Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency James Bowdoin, Esquire, governour ... A proclamation . Whereas information has been given to the supreme executive of the commonwealth, that on Tuesday last, the 29th of August ... a large concourse of people ... assembled at the court-house in Northampton, many of whom were armed with guns ... Given at the Council-chamber, in Boston, this second day of September ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six ..

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[1786]