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Messieurs Edes', By inserting the following address, you will oblige a constant reader : My fellow countrymen. It is now upwards of five years since I addressed you on the important subject of military preparations.

Author/creator Military countryman
Format Book and Microform
Publication Info[Boston] : [Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons], [1780]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43840
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43840. ^A478749
General noteUrging firmness and resolve in pursuit of a successful conclusion to the war for independence. Signed: A military countryman.
General noteFollowed by excerpts from "a British magazine for 1762" and from the Boston gazette for Jan. 3, 1763, describing a day of darkness in Detroit on Oct. 19, 1762 (New England experienced a similar phenomenon on May 19, 1780); an article from the Newport Mercury dated May 20, 1780, with military intelligence from the south; a notice by the town assessors of Boston, dated May 25, 1780; and five short advertisements.
General notePrinted in three columns. Textually and typographically identical (except for final advertisement) with the second page of the May 29, 1780 issue of the Boston gazette, printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons.
References Bristol B5131
References Shipton & Mooney 43840
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2267
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43840).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Other title Boston gazette (1719-1798)

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 43840 ✔ Available