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Dedication To my late father, Curti
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Chapter 7 Reactions in the Chesapea
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Foreword by David Waldstreicher Rog
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Acknowledgements This work could no
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2 typical of Colonial Virginians of
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4 political leaders, even the King,
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6 related, the relationship of prin
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8 the press, a declared freedom tha
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10 colony, and demonstrates how pri
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12 print and popular use of the pri
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16 in overcrowded conditions. Once
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18 in England that the colony had a
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20 sheets of those printed laws, Go
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22 to control dissent by the opposi
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24 was about 144,000 people, with a
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26 of the “simple folk.” 37 Thi
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28 and aristocracy, as they came mo
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30 journals made public. This appea
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32 A printing house was a major inv
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34 after the mid-eighteenth century
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36 percent and women’s about 30 p
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38 Whatever the original intent, pr
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40 Printing the laws, Eisenstein su
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42 Governor William Gooch was the a
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44 monopoly of power. 91 An increas
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46 Resolved, That it is the undoubt
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48 alienating anyone in power. 103
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50 approved by the Governor’s Cou
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52 that of a press that should cont
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54 ideas about the role of print wi
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56 and popular prints, more driven
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58 tells much about both the way th
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60 The earliest Chesapeake printers
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62 Printer William Parks noted that
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64 to found The Spectator with Jose
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66 public discourse. This appears t
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68 arrived in the Chesapeake via Lo
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70 Postal service was an extremely
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72 “Enter’d in the Upper Distri
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74 using an additional six pages of
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76 and relatives) made up the major
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78 more than two full pages of adve
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80 eventually gained in power, and
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82 issues. 63 The institution of th
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84 Hunter “be the Moderator of ou
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86 allow for a free exchange of a s
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88 improved communication, but news
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90 The limits of public debate in V
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92 criticism of the British governm
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94 Gentlemen. It was my unhappiness
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96 the power structure. From a pres
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98 from the multidisciplinary field
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100 Indian medicine. By the mid-eig
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102 probably because they were used
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104 While designed to be useful and
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106 One Maryland almanac had advice
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108 about political pamphlets and n
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110 the United States, but did not
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112 crisis, just as the tax on pape
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114 small amounts in the Virginia a
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116 opinion leaders. Such influenti
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118 permits separation of verbal th
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120 and alienation, it can also int
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122 dependent on the very culture i
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124 the knowledge they incorporated
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126 When printed material became a
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128 with interleaved pages. He reco
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130 This section included entertain
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132 it had real economic and social
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134 discourse, and even the public
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136 print remain under-explored. 9
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138 A fairly large number of Virgin
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140 as enabling discourse by non-el
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142 sold in Williamsburg in 1756. 2
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144 Complaint” begins by pointing
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146 a woman requesting a response f
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148 Pen.)” 49 This writer may hav
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150 Women’s involvement with prin
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152 mass media available. Communica
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154 equality, “One Sex was not de
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156 women’s involvement in the ph
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158 to the 1730s, to the very origi
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162 ensued. In the summer of 1764,
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164 among the printers and between
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166 than two shillings. The tax on
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168 which openly invaded the first
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170 Extracts of Letters, &c. respec
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172 assembly what action he should
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174 Williamsburg paper did not ment
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176 successors to print laws and th
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178 While Royle did still receive
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180 Sentiments of their own Rights
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182 estimates that by this period,
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184 in Charles-Town, South Carolina
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186 in the colonies has been theori
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188 many as four or five coffeehous
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190 Jürgen Habermas viewed such ci
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192 with the religious Great Awaken
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196 specifically from the former pr
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198 and Richard D. Brown noted, kno
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302 Kraus, Sidney and Dennis Davis.
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304 Articles: Anderson, David. “T
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306 Smith, Stephen A. “The Origin
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310 Bill of Rights, 4, 7, 11, 226,
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312 Dulany, Daniel, 180 Dunmore, Go
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314 King Charles, 21 King George I,
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316 North Briton, The, 223, 247, 24
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318 Rawson, David, 23, 36, 125, 155
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320 Virginia Resolves, 169 Virginia