissimo, ingenuis artibus ac sublimi virtute omnique fœlicissimè gubernandi ratione ornatissimo, Jonathani Trumbull ... : Hasce theses ... Collegio Yalensi ... Habita in comitiis Novo-Portu Connecticutensium, pridie idus Septembris, M,DCC,LXX. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription. Text in three columns within border; printed area measures 47.0 x 36.5 cm. New-York Historical copy damaged with slight loss of text and border. View Item
Text To the freeholders and freemen of the city and colony of New-York. : Gentlemen, You may remember, that shortly after the paper, signed, a son of liberty, directed, "To the betrayed inhabitants of the city and colony of New-York" made its appearance, the G Recounts his arrest and interrogation by the General Assembly as the suspected author of the pamphlet entitled "To the betrayed inhabitants of the city and colony of New-York." Signed: Alexr. M'Dougall. New-goal, Dec. 22. 1770. Text in three columns divided by single rules. View Item
Text Hartford, June 6, 1770. : At a meeting of the principal merchants and traders of the colony of Connecticut. Taking into consideration the ... merchants and traders of the town of New-Port, in the colony of Rhode-Island, in breaking thro' & violating the n View Item
Text Hartford, June 6, 1770. : At a meeting of the principal merchants and traders of the colony of Connecticut. Taking into consideration the ... merchants and traders of the town of New-Port, in the colony of Rhode-Island, in breaking thro' & violating the n View Item
Image Text 2 Items Hartford, June 6, 1770. : At a meeting of the principal merchants and traders of the colony of Connecticut. Taking into consideration the ... merchants and traders of the town of New-Port, in the colony of Rhode-Island, in breaking thro' & violating the n Thomas Green and Ebenezer Watson were the only printers active at Hartford in 1770. New-York Historical copy: ms. inscription on verso stating that the broadside came from the papers of Gen. Alexander McDougall. View Item
Image Text 2 Items The Watchman No. I. Criticizing the militia bill passed by the General Assembly, and attacking Lt. Gov. James De Lancey. Caption title. Signed: P. Mount Look-out, in the county of New-York, February 8, 1770. Imprint supplied by Evans. Numbers II and III were printed in Holt's New-York journal, Apr. 12 and 19, 1770, as well as being issued separately. Printed in three columns. View Item
Text The salvation of American liberty. To the public. : No period since the glorious and ever memorable revolution, has been so alarming to the friends of liberty in the British Empire ... Signed: A Son of Liberty. New-York, May 15, 1770. Bristol and Shipton & Mooney mistakenly give 1779 as the date of publication. Text in three columns. New-York Historical copy has manuscript inscription: "Printed by John Holt". View Item
Text New-York, January 5, 1770. Advertisement. : This is to give notice to all such, who are disposed to sign the petition to the Honourable House of Assembly, praying it to pass a law to elect our representatives by ballot, that there will be petitions lodged Announcing where in the city petitions may be signed. View Item
Text New-York, June 12, 1770. Advertisement. : Whereas an act was passed last session of Parliament, for repealing the Act imposing a duty on paper, paint and glass, imported from Great Britain into the colonies ... Affirming an intention to adhere to the non-importation agreement as long as duties were imposed. The printing is attributed to John Holt by Harvard University. Cf. John Holt / L.B. Murphy. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1982. no.140. New-York Historical copy: creases in the paper at the lower right have caused some imperfections in the printing; from the Donald F. Clark collection; inlaid. View Item