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Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 A Proclamation: [amnesty offer to Shays's rebels]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00518 Author/Creator: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Broadside Date: February 17, 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : broadside Height: 40.4 cm, Width: 32.9 cm Order a Copy

Offers pardons to Massachusetts citizens who participated in Shay's Rebellion (1786-1787). Document includes a printed seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Printed by Adams and Nourse. Noted in Ford no. 2474.

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

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