Messieurs Edes', By inserting the following address, you will oblige a constant reader.
Subtitle: My fellow countrymen. It is now upwards of five years since I addressed you on the important subject of military preparations. ..
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 43840.
Publisher: Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons
Published: 1780
Place of publication: [Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders.; Charleston (S.C.) -- Siege, 1780.; Detroit (Mich.) -- History.; United States -- History, Military.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Addresses, sermons, etc.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns and battles.
Other titles: Boston gazette (1719-1798)
Notes: Urging firmness and resolve in pursuit of a successful conclusion to the war for independence. Signed: A military countryman.

Followed by excerpts from "a British magazine for 1762" and from the Boston gazette for Jan. 3, 1763, describing a day of darkness in Detroit on Oct. 19, 1762 (New England experienced a similar phenomenon on May 19, 1780); an article from the Newport Mercury dated May 20, 1780, with military intelligence from the south; a notice by the town assessors of Boston, dated May 25, 1780; and five short advertisements.

Printed in three columns. Textually and typographically identical (except for final advertisement) with the second page of the May 29, 1780 issue of the Boston gazette, printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons.

Bristol B5131.

Shipton & Mooney 43840.

Ford, W.C.  Broadsides, 2267.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43840)