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- GLC#
- GLC03110
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 14 September 1768
- Author/Creator
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793
- Title
- to the Selectmen of Medway, Massachusetts
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 16 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- Road to Revolution
Along with Hancock, Joseph Jackson, John Ruddock, John Rowe and Samuel Pemberton signed as the selectmen of Boston. Recounts Parliament's impositions on the Americans via the Intolerable Acts and the alarm caused by the announcement by Sir Francis Bernard, the royal governor of New Jersey, that additional regiments were expected in Massachusetts. Announces a convention to discuss the matters.
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