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Massachusetts. Assembly Address to the People of Massachusetts [call to arms] [broadside]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01400 Author/Creator: Massachusetts. Assembly Place Written: Boston Type: Broadside Date: 1777/01/26 Pagination: 2 p. 37 x 23 cm Order a Copy

A call to arms mentioning Declaration of Independence and referring to Battles of Princeton and Trenton. The House of Representatives ordered it to be printed and be read by ministers to Sunday congregations.

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