Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency James Bowdoin, Esquire ... An address, to the good people of the commonwealth. : A spirit of discontent, originating in supposed grievances, having .. stimulated many of the citizens in several of the counties of this commonwealth, to the commission of acts subversive of the government ... Given at the council-chamber, in Boston, the 12th day of January, 1787 ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massachusetts. Governor (1785-1787 : Bowdoin)

Contributor:

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20500.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Massachusetts. Militia.

Massachusetts.

Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787.

Treason--Massachusetts.

Treason.

History, Military.

Massachusetts--History, Military.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : (Published by authority) [by Adams and Nourse], [1787]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Concerning actions taken by the legislature and the governor to restore peace and harmony, and defending the use of force to end the rebellion.

Signed: James Bowdoin. By His Excellency's command, John Avery, Jun. secretary.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets around "Published by authority." Remainder of imprint supplied by Evans.

Text in two columns; printed area measures 36.1 x 12.8 cm.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 20500).

Cited in:

Evans 20500

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2479

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