(AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1781) An Address of the Legislature to

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1781.) An Address of the Legislature to the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 3-22, [2], 7, 8 pages. 8vo, stitched; lacking half-title, minor wear; uncut; several early owners' inscriptions. Boston: Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781

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Before the title page is the act ordering the printing of 900 copies of the address (as issued). The address discusses the economic impact of the Revolution, and is signed in type by Jeremiah Powell and Caleb Davis. It begins "We do not believe that you lost or can lose sight of the Grand Object for which you were compelled, reluctantly, to draw the sword." It is followed by printings of 2 acts relating to the financing of the war (as issued), each signed in type by John Hancock. Evans 17216; Sabin 45588.