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How to handle the Loyalists now that the war is over...
How to handle the Loyalists now that the war is over...
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July 31, 1782
DREWRY'S DERBY MERCURY, England, July 31, 1782
* Rare Revolutionary War era title
The ftpg. has a Resolve from the town of Boston concerning the Committee of Correspondence and how to treaty Loyalists: "...utmost of their power, oppose every enemy to the just rights & liberties of mankind; and that after so wicked a conspiracy against those rights & liberties by certain ingrates, most of them natives of these states & who have been refugees & declared traitors to their country, it is the opinion of this town that they ought never to be suffered to return but be excluded from having lot or potion among us...".
The bkpg. has a notice: "...object of this consultation was to adopt some expedient for giving relief to the large number of unfortunate Loyalists now assembled in St. Augustine, the capital of West Florida; upwards of 5000 having transmitted a memorial of their distresses to government...". A few other bits regarding the Revolutionary War as well.
Four pages, a few small ink spots, good condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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