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Description and Holding Information
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Boston, 1782, Meeting of Freeholders
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A meeting held on September 6, 1782 at Faneuil Hall moderated by Samuel Adams. The document, printed in two columns, summarizes what must have been
the sense of the assembled on that day concerning the level of trade with the enemy ... i.e. the British. The assembly voted the approval of 10
resolutions to curb these practices. Details of the meeting are recorded in two pages of purple prose. The tenor encouraged everyone to continue the boycott
of British goods and once again attempted to gin up support for cadres of people who would snoop around looking for violators. Informers were
encouraged to do their "patriotic" duty to turn in scoff-laws. The group sent a circular letter to other Towns, urging their support.
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Title:
At a meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Boston : legally assembled in Faneuil Hall by adjournment, on Friday the sixth day of September, 1782.--The Honorable Samuel Adams, Esq ; moderator. The committee appointed to consider what steps are proper to be taken on the alarming and destructive lengths to which an illicit trade with our enemies is now carried--reported as follows. ...
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OCLC Number:
62806724
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