Colonial America
Colonial Newspaper Reporting on the British East India Tea Company Sending Tea Ships to the Colonies, the Prelude to the "Boston Tea Party" Tax Protest of December 16, 1773
October 13, 1773-Dated Colonial Pre Revolutionary War Period, Newspaper titled, "The Pennsylvania Gazette" Printed by Hall and Sellers, including a timely Report on the British East India Tea Company Sending "Tea Ships" to the Colonies, in a Prelude to the famous "Boston Tea Party," Choice Very Fine.
October 13, 1773-Dated edition of "The Pennsylvania Gazette", owned by Benjamin Franklin, published in Philadelphia, PA by Hall and Sellers. No. 2338. This edition features four pages, complete, measures about 10" x 16" with slight folds and some light expected wear and trivial fold edge splits, overall boldly printed with choice eye appeal.
Of special highly important historical content is the inside-page report and coverage of the British East India Tea Company sending Tea Ships to cities in the American Colonies, including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and locations in South Carolina. Including the very Ship sent to Boston with its cargo of Tea that would be the one involved in the famous "Boston Tea Party" Tax Protest of December 16, 1773. The very Boston Tea Party incident in which 342 Chests of Tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from their Ships into Boston Harbor by American Patriots, some disguised as Mohawk Indians.
This newspaper issue also contains important content for numismatists who collect Colonial Paper Currency. The very first front page report is an official announcement of October 9, 1773 from the Pennsylvania House of Assembly that all Currency of the March 1st, 1769 Pennsylvania issue in all denominations must be delivered to the treasurer without delay, or risk the Danger of losing an Opportunity to exchange the notes for their Value, by Owen Jones, Provincial Treasurer. In additional, there are three Slave "Run Away" Rewards and Slave Sale advertisements. Finally, of special interest is a page three Advertisement at center for the sale of "POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK for 1774". A truly important historic Newspaper in choice quality.
The Pennsylvania Gazette was one of the United States' most prominent newspapers from 1728, before the time period of the American Revolution, until 1800. This newspaper was first published in 1728 by Samuel Keimer and was the second newspaper to be published in Pennsylvania under the name, "The Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sciences: and Pennsylvania Gazette," alluding to Keimer's intention to print out a page of Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences in each copy.
On October 2, 1729, Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith bought the paper and shortened its name, as well as dropping Keimer's grandiose plan to print out the Cyclopaedia. Franklin not only printed the paper but also often contributed pieces to the paper under aliases. His newspaper soon became the most successful in the colonies.