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Babcock, Henry, fl. 1769 to Thomas Brattle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08221 Author/Creator: Babcock, Henry, fl. 1769 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 09 November 1769 Pagination: Order a Copy

Encloses the resolves of the Connecticut Assembly in support of Boston's struggle against the Townshend Acts and the King's Commission of Customs and recommends that they be printed.

Babcock, Henry, fl. 1769

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