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Collection Reference Number GLC08790
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1778 
Title Boston Gazette and Country Journal No. 1262
Date 2 November 1778
Author Edes, Benjamin (1732-1803)  
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Discusses a book on government, liberty, and tyranny by pastor Isaac Backus. Contains Articles of Capitulation concerning Francois Claude Amour (the Marquis de Bouille). Mentions General Horatio Gates's arrival in Hartford, Connecticut. Refers to a large issue of counterfeit bills circulating in New York, describing specific characteristics of the counterfeits. Includes various advertisements. Contains several references to the lottery.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Military History  Surrender  France  Revolutionary War General  Continental Army  Convention Army  Coins and Currency  Lottery  
People Edes, Benjamin (1732-1803)  Backus, Isaac (1724-1806)  Bouillé, François-Claude-Amour, Marquis de (1739-1800)  Gates, Horatio (cb. 1727-1806)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme The American Revolution; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Edes and his son, also named Benjamin (1755-1801), worked as publishers in Boston. Amour served as Governor of the Antilles.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859