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Boston (Mass.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

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  • Boston, Massachusetts: John Malcolm, a customs official, is lowered by ropes from his house on to a cart and tarred and feathered by a crowd protesting against taxation. Engraving by F. Godefroy, 1784.

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    An Account of a late military massacre at Boston , or The consequences of quartering troops in a populous town. Boston, March 12, 1770.

    | Date: 1770]
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    An address to the inhabitants of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England more especially, to the inhabitants of Boston; occasioned by the late illegal and unwarrantable attack upon their liberties, and the unhappy confusion and disorders consequent thereon. By a lover of his country. [Four lines from Pope].

    Lover of his country | Date: [1747]
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    Boston, Massachusetts: John Malcolm, a customs official, is lowered by ropes from his house on to a cart and tarred and feathered by a crowd protesting against taxation. Engraving by F. Godefroy, 1784.

    François Godefroy | Date: [1794] | Reference: 43311i

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