An address to the true-born Sons of Liberty in the government of the Massachusetts-Bay : Gentlemen, The spirit with which you have of late opposed the Stamp Act, shews, that you have taken upon you, to think something of state affairs. Go on my friends, and inquire further.
| Author/creator | Countryman |
| Other author | Sons of Liberty. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Boston] : [Printed by Edes and Gill], [1766] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 37 x 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42310. ^A478749 |
| General note | Concerning misuse of funds in the public treasury and suggesting some actions which might be taken to correct oppression by the provincial government and to guard liberties. Followed by a list of the representatives from the towns. |
| General note | Signed: A Countryman. |
| General note | Bristol and Ford (no. 1605) supply an imprint date based on an inscription on the verso of the American Antiquarian Society copy which dates the address "about 1772." Dated [1765] by Ford (no. 1338). However, the broadside is textually identical and typographically similar to an address published in the March 31, 1766, issue of the Boston gazette, printed by Benjamin Edes and John Gill. |
| General note | Text in three columns; printed area measures 32.9 x 21.3 cm. |
| References | Bristol B3420 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 42310 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1338 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1605 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42310). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |