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Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Reports from New York (Jan. 25) and Newburyport (Jan. 27) expose the pamphlet 'Rush Light No. 5' as a fabrication by American Jacobins, not written by William Cobbet in London, and possibly authored by Tench Coxe, criticizing the poor tactics of their cause.
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NEW YORK, JAN. 25.
The Rus. Light No 5, which has been lately circulated in this city, fails to have been written and published in London, by William Cobbet, proves to be the base fabrication of some American Jacobin. It is no longer a wonder, then, that this pamphlet was advertised for sale at the Jacobin office of the American Citizen.
NEWBURYPORT. JAN. 27.
The Rush-Light is supposed to have been written by Tench Coxe, the man who entered Philadelphia at the head of the British army in winter—but of late a champion of the Jacobins.—
Let the readers of the Rush Light judge, how poor must be the cause, which requires for its support such arts, and such characters.
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New York And Newburyport
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Jan. 25 And Jan. 27
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The pamphlet Rus. Light No 5, circulated in New York and claimed to be written by William Cobbet in London, is revealed as a fabrication by American Jacobins, advertised at the American Citizen office. In Newburyport, it is supposed to be by Tench Coxe, a former British collaborator turned Jacobin champion, highlighting the desperate arts supporting their cause.