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Positive Photostat.; Boston Port Act.; Not in Evans.; Not in Ford.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML.

Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 37, Folder 27.

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01/01/1774
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Boston, Mass. Town clerk.
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