The Constitutional courant
Subtitle: containing matters interesting to liberty, and no wise repugnant to loyalty.
Contributors: Philoleutherus.; Philo Patri©Œ; Goddard, William, 1740-1817.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 9941.
Publisher: Printed by Andrew Marvel [i.e., William Goddard], at the Sign of the Bribe Refused, on Constitution Hill, North America.
Published: 1765
Place of publication: [Woodbridge, N.J.]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Great Britain.
Notes: Though issued in the form of a newspaper, in fact a political manifesto in opposition to the Stamp Act. Contains two essays, signed Philoleutheros and Philo Patri©Œ, preceded by prefatory remarks 'To the public,' signed 'Andrew Marvel' (i.e., William Goddard), and followed by a report of changes in the Ministry in Great Britain.

At head of title: Saturday, September 21, 1765. [Numb. 1.]. In midst of title is a device of a snake divided into 8 parts, with motto: Join or die.

"This single number of the Courant, directed against the obnoxious Stamp-Act, was printed by William Goddard at James Parker's press in Woodbridge, New Jersey, in a large edition, which was secretly forwarded to New York City and there sold by hawkers rapidly. It was reprinted there, and at Boston, and at Philadelphia."--Evans. See also Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers, v. 1, p. 525-526 (where the New York hawker is identified as Lawrence Sweeney); and the paper by Albert Matthews in Publications of the Colonial Society of Mass., v. 11, p. 421-453.

Printed in three columns. In this edition, the imprint appears at the foot of the third column on p. [2]

Evans 9941.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9941)