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The siege of Penobscot by the rebels : containing a journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's forces ... sloops of war ... when besieged by ... Solomon Lovell ... August 14 and 15, 1779. With a chart of the Peninsula of Majabigwaduce, and of Penobscot River. To which is subjoined a postscript ..
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Calef, John, 1725-1812
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Proceedings of the convention begun and held at Concord, in the county of Middlesex, in and for the state of Massachusetts-Bay, on the 14th day of July, 1779, for the purpose of carrying into effect the several interesting and important measures recommended by Congress, to the inhabitants of the United-States, in their late wise, seasonable and animating address
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Convention begun and held at Concord (1779 July 14-17)
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To the inhabitants of Pennsylvania in general, and particularly those of the city and neighbourhood of Philadelphia : Friends and fellow citizens, We, the tanners, curriers, and cordwainers, of ... Philadelphia, find ourselves under the disagreeable necessity of stating to you the extreme hardship and difficulty to which we are like to be subjected ..
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Whereas the rum, molasses and sundry articles herein after enumerated, now in this state, are all needed for the supply of the army and the inhabitants of this state : It is therefore resolved, that all exportation of ... provisions of all and every sort ... be stopped, except to the different parts of this state ..
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Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
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By the Honorable Jonathan Trumbull, Esq ; governor of the English colony of Connectict, in New-England, in America. A proclamation, for an embargo : Whereas the General Assembly ... passed an act, that no rum, sugar, molasses, salt, or other West-India goods shall be exported out of this colony ... I therefore do, hereby strictly enjoin and require all persons, within the colony, that they carefully, circumspectly, and strictly observe ... the act aforesaid ... Given under my hand, in the Council-chamber, in Hartford, the 16th day of May ... 1776
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Connecticut. Governor (1769-1784 : Trumbull)
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In Congress. December 30, 1776 : It appearing to Congress that it will be extremely difficult, if not impracticable, to supply the army of the United States with bacon, salted beef and pork, soap, tallow and candles ... Resolved, that none of the said articles ... be exported from any of the United States after the fifth day of January next, until the first day of November next ..
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United States. Continental Congress
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By the Honorable Jonathan Trumbull, Esq ; governor of the English colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America: a proclamation : Whereas it is resolved by the General Assembly ... that an embargo be laid upon the exportation out of this colony by water, the following articles of provision, viz. wheat, rye, Indian corn, pork, beef, live cattle, peas, beans, butter, cheese, bread, flour, and every kind of meal (except necessary stores for vessels bound to sea;) and that such embargo continue and remain until the first day of June next ... I do hereby strictly prohibit and forbid all persons from transporting ... any of the aforesaid articles ... Given under my hand in the Council chamber in New-Haven, this 19th day of October ... 1775
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Connecticut. Governor (1769-1784 : Trumbull)
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In the House of Representatives, Watertown, August 10th, 1775, inasmuch as the time prefixed by the Continental Congress, prohibiting all exportation to Great-Britain, Ireland and the English West-India islands is not yet come ..
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Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
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To the publick : We the committee, who were appointed by a large number of our respectable fellow-citizens ... to draw up a line of conduct, to prevent the Messrs. Murrays involving others in a breach of the association, do humbly report--that no such line ought to, or can, in our opinion, be drawn up by us ..
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To the respectable inhabitants of the city and county of New-York : Friends and fellow citizens! In times so critical as the present, it becomes the duty of every citizen, to pay particular attention to the welfare of the community, and to counteract every measure that may tend to injure its interest ..
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Committee of Observation (New York, N.Y.)
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The following extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress, we are induced to publish thus early purely to ease the impatience of the public : Association, &c. ..
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United States. Continental Congress
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New-York, September 28, 1774. To the public : an application having been made to the merchants of Philadelphia, by the agents of the British Ministry for supplying the troops now in the town of Boston, and parts adjacent, with blankets and other necessaries ... a body of freeholders and freemen ... appointed a committee to wait on those gentlemen who may have engaged, as aforesaid, in order to learn a true state of the case, and obtain their answer, in writing ..
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To the public : As the merchants of this city have nobly refused letting their vessels to the tools of government, for the base purpose of transporting troops and military stores to Boston ... it is therefore hoped that no pilot will be found so lost to all sense of duty to his country, as to assist in that detestable work ..
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To the public. City of New-York, ss. : Personally appeared before me, Benjamin Blagge, Esq ; one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the city and county of New-York, Thomas Mesnard ..
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Blagge, Benjamin
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To the public : the late detestation shewn by the friends of liberty in this city, to the venal and arbitrary conduct of Lord North, Governor Hutchinson, and Solicitor Wedderburn, (towards these distressed and much abused colonies) by hanging them in effigy ..
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Freeman, active 1774
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