Rag Linen | Online Museum of Historic Newspapers » Humor http://raglinen.com Rag Linen | Online Museum and Educational Archive of Rare and Historic Newspapers Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:17:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Pre-Revolutionary War Betting Odds http://raglinen.com/2010/03/27/pre-revolutionary-war-betting-odds/ http://raglinen.com/2010/03/27/pre-revolutionary-war-betting-odds/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:37:07 +0000 raglinen http://raglinen.com/?p=2386 If you were a gambling American in late 1774, you would have appreciated reading these betting odds, published in the October 24, 1774 issue of the Newport Mercury (Rhode Island). “Five to one that if the sword is drawn, General Gage mistakes a windmill for a magazine of arms, and is more intent on gaining bread, than victory, for his troops.”

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Here’s an odd and humorous discovery from the April 7, 1755 issue of the New York Gazette, printed by James Parker. Enjoy.

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