If these orders were executed, it must either set all America in a flame, or damp the small fire of liberty that existed." bit includes: "The state or importance of the American colonies is so little understood or regarded by the cunning people at the West end of the town that I am told they have universally agreed that if all our settlements there were at the bottom of the sea, it would be much better for England.It behooves every Englishman to endeavour to promote the welfare of the Americans, since on that our own have such a great dependence." Also another interesting item: "By his time the Americans know their fate: That General Gage had.orders to prevent the congress at any rate, and to take those deputed into custody. has a note from London: ".that the Court have offered the command of the troops in America to Sir William Draper in consequence of his connections in New York but it is not yet determined whether he will be invested with the command or not: but all are now discontented with the conduct of General Gage."Īnother ftpg. This engraving is found in most history books, but very rarely is such an edition of the Pennsylvania Journal found & offered to the collector market. It would become a symbol of colonial freedom during the Revolutionary War. The engraving, a prominent device in the masthead of this newspaper, shows a snake cut into various pieces, each with a label of a colony with the implied message that only by each of the separate colonies uniting under a single cause could the country-the snake-hope to strike back & be successful in defeating the British.īen Franklin is credited with creating this device, considered the very first political cartoon when he used it in his Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754 to rally the colonies to unite during the advent of the French & Indian War. If there was one graphic which represented the spirit of the Revolutionary War it would have to be the ubiquitous segmented snake with the famous "Unite Or Die" caption. ![]() * Benjamin Franklin's "Unite Or Die" cartoon ![]() THE PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL AND THE WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, December 7, 1774
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