In Provincial Congress, at Watertown, May 5, 1775 : Whereas the term for which this present Congress was chose, expires on the Thirtieth Instant... [And] Whereas his excellency General Gage since his Arrival into this Colony, hath conducted as an Instrument in the Hands of an Arbitrary Ministry to enslave this people...
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In Provincial Congress, at Watertown, May 5, 1775 : Whereas the term for which this present Congress was chose, expires on the Thirtieth Instant... [And] Whereas his excellency General Gage since his Arrival into this Colony, hath conducted as an Instrument in the Hands of an Arbitrary Ministry to enslave this people...
Subject
Broadsides -- 1775
Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources
Description
broadside 14 x 9 in.
This broadside consists of 2 resolves on one sheet. The top portion recommends the choosing of a new Congress. The bottom resolve urges the disobedience of writs and decrees issued by General Gage.;"Evans 14221"
Creator
Massachusetts. Provincial Congress (1774-1775)
Publisher
E. Russell
Date
2009-09-16T17:55:35Z
2009-09-16T17:55:35Z
1775
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Massachusetts. Provincial Congress (1774-1775), “In Provincial Congress, at Watertown, May 5, 1775 : Whereas the term for which this present Congress was chose, expires on the Thirtieth Instant... [And] Whereas his excellency General Gage since his Arrival into this Colony, hath conducted as an Instrument in the Hands of an Arbitrary Ministry to enslave this people...,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 19, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/13646.
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