When was it published?

July 13, 1770 in The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Domestic News July 13, 1770

The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

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Providence Merchants, Non Importation Resolve, Newport Fable, Colonial Trade Agreement

Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

Merchants in Providence, Rhode-Island, passed a resolve on May 21 against buying goods from importers violating colonial agreements in Newport and Boston, to be advertised in the Providence Gazette. Newport merchants responded by publishing a fable likening the action to an ass kicking a weakened lion.

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The Merchants of Providence in Rhode-Island Government, having on the 21st of May passed a Resolve, against purchasing Goods from Persons who had imported into Newport, as well as Boston, contrary to the Agreement of the Merchants in the Colonies. and that such Persons should be advertised in the Providence Gazette; some at Newport taking a Reflection intended, after inserting said resolve in their Paper, give the following Fable:

"A Lion having been reduced to a low state of Health, and not so well able to support his Dignity as formerly, many Beasts treated him Ill on Account of Injuries supposed to have been received from him when in his Prosperity :--The Boar gnashed him with his Tusks ;--The Bull gored him with his Horns. &c.--After almost all other Animals had insulted him, the stupid Ass advanced and gave him a KICK: Upon which the Lion, sighing, said, That the Pain given by the Blow was Nothing: but he resented the Baseness of the Beast who gave it."

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What sub-type of article is it?

Politics Economic

What keywords are associated?

Providence Merchants Non Importation Resolve Newport Fable Colonial Trade Agreement

Where did it happen?

Providence, Rhode Island

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Providence, Rhode Island

Event Date

21st Of May

Event Details

Merchants of Providence passed a resolve against purchasing goods from persons importing into Newport and Boston contrary to colonial merchant agreements, with such persons to be advertised in the Providence Gazette. Newport parties, feeling reflected upon, published a fable in their paper about beasts insulting a weakened lion, culminating in an ass's kick resented for its baseness.