Boston (Mass.). Committee of Donations [Request for donations for the poor of Boston]

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GLC#
GLC06657.02
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
October 25, 1774
Author/Creator
Boston (Mass.). Committee of Donations
Title
[Request for donations for the poor of Boston]
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 38.1 cm, Width: 23.7 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution

Broadside listing the twenty six members of the committee (including Samuel Adams, Thomas Boylston, and John Adams) seeks donations in accord with their mission to relieve the "Poor, suffering by means of the Act of Parliament, commonly called the Boston Port-Bill." Discusses the plans and projects supported by the committee. Accompanied Samuel Adams's letter to Ezekiel Williams seeking a donation (see GLC06657.01). The verso mentions a meeting on 25 October 1774 in which ten members joined the committee; their names are listed.

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