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Raid Ends Rivington’s New York Gazetteer Press
An armed Patriot band led by Isaac Sears raided James Rivington’s Hanover Square shop on November 23 1775, smashing the press and dispersing printing types. Earlier a May 10 1775 mob damaged the shop and attempted to kidnap Rivington, who fled to a British ship.
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