In consequence of a conference with the committees of correspondence for the towns in the vicinity of Boston, November 23, 1773, and with their advice the following letter is addressed : Gentlemen, The present posture of affairs, engages the attention of all the friends of the happy constitution which our fathers framed ...
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Imprint: | [Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1773] |
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Description: | 1 online resource (1 sheet) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12044618 |
Other authors / contributors: | Boston Committee of Correspondence. |
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Notes: | "A temporate statement of the reasons governing them in their position against receiving the consignment of tea made by the East India Company."--Evans. Signed: By order of the committee of Boston. Printed area measures 34.2 x 15.7 cm. Evans 12693 Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1654 Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed February 18, 2020). |
Summary: | Broadside from the committees of correspondence of Boston and surrounding towns against the importation of tea. Of note, a post script described actions the town of Boston took to stop custom houses and consignees from accepting tea from the East India Company. |
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