Extracts from American newspapers

William Nelson, A. Van Doren (Abraham Van Doren) Honeyman

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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
FIRST SERIES
Vol. XXXIThis volume of the First Series of "Newis one Jersey
of State of NewArchives" issued by authority the Jersey
under the direction of the New Jersey Historical Society,
through its Committee named below, and concludes those
relating to Newspaper Extracts from 1704 to ; the con-1775
tinuation from to 1782 having already been published1776
in a Second Series, Vols. 1-5.
Edwin R. Walker,
Adrian Lyon,
Ernest C. Richardson,
Joseph F. Folsom,
A. Van Doren Honeyman,
Bergen,James J.
Hiram E. Beats,
I. Lincoln Adams,W.
Committee on Colonial Documents.
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DOCU M ENTS
RELATING TO THE
COLONIAL HISTORY
JERSEYSTATE OF NEW
FIRST SERIES---VOL. XXXI
EXTRACTS FROM AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS RELATING
TO NEWJERSEY
FOR THE YEAR 1775
EDITED BY
HONEYMANA. VAN DOREN
SOMERVILLE, N. J.
The Unionist-Gazettk Association, Printers.
1923r/51:
PREFACE
special appropria-This volume, published by means of a
concludes Newspaper Ex-tion by the Legislature of 1922,
alltracts concerning New Jersey from available American
whennewspapers published from the year 1704, the first
The theone was established in Boston, to July, 1782. reason
year it covers, has hitherto been omitted, is because1775,
the Second Series of "Archives," starting with was1776,
begun and finished before the First Series was ended. Hap-
pily, the Extract volumes contemplated are now complete.
The late Dr. Austin Scott, recent Chairman of the Co-
lonial Documents Committee of the New Jersey Historical
Society, had expected to assist in seeing this volume through
the press, but his untimely death prevented his participa-
tion in the publication further than to agree with the pres-
ent Editor that the rules for printing adopted in the latter
part of Vol. XXIX, First Series (see Preface in that
volume), should be continued. This practice has been fol-
lowed.
In reference to the newspaper credits it may be noted
that the titles of the journals quoted are usually abbreviated.
The full titles as originally printed were as follows
Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet ; or the General Advertiser,
The Journal; and the Weekly Advertiser.
The Pennsylvania Gazette.
The New York Gazette ; and the Weekly Mercury.
The New York Journal ; or the General Advertiser.
Rivington's New York Gazetteer; or the Connecticut,.
Hudson's River, New Jersey and Quebec Weekly Adver-
tiser. (This newspaper ceased publication Nov. 23, 1775,
and did not resume until Oct. 4, 1777).
Of course it is well understood that no newspapers were
published in New Jersey in 1775.Preface 8
(
in sev-Many of the matters herein reproduced appeared
same date,eral of the newspapers named above at about the
true of thealthough credited to one only. This is especially
advertisements.
There have been omitted most of the reports of proceed-
ings of Committees of Correspondence in various counties,
and of the General Assembly of New Jersey, because such
have already been published by the State in the volume
entitled "Minutes of the Provincial Congress and Council
: most valuable book of reference, cov-of Safety" (1879) a
much more than its title implies.ering
that many extracts given herein have veryIt is realized
with New and others are of thelittle connection Jersey,
Such include the slave andslightest historical consequence.
chiefly of use as giving the names ofhorse advertisements,
there have been excised cer-their owners. In these cases
in matter oftain totally unimportant features, e. theg.,
wore. In theslaves, a full description of the clothes they
case of long communicated articles the copyists failed to
write them out fully; hence the occasional statement in
brackets.
If, on the whole, the matters appearing in this volume on
the really stirring events of are fewer in number or1775
significant that one would expect, it is to be rememberedless
newspapers of that day were not informative asthat the
now, and that the extracts given are only such as relate to
which outside of that wherein the publica-one State, was
tion appeared.
printing this volume at once has precludedThe need for
time necessary add footnotesthe Editor from taking the to
the work would have the ap-after proper names, so that
only months of search-pearance of annotation. However,
the extracts,ing would have sufficed to properly annotate
in the precedingand, in the light of the numerous footnotes
hardly neces-and succeeding volumes, the labor appeared
sary. A. Van Doren Honeyman.
Plainfield, N. J., January, 1923.