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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06991.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents relating to petitions for ending the Embargo Act |
| Title | Circular: Petition to the President, with printed letter to Petersham selectmen |
| Date | 10 August 1808 |
| Author | Bulfinch, Charles (1763-1844) |
| Additional authors | Porter, William (fl. 1808); Hunnewell, Jonathan (fl. 1808); May, John (1748-1812); Wright, Francis (fl. 1808); Chapman, Jonathan (fl. 1808); Oliver, Ebenezer (fl. 1808) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Resolutions passed at a Boston town meeting to create a petition to end the Embargo, signed by 7 selectmen of Boston: Charles Bullfinch, William Porter, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Jonathan Chapman and Ebenezer Oliver. With an attached (conjugate) printed letter, to the Selectmen of Petersham |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Embargo Commerce Merchants and Trade Petition President |
| People | Bulfinch, Charles (1763-1844) Porter, William (fl. 1808) Hunnewell, Jonathan (fl. 1808) May, John (1748-1812) Wright, Francis (fl. 1808) Chapman, Jonathan (fl. 1808) Oliver, Ebenezer (fl. 1808) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |