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To the betrayed inhabitants of the city and colony of New-York. : My dear fellow citizens and countrymen, In a day when the minions of tyranny and despotism in the mother country, and the colonies, are indefatigable in laying every snare that their malevolent and corrupt hearts can suggest, to enslave a free people; ...
- Title
- To the betrayed inhabitants of the city and colony of New-York. : My dear fellow citizens and countrymen, In a day when the minions of tyranny and despotism in the mother country, and the colonies, are indefatigable in laying every snare that their malevolent and corrupt hearts can suggest, to enslave a free people; ...
- Author
- McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786.
- Publication
- [New York, N.Y.] : [Printed by James Parker], [1769]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Parker, James, 1714-1770
- Description
- 1 sheet ([2] p.); 34 x 22 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Broadsides.
- Note
- Caption title, with first lines of text.
- Signed on p. [2]: A son of liberty. New-York, Dec. 16, 1769.
- "This letter, attacking the grant of money by the Assembly for the support of the troops, and suggesting a meeting in opposition to the bill, was declared by the majority in the Assembly to be 'a false, seditious and infamous libel, ' and the Lieutenant Governor issued a proclamation offering a reward of one hundred pounds for the discovery of the author. ... In February, 1770, James Parker was arrested and acknowledged himself to be the printer, and Alexander McDougall to be the author. And on February 8th, 1770, Captain McDougall was arrested and imprisoned."--Evans
- Indexed In (note)
- Evans, C. American bibliography
- English short title catalogue
- Call Number
- *KVB (1769 Dec. 16) (Son of Liberty. To the betrayed inhabitants of the city)
- OCLC
- 319886828
- Author
- McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786.
- Title
- To the betrayed inhabitants of the city and colony of New-York. : My dear fellow citizens and countrymen, In a day when the minions of tyranny and despotism in the mother country, and the colonies, are indefatigable in laying every snare that their malevolent and corrupt hearts can suggest, to enslave a free people; ...
- Imprint
- [New York, N.Y.] : [Printed by James Parker], [1769]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- Evans, C. American bibliography 11319English short title catalogue W17051
- Added Author
- Parker, James, 1714-1770, printer.
- Research Call Number
- *KVB (1769 Dec. 16) (Son of Liberty. To the betrayed inhabitants of the city)