The ADDRESS of the Lords and Commons to his Majesty, on the present State of America, &c. From the London Gazettee, of February 11 ... [a newsletter]. [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap, [1775]



Broadside, small folio (10 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.; 270 x 194 mm); formerly folded, a few mostly marginal spots.

Parke-Bernet, 20 January 1970, lot 139 (unnamed consignor)

Evans 14075; Hildeburn, Pennsylvania 3150

formerly folded, a few mostly marginal spots.
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The Printer John Dunlap brings news of the Parliamentary debates on the Boston revolt.

By the spring of 1775, it was clear that Britain faced a serious colonial rebellion. The present newsletter reports the address of the Earl of Rochford (1717-1781), Secretary of State for the south and a foreign policy expert in North's cabinet, reassuring the King that the Parliament supports him in resisting the rebellion in the province of Massachusetts Bay, while noting: "We have ever been, and always shall be, ready to pay attention and regard to any real grievances of your Majesty's subjects, which shall, in𝄹 a dutiful and constitutional manner, be laid before ꦐus; and whenever any of the colonies shall make a proper application to us, we shall be ready to afford them every just and reasonable indulgence ..."

Dunlap also reports the response of thꦇe Crown Lawyers to the Bostonians "A League and Covenant," Lord Chatham's fruitless attempts at reconciliation, and other efforts to put Britain on a🧸 war footing.