Broadsides, Ballads, &C. Printed in Massachusetts, 1639-1800 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Broadsides, Ballads, &C., Printed in Massachusetts, 1639-1800Certain subjects of discussion encouraged the issue of lea¿ets, like the aspirations of Boston for a market, or the conditions following the experiments in bills of credit in the first half of the eighteenth century. But the institution of royal customs commissioners, the stamp act and resulting measures, con tributory causes of the War for Independence, produced the greatest activity, still chie¿y on the part of government. After the first years of the revolution the need of such an agency of publicity was less and the use rapidly declined. The news paper improved as a medium of communication, and deprived the broadside of its principal excuse. Proposals of publication came in and apart from oficial issues represent the most in teresting feature. The taste for executions and concomitant scenes died out in Boston but persisted in Worcester and other places. Ezekiel Russell of Salem developed a touch of the sensational in the general make-up of his impressions, intended to be hawked through the country by pedlars and tradesmen. It may be said, however, that the broadside practically ceases to have historical interest after 1800.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.