The Constitutional courant : containing matters interesting to liberty, and no wise repugnant to loyalty.
| Other author | Philoleutherus. |
| Other author | Philo-Patriae. |
| Other author | Goddard, William, 1740-1817. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Woodbridge, N.J.] : Printed by Andrew Marvel [i.e., William Goddard], at the Sign of the Bribe Refused, on Constitution Hill, North America, [1765] |
| Description | 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages) ; (1/2°) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9941. ^A478749 |
| General note | Though issued in the form of a newspaper, in fact a political manifesto in opposition to the Stamp Act. Contains two essays, signed Philoleutheros and Philo Patriæ, preceded by prefatory remarks 'To the public,' signed 'Andrew Marvel' (i.e., William Goddard), and followed by a report of changes in the Ministry in Great Britain. |
| General note | At head of title: Saturday, September 21, 1765. [Numb. 1.]. In midst of title is a device of a snake divided into 8 parts, with motto: Join or die. |
| General note | "This single number of the Courant, directed against the obnoxious Stamp-Act, was printed by William Goddard at James Parker's press in Woodbridge, New Jersey, in a large edition, which was secretly forwarded to New York City and there sold by hawkers rapidly. It was reprinted there, and at Boston, and at Philadelphia."--Evans. See also Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers, v. 1, p. 525-526 (where the New York hawker is identified as Lawrence Sweeney); and the paper by Albert Matthews in Publications of the Colonial Society of Mass., v. 11, p. 421-453. |
| General note | Printed in three columns. In this edition, the imprint appears at the foot of the third column on p. [2]. |
| References | Evans 9941 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9941). |
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