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Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775 Vote.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07913 Author/Creator: Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: [1775 ca.] Pagination: 1 p. 22.3 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Warren, as Committee of Safety Chairman, declares that it has been voted by the Massachusetts Comittee of Safety that imprisoned loyalists are to be received and protected in Boston, its surrounding towns, and in other colonies. Only those loyalists that have "principles inimical to their country" (i.e. intend to fight for the crown) are to remain imprisoned, and they only until they have "recanted their principles." Also, the wives and children of these loyalists are to be treated with respect and "tenderness."

Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775

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