Boston Evacuation and Battle Accounts from July 1775
A letter from Gravesend recounts General Gage’s forces at Boston and Washington’s siege action. It notes July events including cannonading, heavy losses to the Royalists, and Gage’s retreat with survivors, as private accounts reach readers via a ship distress message.
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To the Printer. A Defence of Press Freedom and Scandal
A sharp editorial attacks a publicist in England for slanderous attacks on the press and ministry. It denounces a plan to publish ten tenacious treason claims in newspapers and mocks the notion that printers abet rebellion while defending the role of the press against fear and vengeance.
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England
Dentatus
Boffon
Numa
Leas
Numa and Patriots in a Summer Critique
A fragmented critique targets a writer signed “Friend to the Press” and the figure Numa, arguing the prose hides faulty logic and political bias. It accuses the author of misrepresenting wartime victories and mocks liberal rhetoric while urging ministers to counter shallow, biased journalism. The piece laments compromised reasoning and ridicules supposed patriotism.
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Pa Fayf
Rez
Numa
Old
England
Broca
Nu MA
Fale
Admission Rules For Society Members At Queen’s Arms Tavern
The notice states that victuallers are barred from membership and that smallpox vaccination is required. Members over 44 must present age certificates from the register. Abstracts of the Deed of Settlement and the society’s status are issued for free at the Queen’s Arms Tavern in St Paul’s Churchyard or at Michael Fisher’s in Wythe Street near Temple Dar.
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