Raynor HCA 2013-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/10/2013
Broadside 8-1/2” x 9,” variable graphic text, tape mends to the reverse, VG. In large part, this dramatic call “TO ALL TRUE WHIGS, And particularly to such as are Independent Electors of the City and County of New York. Gentlemen, The conduct of several of the Magistrates of this city, having for a considerable time been so notoriously inimical and unfriendly to the Liberties of this Country, and diametrically opposite to the Sentiments of a number of their Constituents; who, therefore, without any Pique, or party Resentment, but purely to promote and serve the general Cause, have agreed to choose the undermentioned Gentlemen as Guardians of their City Liberties for the ensuing Year; they having shown a hearty Disposition to serve their oppressed and bleeding Country; and are therefore recommended to all true Friends of American Liberty, viz ...” The broadside then, in two columns, prints the names of seven Aldermen and seven Common Council. It closes, “The Friends to Liberty are earnestly requested to attend at the L I B E R T Y P O L E, tomorow morning at 8 o’Clock on business of the utmost Importance. New York, Sep 28, 1775.” Several of the gentlemen listed served on “Committee of One Hundred” whose purpose was to insure the British would not receive arms from New York. The committee disarmed all loyalists within its jurisdiction. The mentioned Liberty Pole was erected on The Common (now the site of City Hall) by the Sons of Liberty. From 1766-1776, the pole was a point of battle between the Sons of Liberty and the British authorities, and frequently had to be replaced.
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