Boston Committee of Donations letterbooks, 1774-1775.

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Boston Committee of Donations letterbooks, 1774-1775.

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Two letterbooks kept by the Boston (Mass.) Committee of Donations established to receive and distribute funds for the relief of the sufferers of the Boston Port Bill, 28 Jan. 1774- 26 Sept. 1775. One letterbook contains contemporary copies of incoming letters from individuals, towns in Massachusetts, and other colonies donating food and money; and the other letterbook contains contemporary copies of responses signed by John Avery, Sam Adams, and others. Also includes photocopies of the incoming letterbook.

1 narrow box and two v. in cases.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7596420

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

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Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams. Adams was b...

Avery, John, 1739-1806

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John Avery (1739-1806, Harvard AB 1759) was secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and then Secretary of State of Massachusetts; Cotton Tufts (1732-1815, Harvard AB 1749) was an Overseer and a member of what became known as a "Visiting Committee" at Harvard. Each of these men was an officer of Harvard by virtue of being a member of the Massachusetts government. In 1790, the Overseers were comprised of the Massachusetts Governer, Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Senate, the President of ...

Boston Committee of Donations.

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