(AMERICAN REVOLUTION NEWSPAPERS) The Massachusetts Spy or T

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MASTHEAD BY REVERE (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEWSPAPERS.) The Massachusetts Spy, or, Thomas's Boston Journal. Illustrated "Join or Die" masthead by Paul Revere. 4 pages, 17 1/2 x 11 inches, on one sheet; stitch holes in margin, cropped on bottom edge with loss of a line. (JMR) Boston: Isaiah Thomas, 16 February 1775

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Published two months before Paul Revere's ride, many of the articles hint at the impending conflict, including an essay signed "From the County of Hampshire" which asks whether Parliament has the right "to tax us, not only without our consent, but directly in the face of our most solemn and unanimous protestations." In addition, Thomas advertises a pamphlet he has just published "which contains particular Military directions, worthy to be put in practice by all Americans," and adds that "those who cannot afford to purchase, may have it gratis by applying to I. Thomas." Brigham, Revere's Engravings, page 202 and plate 70.