Gentlemen, The selectmen, by order of the town, have directed me to inclose the following address, [electronic resource] : to be communicated to the inhabitants of your town ...
1786
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Gentlemen, The selectmen, by order of the town, have directed me to inclose the following address, [electronic resource] : to be communicated to the inhabitants of your town ...
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Friends and fellow citizens, The inhabitants of the town of Boston can never remain the unconcerned spectators of the distress and calamity of their fellow citizens in any part of the commonwealth. ...
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[Boston : s.n, 1786]
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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English
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1 sheet ; 46 x 30 cm.
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Signed: william Cooper, town-clerk. Boston, Sept. 11, 1786.
Followed by the addres of the selectmen: Friends and fellow citizens, The inhabitants of the town of Boston can never remain the unconcerned spectators of the distress and calamity of their fellow citizens in any part of the commonwealth ..
The address, while not specifically naming Shays' Rebellion, begs the inhabitants to communicate with their representatives in the General Court and to use constitutional means, rather than violence, to obtain redress for any grievances.
Text in three columns.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Followed by the addres of the selectmen: Friends and fellow citizens, The inhabitants of the town of Boston can never remain the unconcerned spectators of the distress and calamity of their fellow citizens in any part of the commonwealth ..
The address, while not specifically naming Shays' Rebellion, begs the inhabitants to communicate with their representatives in the General Court and to use constitutional means, rather than violence, to obtain redress for any grievances.
Text in three columns.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
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Bristol, B6250
Shipton & Mooney, 44858
English Short Title Catalog, W1644.
Shipton & Mooney, 44858
English Short Title Catalog, W1644.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Cooper, William, 1720-1809.
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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen.
Boston (Mass.). Selectmen.
Boston (Mass.). Selectmen.
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