1754-1783: Communications
1754-1783: Chapter Four: Communications
by ANTHONY J. SCOTTI
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 86
OVERVIEW 92
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
British Proclamations of May and June 1780 93
Committees of Correspondence 94
The Rides of Revere 95
The Culper Ring 96
The Loyalist Press 99
The Leading American Printers of Original Political Pamphlets 1764-1776 99
The Patriot Press 101
Sweet Liberty 101
Postal Service 103
Spreading the Word: News of Lexington and Concord 104
The Stamp Act 105
Transportation 107
HEADLINE MAKERS
William Bradford III 109
Benjamin Edes 110
Hugh Gaine 111
William Goddard 112
James Parker 113
James Rivington 114
PUBLICATIONS 116
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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