Item Summary

"At the masthead is a device, first used by Edes & Gill on Jan. 1, 1770, showing Minerva holding a spear surmounted by a liberty cap while with the other she releases a bird from a cage. Engraved by Paul Revere." --Early American book illustrators and wood engravers, 1670-1870

Descriptive Information

Title
The Boston gazette, or, Country journal.
Call Number
F-000488
GA 2024.04571
0921.678e Box 1
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcrr172c10c
Publisher
Boston [Mass.] : B. Edes and J. Gill, 1755-1793.
Language
English
Date Created
1755-1793
Format
Journal
Extent
2048 no. ; 38 cm
No. 1 (Apr. 7, 1755)-no. 2048 (Dec. 30, 1793).
References
Sinclair Hamilton Collection no. 52
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title varies: Boston-gazette, and country journal, Apr. 12, 1756-Apr. 5, 1779; Boston gazette, and the country journal, Apr. 12, 1779-Dec. 30, 1793.
Published in Watertown, Mass., June 5, 1775-Oct. 28, 1776.
Princeton copy 1 Ex 0921.678e: 3 facsimile copies of no. 779.

Discovery Information

Subject
Boston (Mass.)—Newspapers
Suffolk County (Mass.)—Newspapers
Watertown (Mass.)—Newspapers
Middlesex County (Mass.)—Newspapers

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/85da1f08-2c1f-47b8-b50b-9abafd7f9d68/manifest