In Congress, Friday, June 9, 1775 : Resolved, that no obedience being due to the act of Parliament for altering the charter of the colony of Massachusetts-Bay ... it be recommended to the Provincial Congress to write letters to the inhabitants ... requesting them to chuse such representatives ... which Assembly and Council should exercise the powers of government ...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Item Description: | Followed by: Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. In observance of the foregoing resolve of the honorable Continental Congress ... Given under my hand this 19th day of June ... 1775. By order of Congress, [blank] president. [and on verso] Pursuant to the letter within written, the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of [blank] ... assembled and met together the [blank] day of [blank] 1775, and did then elect and depute [blank] to serve for and represent them ... Imprint supplied by Evans. Cf. Bristol B4033 which records a mutilated copy lacking the resolve of the Continental Congress. Readex Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages)) |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Watertown. |
