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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] The New York Packet and the American Advertiser, 4 July 1776. New York: Samuel Loudon. Four pages, folio, printed in four columns. Woodcut device of packet ship on masthead.
“FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES”
A New York paper printed on the day in which the Second Continental Congress, 90 miles to the south, approved the Declaration of Independence. That news would not reach New York City until 9 July. But this issue does report important events in the independence movement, such as the Pennsylvania Convention resolution in support of a complete break with Great Britain: “We the Deputies…unanimously declare our willingness to concur in a vote of the Congress declaring the United Colonies Free and Independent States.” Another report notes North Carolina’s decision to support independence, and the departure of a ship from New York harbor bound for Britain with a cargo of Tories! Only two New York papers printed on July 4, 1776.
“FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES”
A New York paper printed on the day in which the Second Continental Congress, 90 miles to the south, approved the Declaration of Independence. That news would not reach New York City until 9 July. But this issue does report important events in the independence movement, such as the Pennsylvania Convention resolution in support of a complete break with Great Britain: “We the Deputies…unanimously declare our willingness to concur in a vote of the Congress declaring the United Colonies Free and Independent States.” Another report notes North Carolina’s decision to support independence, and the departure of a ship from New York harbor bound for Britain with a cargo of Tories! Only two New York papers printed on July 4, 1776.