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Circular: Petition to the President, with printed letter to Petersham selectmen

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06991.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 1808/08/10 Pagination: 1, 1 p.+ addr + docket 32.3 x 20 cm Order a Copy

Resolutions passed at a Boston town meeting to create a petition to end the Embargo, signed by 7 selectmen of Boston, including Charles Bullfinch, William Porter and Ebenezer Oliver. With an attached (conjugate) printed letter, to the Selectmen of Petersham

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