[American Revolution] A Fine Patriot Newspaper with a Paul Revere Masthead, Printing the Final Sections of the 1776 American Articles of War, Passed by Congress on September 20, 1776

The Essex Journal: Or the New-Hampshire Packet, and the Weekly Advertiser
Newbury-Port: Printed by John Mycall, Thursday, December 5, 1776. Vol. III, No. 153. Printed newspaper. Folio. (4) pp. With woodcut masthead by Paul Revere. Contemporary ownership signature at top of front-page. Creasing from old folds; scattered soiling; wear along edges.

First passed the previous year, this revised Articles was largely the result of General George Washington's dogged effort to institute a stricter code among the fledgling Continental Army's ranks to help institute a more professional and permanent army. Thirty-three new articles were added to the preexisting code, such as increasing the severity of punishment for various military infractions, greater protection for civilians from plunder and property destruction, and more regulation of the court martial process. The articles are followed by a resolution of Congress, declaring that "all persons not members of, nor owning allegiance to any of the United States of America...who shall be found lurking as spies in or about the fortifications or encampment of the armies of the United States...shall suffer death according to the law and usage of nations..."

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How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[American Revolution] A Fine Patriot Newspaper with a Paul Revere Masthead, Printing the Final Sections of the 1776 American Articles of War, Passed by Congress on September 20, 1776

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[American Revolution] A Fine Patriot Newspaper with a Paul Revere Masthead, Printing the Final Sections of the 1776 American Articles of War, Passed by Congress on September 20, 1776

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