@article{682603,
      note = {Stearns was accused in 1780 of disloyalty to the colonies.  He posted bond against imprisonment, and then fled behind  British lines. The petition argues that the bond was  cancelled by the Treaty of Paris.},
      author = {Stearns, Samuel, and Thomas, Isaiah,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/682603},
      title = {Dr. Stearns's petition to His Excellency the governour,  and the Honourable Council exhibiting the troubles he has  met with, by reason of the appearance of false evidence  against him. Presented to the members of the Honourable  General Court, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for  their information. [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {by Isaiah Thomas,},
      recid = {682603},
      pages = {12p. ;},
      address = {Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts :},
      year = {1785},
}