To His Excellency John Hancock, Esquire, governor of the state of Massachusetts. : Being impressed upon the mind, being a beggar, under the divine operation of the spirit of God ... feeling in my mind to running to the rulers of the state, to do the will of my Heavenly Father, to say to the rulers, repeal your bloody laws, for they are offensive against God ...
1787
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To His Excellency John Hancock, Esquire, governor of the state of Massachusetts. : Being impressed upon the mind, being a beggar, under the divine operation of the spirit of God ... feeling in my mind to running to the rulers of the state, to do the will of my Heavenly Father, to say to the rulers, repeal your bloody laws, for they are offensive against God ...
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[Boston?] : [publisher not identified], [1787?]
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1 online resource (1 sheet)
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Condemning the tyrannical power of government in Massachusetts and the violence of Shays' Rebellion, and warning the governor that "the cries of the oppressed have reached the ears of the Lord."
Signed: Christopher Babbitt, of Lanesborough, in the county of Berkshire.--------If I am worthy of death, I refuse not to die.
Text in two columns; printed area measures 33.2 x 21.2 cm.
Signed: Christopher Babbitt, of Lanesborough, in the county of Berkshire.--------If I am worthy of death, I refuse not to die.
Text in two columns; printed area measures 33.2 x 21.2 cm.
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Bristol B6445
Shipton & Mooney 45033
Shipton & Mooney 45033
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Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed October 21, 2020).
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United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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English
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