To the public
Subtitle: Annapolis, May 28, 1768. Whereas a controversy has been published in the Gazette, for a considerable time, betwixt a certain gentleman, who calls himself a Bystander, and his opponents, in the course of which a great deal of personal invective has appeared. The printers therefore thought it necessary, for their justification, (from the uncertainty to what length the dispute might be correct) to demand the names of the authors, or a sufficient indemnity ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 41831
Publisher: Printed by Ann Catherine and William Green
Published: 1768
Place of publication: Annapolis
Language: eng
Subjects: Libel and slander; Newspaper publishing; Maryland gazette (Annapolis, Md. : 1745)
Notes: "The Bystander" was the Rev. Bennet Allen; his adversary in the dispute, Walter Dulany.

Signed: The printers. The Maryland gazette was printed by Anne Catharine and William Green in 1768. An appended letter "to the Bystander's friend" is signed: William Green.

Bristol B2888

Shipton & Mooney 41831

Wroth, L.C. Maryland, 280