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Worcester County Convention. In Convention. Tuesday, April 9, 1782. At a meeting of thirty-four members from twenty-six towns in the county of Worcester ... convened at Worcester, to take into consideration, the grievances which have created great uneasiness in the minds of the good people of this county. Resolved, that it is the unanimous opinion of this convention, that great part of the uneasiness ... is owing, in great measure, to their not having been satisfied in what manner the immense sums of publick money, which have for several years past, been assessed upon them, has been disposed of
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Worcester County Convention. In Convention. Tuesday, April 9, 1782. [electronic resource] : At a meeting of thirty-four members from twenty-six towns in the county of Worcester ... convened at Worcester, to take into consideration, the grievances which have created great uneasiness in the minds of the good people of this county. Resolved, that it is the unanimous opinion of this convention, that great part of the uneasiness ... is owing, in great measure, to their not having been satisfied in what manner the immense sums of publick money, which have for several years past, been assessed upon them, has been disposed of.
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Printed at Worcester, [Mass. : by Isaiah Thomas], 1782.
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 34 x 22 cm.
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Notes
Includes also the resolutions passed when the Convention reconvened Tuesday, May 14, 1782, concerning the members' dissatisfaction with cerain aspects of state government policy.
Signed: Caleb Curtiss, moderator.
Isaiah Thomas was the only printer at Worcester, Mass., in 1782.
Text in three columns, with ornamental border at head and foot; printed area measures 30.1 x 19.2 cm.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 19447).
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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 18, 2006
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 19447
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, ballads, &c. printed in Massachusetts, 1639-1800, 2342
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Genre/Form
Broadsides.
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United States Massachusetts Worcester.
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