Gentlemen, The inhabitants of the town of Boston, legally assembled, have taken into consideration ... : the subject of the fishery, and the great importance of a common right therein being secured to the United States, whenever a treaty of peace shall be concluded. .. This town have judged it necessary to instruct their representatives in the General Court on the subject. The instructions are inclos'd. ... In the name and by order of the town of Boston ... December 14, 1781.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boston (Mass.)

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17105.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fisheries--Economic aspects--United States.

Fisheries.

Freedom of the seas.

Seafaring life.

Fisheries--Economic aspects.

United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783.

United States.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages)

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons?], [1781]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Followed on pages [2-3], by: At a meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Boston ... at Faneuil-Hall, December 11, 1781. Voted, that the following instructions be given to the gentlemen who represent the town in the General Court, viz.

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