To the freemen of Pennsylvania : My countrymen and fellow-citizens, The day is at length arrived, in which we must determine to live as freemen--or as slaves, to linger out a miserable existence. The tea-ship will, in all probability, be in a few hours at anchor in our harbour ; and unless we exert ourselves against the introduction of her cargo, it will be landed ; and if landed, it will be made use of, as a precedent of right to enslave our country to all eternity. ...
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TextPublisher: [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1773]Description: brs. ; 36 x 22 cmAccession Number: (OCoLC)1033542731; (PPRF)1165/17; (PPRF)R59-1457The tea ship Polly arrived in Philadelphia on Dec. 26, 1773, and was compelled to return to London without unloading her cargo. Cf. Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, 1891, v. 15, p. 390-393;Signed: Regulus;
Broadside.References: Evans, 12970References: Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2946References: ESTC, W2857Binding Information: Mounted.Hierarchical Place Name: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.Subject(s): DDC classification:
- 810.8
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The tea ship Polly arrived in Philadelphia on Dec. 26, 1773, and was compelled to return to London without unloading her cargo. Cf. Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, 1891, v. 15, p. 390-393.
Signed: Regulus.
Broadside.
Evans, 12970
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2946
ESTC, W2857
Mounted.