An appeal to the world
Subtitle: or A vindication of the town of Boston, from many false and malicious aspersions contain'd in certain letters and memorials, written by Governor Bernard, General Gage, Commodore Hood, the commissioners of the American Board of Customs, and others, and by them respectively transmitted to the British Ministry.
Contributors: Cooper, William, 1720-1809, supposed author.; Otis, James, 1725-1783, supposed author.
Publisher: Pub. by order of the town. Printed and sold by Edes and Gill
Published: 1769
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Massachusetts. -- Governor (1760-1770 : Bernard); Boston (Mass.) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
Notes: "The general belief is that the author of this defence was Samuel Adams ... though it has been ascribed to William Cooper, to James Otis and to Otis and Adams combined."--Winsor, Narr. and crit. hist., v. 6, 1888, p. 84.

The letters referred to were published at Boston in 1769, under title: Letters to the Ministry from Governor Bernard, General Gage, and Commodore Hood. And also memorials ... from the commissioners of the customs ...

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms [n.d.] 1 reel. 35 mm. (American culture series, Reel 15.175)

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