![[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] New York, April 29, 1775; A General Association, Agreed to, and subscribed by the Freeholders, Freeman, and Inhabitants of the City and County of New York. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1775.] Broadside, (128 x 205 mm.), "New York" crossed out, and "Brookhaven" added in manuscript, and "Association" written on verso. Very good.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/NYR/2016_NYR_12262_0364_000(american_revolution_new_york_april_29_1775_a_general_association_agree105951).jpg?w=1)
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[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] New York, April 29, 1775; A General Association, Agreed to, and subscribed by the Freeholders, Freeman, and Inhabitants of the City and County of New York. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1775.] Broadside, (128 x 205 mm.), "New York" crossed out, and "Brookhaven" added in manuscript, and "Association" written on verso. Very good.
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[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] New York, April 29, 1775; A General Association, Agreed to, and subscribed by the Freeholders, Freeman, and Inhabitants of the City and County of New York. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1775.] Broadside, (128 x 205 mm.), "New York" crossed out, and "Brookhaven" added in manuscript, and "Association" written on verso. Very good.
A rare New York broadside, issued in response to the battles of Lexington and Concord: "shocked, by the bloody Scene, now acting in the Massachusetts-Bay... resolve, never to become Slaves... [and] to adopt and endeavour to carry into Execution, whatever measures may be recommended by the Continental Congress…for the Purpose of preserving our Constitution, and opposing the Execution of several arbitrary and oppressive Acts of the British Parliament..."
Rare. Evans 14339. Evans cites one copy at New York Public Library. OCLC sources four additional examples in institutional holdings including New York Historical Society, American Antiquarian Society, The Pierpont Morgan Library, and the Moravian Archives.
Issued in the weeks following the outbreak of hostilities in Massachusetts on 19 April 1775, the broadside reads in full: “PERSUADED, that the Salvation of the Rights and Liberties of America, depends, under GOD, on the firm Union of its Inhabitants, in a vigorous Prosecution of the Measures, necessary for its Safety; and convinced of the Necessity of preventing the Anarchy and Confusion which attend a Dissolution of the Powers of Government; We, the Freemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the City and County of New York, being greatly alarmed at the avowed Design of the Ministry, to raise a Revenue in America; and shocked, by the bloody Scene, now acting in the Massachusetts-Bay, DO, in the most solemn Manner resolve, never to become Slaves; and do associate under all the Ties of Religion, Honour, and Love to our Country, to adopt and endeavour to carry into Execution, whatever measures may be recommended by the Continental Congress…for the Purpose of preserving our Constitution, and opposing the Execution of several arbitrary and oppressive Acts of the British Parliament; until a Reconciliation between Great-Britain and America, on Constitutional Principles, (which we most ardently Desire) can be obtained. And that we will, in all things follow the Advice of our General Committee, respecting the Purposes aforesaid, the Preservation of Peace and good Order, and the Safety of Individuals, and private Property.”
An important early broadside documenting the popular response to Lexington and Concord. This copy evidently made its way to Brookhaven, Long Island, the hometown of William Floyd (1734-1821). Provenance: from the estate of a descendant of William Floyd and David Gelston.
A rare New York broadside, issued in response to the battles of Lexington and Concord: "shocked, by the bloody Scene, now acting in the Massachusetts-Bay... resolve, never to become Slaves... [and] to adopt and endeavour to carry into Execution, whatever measures may be recommended by the Continental Congress…for the Purpose of preserving our Constitution, and opposing the Execution of several arbitrary and oppressive Acts of the British Parliament..."
Rare. Evans 14339. Evans cites one copy at New York Public Library. OCLC sources four additional examples in institutional holdings including New York Historical Society, American Antiquarian Society, The Pierpont Morgan Library, and the Moravian Archives.
Issued in the weeks following the outbreak of hostilities in Massachusetts on 19 April 1775, the broadside reads in full: “PERSUADED, that the Salvation of the Rights and Liberties of America, depends, under GOD, on the firm Union of its Inhabitants, in a vigorous Prosecution of the Measures, necessary for its Safety; and convinced of the Necessity of preventing the Anarchy and Confusion which attend a Dissolution of the Powers of Government; We, the Freemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the City and County of New York, being greatly alarmed at the avowed Design of the Ministry, to raise a Revenue in America; and shocked, by the bloody Scene, now acting in the Massachusetts-Bay, DO, in the most solemn Manner resolve, never to become Slaves; and do associate under all the Ties of Religion, Honour, and Love to our Country, to adopt and endeavour to carry into Execution, whatever measures may be recommended by the Continental Congress…for the Purpose of preserving our Constitution, and opposing the Execution of several arbitrary and oppressive Acts of the British Parliament; until a Reconciliation between Great-Britain and America, on Constitutional Principles, (which we most ardently Desire) can be obtained. And that we will, in all things follow the Advice of our General Committee, respecting the Purposes aforesaid, the Preservation of Peace and good Order, and the Safety of Individuals, and private Property.”
An important early broadside documenting the popular response to Lexington and Concord. This copy evidently made its way to Brookhaven, Long Island, the hometown of William Floyd (1734-1821). Provenance: from the estate of a descendant of William Floyd and David Gelston.