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[BROADSIDE]. [GODDARD, WILLIAM]. No. I. Philadelphia, June 10th, 1773. To My Fellow Citizens. Friends of Liberty, And Enemies to Despotism.....[signed:] Andrew Marvell. n.p. [Philadelphia, 1773]. Large folio, edges untrimmed, two small holes at fold intersections, verso with bold ink inscription: ""To Jos. Saunders Chestnut Street."
PROTESTING THE ERECTION OF "SHAMBLES OR STALLS" IN THE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA
Goddard vigorously remonstrates against the city Corporation of Philadelphia for a plan to erect and rent shambles or stalls "whereby the most beautiful and commodious Street in the City will be reduced to Alleys"; the proposal, he argues, might set a precedent by which "that Power...in some future Day may eradicate the Seeds of Liberty and Destroy our Constitution," imposing unwarranted and unreasonable taxes on the citizens of Philadelphia who "but a few Years since nobly stood forth against the whole Power of the British Parliament rather than submit to be taxed...without their Consent..." He appeals to Philadelphians to oppose the Corporation, and to "Rouse then! And let us demolish as fast as they can build, be regardless of their Menaces..." King George should be asked to revoke the Corporation's Charter since he is "eminently distinguished as a Friend to the Liberties of Mankind in general, but more particularly to the Inhabitants of this City."
William Goddard (1740-1817) a printer and journalist, was the first printer established in Providence, Rhode Island, where he began the the Providence Gazette in 1762; relocating to Woodbridge, New Jeresy, he printed The Constitutional Courant, "a patriotic sheet that caused a sensation when sold on the streets of New York." In June 1766 he extended his operations to Philadelphia, forming a partnership with Joseph Galloway and Thomas Wharton to launch The Pennsylvania Chronicle, and Universal Advertiser. "His Philadelpia ventures led to violent controversy and his language descended to 'downright black-guardism' and rose at times 'as shrill as a fish-wife's curse'...but his stormy career here...showed him the doughty champion of his age for the liberty of the press and right of public criticism" (DAB). In Baltimore, where Goddard launched another paper, the Maryland Journal, he founded an independant postal system which was later taken over by the Federal government and became the U.S. Post Office.
PROTESTING THE ERECTION OF "SHAMBLES OR STALLS" IN THE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA
Goddard vigorously remonstrates against the city Corporation of Philadelphia for a plan to erect and rent shambles or stalls "whereby the most beautiful and commodious Street in the City will be reduced to Alleys"; the proposal, he argues, might set a precedent by which "that Power...in some future Day may eradicate the Seeds of Liberty and Destroy our Constitution," imposing unwarranted and unreasonable taxes on the citizens of Philadelphia who "but a few Years since nobly stood forth against the whole Power of the British Parliament rather than submit to be taxed...without their Consent..." He appeals to Philadelphians to oppose the Corporation, and to "Rouse then! And let us demolish as fast as they can build, be regardless of their Menaces..." King George should be asked to revoke the Corporation's Charter since he is "eminently distinguished as a Friend to the Liberties of Mankind in general, but more particularly to the Inhabitants of this City."
William Goddard (1740-1817) a printer and journalist, was the first printer established in Providence, Rhode Island, where he began the the Providence Gazette in 1762; relocating to Woodbridge, New Jeresy, he printed The Constitutional Courant, "a patriotic sheet that caused a sensation when sold on the streets of New York." In June 1766 he extended his operations to Philadelphia, forming a partnership with Joseph Galloway and Thomas Wharton to launch The Pennsylvania Chronicle, and Universal Advertiser. "His Philadelpia ventures led to violent controversy and his language descended to 'downright black-guardism' and rose at times 'as shrill as a fish-wife's curse'...but his stormy career here...showed him the doughty champion of his age for the liberty of the press and right of public criticism" (DAB). In Baltimore, where Goddard launched another paper, the Maryland Journal, he founded an independant postal system which was later taken over by the Federal government and became the U.S. Post Office.