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Gentlemen, The inhabitants of the town of Boston, legally assembled, have taken into consideration ... [electronic resource] : 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.

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Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Boston (Mass.)
Contributor:
Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803, printer.
Edes, Benjamin, 1755-1801, printer.
Edes, Peter, 1756-1840, printer.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fisheries--Economic aspects--United States.
Fisheries.
Freedom of the seas.
Seafaring life.
United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([4]p. )
Other Title:
Gentlemen, The inhabitants of the town of Boston, legally assembled, have taken into consideration
Place of Publication:
[Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons?, 1781]
Notes:
Followed on p. [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.
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 17105
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2280
English Short Title Catalog, W12390.
OCLC:
510971890

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