Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 to Catharine Macaulay
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01789.02 Author/Creator: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 March 1770 Pagination: 3 p. ; 33 x 22 cm. Order a Copy
Co-signed by committee members Samuel Pemberton and Joseph Warren, transmitting the official statement on the Boston Massacre. Explains that they hoped she could intercede for them.
Refer to the Macaulay papers, GLC 1784.01-1800.04.
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