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- Covention [sic] at Concord, Sept. 22, 1779 for stating the prices of sundry articles.
- "... Resolved, at our opinion, that no article of merchandize or country produce, be sold after the first day of October next, at a higher price than the following, viz. ... Done in convention at Concord by unanimous consent, the 23d day of September, A.D. 1779.", Signed: John Langdon, president, attest, E. Thompson, secretary., Imprint supplied by Evans., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.
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- Proclamation. Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God the Father of all mercies.
- Signed: Samuel Huntington, president. Attest, Charles Thomson, see'ry [sic]., Followed by: By His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire, governor, captain-general and commander in chief in and over the state of Connecticut, in America. ... I ... do hereby appoint Thursday the seventh day of December next, to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer ... Given under my hand, in the Council chamber at Hartford, this second day of November, 1780 ... Jonathan Trumbull., Ascribed to the press of Timothy Green of New London by Evans, but not listed in H.A. Johnson's Checklist of New London imprints., N-YHS copy has manuscript note at foot of page: "My soul doth magnify the Lo[rd]"; fabric lining.
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- State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, August 8, 1777. : Whereas by the loss of the important fortress of Ticonderoga, a way is open to the ravages of our cruel and inveterate enemies ... Resolve, that one sixth part of the able-bodi
- "In Council, August 9, 1777. Read and concurred. ...", Imprint supplied by Evans., Printed area measures 46.7 x 15.4 cm., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: proceeds of the council Massachusetts State.
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- State of New-York.
- Concerns plans to discourage the depreciation of currency in New York via taxes and loans., Dated: Poughkeepsie, July 24th, 1779. Ascribed to the press of John Holt by Bristol., N-YHS copy: left edge mutilated, not affecting text; edited in manuscript; copious manuscript annotations in the text and on verso; ink stamp: Tomlinson collection--deposited by Mercantile Library Association.
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- To the honourable magistrates, and worthy electors of King's County, on Nassau-Island, in the colony of New-York.
- Signed: A freeholder., Text printed in two columns., Third paragraph in right column in smaller type., N-YHS copy with ms. emendation in left column, line 22: "rights" to follow "natives" with "s" crossed out.
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- Whereas, many persons, at and below the White-Plains, in the county of West-Chester, by reason of the ravages of the enemy, are greatly distressed for want of provision to support their families.
- Signed: Given at head-quarters, Peeks-Kill, December 22, 1778. Alexander M'Dougall, major-general., Followed by two other orders given by Major General M'Dougall, dated Dec. 24, 1778 and Jan. 7, 1779, respectively., N-YHS copy inscribed: "XXVIII"; fabric lining.
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- new touch on the times.
- By a daughter of liberty, living in Marblehead., Verse of eighty-four lines, describing the severe shortages and economic conditions which existed in Marblehead and other coastal towns between 1776 and 1780; first line: Our best beloved they are gone., Author from final couplet: Molly Gutridge composition ..., "Probably printed by Ezekiel Russell ..."--Tapley. Salem imprints, p. 333. One of the cuts illustrating this broadside poem was also included in the Downfall of justice (Evans 14740) printed by Russell in 1776., Dated [1778] by Tapley, [1779] by Ford, and [1779?] by Bristol. In 1779 Russell was printing at Danvers, Mass., Text in two columns divided by a single rule; printed area measures 31.8 x 18.9 cm., Two woodcut illustrations, the first showing a domestic interior with a seated woman and three children with the figure of Justice with scales in the background, the second showing a woman in a tricorn hat bearing a rifle and powder horn., N-YHS copy slightly mutilated, with some loss of text.