250 and Counting

250 and Counting


250 and Counting: January 2, 1775

January 02, 2025

The Philadelphia Packet was a weekly newspaper that had only been around for about four years by the start of 1775, so tensions between the Colonies and the Crown were already in place from the first issue. But while publisher John Dunlap generally sided with the Americans, he did feel a responsibility to present both […]