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Colony News August 9, 1771
Re-printed from the New Hampshire Gazette, August 9, 1771
Those Pesky Frontiersmen
The War against the Regulators (rebels) of North Carolina, and the disputes between Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers and Connecticut Men on the frontier, prompted one Philadelphia writer to observe this about the people of frontier Colonial America:
“..it is our opinion of folks in this country, that if some method is not fallen upon of reducing the frontier rioters to a submission to Law, that one general chain will be formed of them throughout the whole continent, as the views and conduct of them are all similar..”
The Quack Doctor
If to a patient call’d, to him unknown,
When first into the House or Room he’s shown,
The mercenary Quack looks round to see
What signs of want, or of prosperity,
Appear about the chamber, and from thence
Does his advice accordingly dispense. Continue Reading »
High Treason
“…Benjamin Merrill, be carried to the place from whence you came, that you be drawn from thence to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck; that you be cut down while you are yet alive…”
Without dispute, the greatest news story of 1771 in the American Colonies would have to be the chronicle of the North Carolina “Regulators.” Nothing else comes close in terms of sheer newsprint, and from the perspective of New England — already the seat of many violent riots against crown officials — the iron-fisted conclusion of that struggle must have felt a bit ominous for those considering opposition to royal governors. Continue Reading »
January 18, 1771
New York: Jan 3, 1771 (More rumors of war being inevitable)
London: a report from Constantinople regarding the campaign appointments of the Grand Signior, the first Turkish emperor to lead an army since the time of Solyman the Magnificent. The imperial train is meant to match his title, for he considers himself the master of the world. It includes a harem of women whose tents it is “death to enter,” each with yellow silk covering and ostrich feathers on their tops. Continue Reading »
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