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Petition from Bristol manufacturers to King George III, published in the London Evening Post, October 10, 1775

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Copy of the petition made by Bristol manufacturers and other citizens to George III promoting American sympathies, including almost 1000 signatures

Tags: America, American sympathizers, Bristol, England, George III, manufacturing, merchant, merchant class, Newspaper, petition, public debate, Richard Champion

Letter from a gentleman of Bristol to his friend in London, published in the Morning Chronicle and Public Advertiser, October 3, 1775

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Reprinted letter from Bristol to London, recounting an appeal from Bristol merchants to sympathize with the American cause. Disseminated in a London newspaper.

Tags: American sympathizers, Bristol, England, George III, letter, London, manufacturers, Newspaper, petition, public debate

Those Gentlemen who are forming themselves into Companies, in Defence of their LIBERTIES; and others, who are not provided with SWORDS, May be suited therewith by applying to CHARLES OLIVER BRUFF, in Maiden-Lane near the Fly-Market.

A jeweler and goldsmith advertises swords in a New York Newspaper

Tags: Advertisement, New York, Newspaper, silver, sword

First and Second Pages of the North Carolina Gazette—March 24, 1775

The March 24th edition of the North Carolina Gazette, North Carolina's principal newspaper between 1759 and 1778, includes, among other political and commercial articles, the entirety of a speech delivered by Mr. Cruger describing the rebels'…

Tags: Loyalist, New Bern, Newspaper, North Carolina, North Carolina Gazette, Patriot, Speech

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Petition from Bristol manufacturers to King George III, published in the London Evening Post, October 10, 1775

Letter from a gentleman of Bristol to his friend in London, published in the Morning Chronicle and Public Advertiser, October 3, 1775

Those Gentlemen who are forming themselves into Companies, in Defence of their LIBERTIES; and others, who are not provided with SWORDS, May be suited therewith by applying to CHARLES OLIVER BRUFF, in Maiden-Lane near the Fly-Market.

First and Second Pages of the North Carolina Gazette—March 24, 1775