Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency James Bowdoin, Esquire ... A brief, for a charitable contribution.
Subtitle: Whereas by the permissive providence of God, a great number of families in the town of Boston, have from ease and affluence been suddenly reduced to extreme poverty and distress, by a destructive fire, which took place on the evening of the twentieth instant ... Given at the council-chamber, in Boston, the twenty-eighth day of April ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven ..
Contributors: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 45098.
Publisher: Printed by Adams and Nourse, printers to the General Court.
Published: 1787
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Disaster relief -- Massachusetts.; Charities -- Massachusetts.; Fires -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Notes: Signed: James Bowdoin. By His Excellency's command, John Avery, Jun. secretary.

Not in Evans or Bristol.

Not in Ford, W.C.  Broadsides.

Shipton & Mooney 45098.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 45098)