BRROAQSIDES A brief for a charitable contribution. *H.90A 620 Massachusetts. Governor, 1785-1787. (James Bow= doin) eee A brief for a charitable contribution. Whereas by the permissive providence of God, a great number of families in the town of Boston, have from ease and affluence been suddenly reduc to extreme poverty and distress, by a destructiv fireeee I do most earnestly recommend to the goo people of this Commonwealth, to exercise their Christian benevolence...Given at the Council- chamber in Boston, the twenty-eighth day of Apri
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