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The Crisis. No. I-IX
Uniform Title
Crisis (London, England : 1775)
Title
The Crisis. No. I-IX.
Published
[London, Printed and pub. for the authors, by T. W. Shaw: Newport reprinted, 1775]
Physical Description
72 p. 22 cm.
Extent
no. 1-91; Jan. 21, 1775-Oct. 12, 1776.
Local Notes
SML, FRA 775 C865, copy 1: Bound with Burgoyne, John. 1722-1792. The Speech of a general officer [1775?]
Notes
"One extra number was issued, called, 'The Crisis. Extraordinary. Wednesday, August 9, 1775.' paged continuously with the regular issues. In all 91 were printed, or 92 including the 'Extraordinary' one ... It seems probable that the paper was edited by William Moore, who previously had carried on two political papers ... of much the same character." Cf. The Crisis, by P. L. Ford, in the Bibliographer for Apr. 1902.
Advocating the cause of American independence and attacking the ministry and the British government. By order of the House of Commons no. 3 was publicly burned in March, 1775.
No. 7, 10, and 30 are attributed to Philip Thicknesse. Cf. Hope, F. W. Catalogue of ... early newspapers ... presented to the Bodleian library. Oxford, 1865.
Caption title.
Number IX was "Apparently the last number that was printed in Newport."
Original issue pub. by T. W. Shaw, 1776.
Variant and related titles
The Bibliographer.
Format
Journals & Newspapers
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
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