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Committee of Public Safety. New York Appeal to Members of NY Provincial Congress to attend February session

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02555 Author/Creator: Committee of Public Safety. New York Place Written: [New York] Type: Broadside Date: 1776/01/08 ca. Pagination: 1 p. 23 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Issued by the New York Committee of Public Safety, appealing to New York's members of Congress. Also appeals on rejection of Lord North's reconciliation plan, which is intended to "disunite the colonies." From the Alexander McDougall papers.

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