Title
GLC06604: Benjamin Edes Boston gazette and country journal. [No. 1235 (April 27, 1778)] .
Subject
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Description
Discusses military matters pertaining to the Revolutionary War. Reports on governmental matters related to the Continental Congress, including taxation, acts of Congress, and business proceedings of the East India Company. Includes a lengthy statement from Perez Morton defending himself from the "false suggestion, and gross misrepresentations of a man ... that I had undertaken in the way of my professions to free the negroes, who were held as slaves in this state. This charge I there not only utterly denied, but pledged my honor to clear up : assuring him, that in no single instance ... was the right of holding them as slaves ever made a question ... " Public notices appear on the last page.
Creator
Edes, Benjamin (1732-1803)
Source
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History(Collection)
Date
27 April 1778
Relation
GLC06604
Extent
4 p. : newspaper ; 40.5 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Type
Newspaper
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