Raynors 2012-09
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[Philadelphia]: John Dunlap, [April 1775]. Broadside, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Printed in two columns. Some faint offsetting and light foxing. Very good plus. In a grey cloth folder, leather label. This broadside prints extracts from the LONDON GAZETTE of February 11, 1775, including the address from Parliament to King George III, in which Parliament finds that the province of Massachusetts Bay is in outright rebellion against the Crown and makes provision for the immediate dispatch of soldiers to the colonies to quell the rebellion. The text reads, in part: "...we find that a part of your Majesty's subjects, in the province of Massachusetts Bay, have proceeded so far to resist the authority of the Supreme Legislature, that a rebellion at this time actually exists within the said province; and we see with the utmost concern, that they have been countenanced and encouraged by unlawful combinations and engagements, entered into by your Majesty's subjects in several other colonies, to the injury and oppression of many of their innocent fellow subjects, resident within the kingdom of Great Britain, and the rest of your Majesty's domains. This conduct, on their part, appears to us the more inexcusable, when we consider with how much temper your Majesty and the two Houses of Parliament, have acted in support of the laws and constitution of Great-Britain. We can never so far desert the trust reposed in us, as to relinquish any part of the sovereign authority over all your Majesty's dominions...And the conduct of many persons in several of the colonies, during the late disturbances, is alone sufficient to convince us how necessary this power is for the protection of the lives and fortunes of all your Majesty's subjects." The address continues, stating that Parliament is always willing to address real grievances by British subjects, but cannot support the flouting of authority, and asks that the King do all in his power to "enforce due obedience to the laws and authority" of the country. Further advices in the second column of text lay out the Parliamentary events leading up to this decision, and note that Generals Howe and Clinton are preparing to leave for America. Reinforcements are called for in Boston, and "Orders are given for all the ships which are destined for America and Newfoundland, to take on board their full compliment of seamen and soldiers immediately." As one of the leading printers in Philadelphia, John Dunlap produced numerous pieces both for the Continental Congress and the state of Pennsylvania, whose capital was then Philadelphia. He is one of the most prominent figures in printed material from the Revolution. He is most noted for being the printer of the first broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence. An important broadside, printing news of the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Given the time it took to cross the Atlantic, this was probably printed in April 1775. Only four copies are recorded by ESTC, at the American Antiquarian Society, New-York Historical Society, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Library Company of Philadelphia. NAIP adds a copy at the Library of Congress. ESTC W6492. NAIP w006492. EVANS 14075. HILDEBURN 3150.
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