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Cooper, William, 1720-1809 Instructions from Boston to its Representatives in State Legislature

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05666.01 Author/Creator: Cooper, William, 1720-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Broadside signed Date: circa May 10, 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 37.2 cm, Width: 30.4 cm Order a Copy

This document is a printed sheet with a manuscript note at top containing information and instructions about a meeting of those who represent the Town of Boston. The note concerns State Legislators and mentions John Hancock, Samuel Allyn Otis, Caleb Davis, Thomas Dawes, Samuel Breck, Benjamin Austin, and Benjamin Hitchborn. Annotated by William Cooper as Town Clerk. Docketed on verso.

Hancock, John, 1737-1797
Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814
Davis, Caleb, 1738-1797
Dawes, Thomas, 1731-1809
Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809
Austin, Benjamin, 1752-1820
Hitchborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817

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