A DIVIDED AMERICA, IN 1787.


The Evening Chronicle, vol I no 39. Philadelphia: Robert Smith, May 5, 1787. 4 pp. Quarto (300 x 230 mm). Disbound. Leaves toned, left margin rough.Page 3, column 3 relates an opinion piece from a Boston newspaper, regarding the difference exposed between the states after the common enemy (England) has been vanquished: "We are no longer United States, because we are not under any firm and energetic compact. The breath of jealousy has blown the cobweb of our confederacy asunder. Every link of the chain of union is separated from its companion. We live, it is true, under the appearance of friendship, but we secretly hate and envy, and endeavour to thwart the interest of each other...."