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Embargo by express. : Boston, Friday evening, April 3, 1812.--6 o'clock. The following letter is this moment handed me by express. / Harrison G. Otis.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lloyd, James, 1769-1831.
Contributor:
Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864.
Emott, James, 1771-1850.
Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848.
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 25337.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Congress--(12th, 1st session : 1811-1812). House.
United States.
United States. Congress.
Embargo.
United States--Politics and government--1812-1815.
Politics and government.
Genre:
Broadsides.
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 21 x 17 cm
Place of Publication:
[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1812]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
"Mr. Calhoun, of South-Carolina, a member of the Committee of Foreign Relations has this moment informed Mr. Quincy, that the Committee of Foreign Relations have decided to lay a proposition for an embargo on the table of the House of Representatives to-morrow. ... James Lloyd, Josiah Quincy, James Emott. Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 1812, 2 o'clk, P.M. The Honorable H.G. Otis, Boston."
The second line of the letter ends with the words "that the." In other editions this line ends "that the Com-" or "informed Mr."
Printed area measures 15.5 x 13.4 cm.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 25337).
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