1764 newspaper The Boston Evening Post. For Sale

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1764 newspaper The Boston Evening Post.:
$400.00

The Boston Evening Post Newspaper dated Monday, April 23. 1764.

Interesting subject matter, here are some highlights

- discusses the period for allowing inoculation in Boston and describes physicians treating patients. In 1764, Boston was experiencing a serious smallpox outbreak.

- Taxes on tea, coffee and chocolate

On the second page, a notice mentions a committee appointed to manage excise taxes on tea, coffee and chocolate.

Why it matters: This appeared in 1764, the year Parliament passed the Sugar Act, amid growing disputes over imperial taxation and colonial authority. It provides useful context for the political tensions that would intensify over the following decade. The notice itself, however, is not proof of revolutionary protest.

There’s more smaller mentions of merchants and taxes that can be researched but there is a lot of interesting information in this one newspaper!