page 1</a> and <a href=https://www.newseumed.org/tools/artifact/"https://newseumed.org/tools/artifact/independence-cup-tea-1776">pages 2 and&nbsp;3</a>.) Colonial newspapers were often filled with "intelligence" collected from other publications and exchanged among postmaster-printers. <em>The Pennsylvania Evening Post&nbsp;</em>notes that its "intelligence" on the current situation between Continental forces and the Redcoats in New York and Boston originally came from the&nbsp;<em>New-York Post.&nbsp;</em> Page 4 also features several other advertisements and announcements. One advertisement promises readers a $2&nbsp;reward for a lost horse. Another ad featured a job offer for a coachman, "white or black" and "of good character." Joseph Cartwright also published a public service announcement about his wife, who was "not to be trusted," because she had "eloped from him sundry times." The word "sundry" was a word often used in the colonies to mean "various or diverse."</p> " /> Revolutionary War News Reaches Colonists | NewseumED Skip Navigation
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Revolutionary War News Reaches Colonists

The July 6, 1776, edition of The Pennsylvania Evening Post covers the movement of Continental troops in New York and Boston. (Page 4 of 4).

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July 6, 1776
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  • American Revolution
  • War

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