At a meeting of the delegates of every town and district in the county of Suffolk
Subtitle: on Tuesday the sixth of September, at the house of Mr. Richard Woodward of Dedham, and by adjournment at the house of Mr. Daniel Vose of Milton, on Friday the ninth instant ... a committee was chosen to bring in a report to the convention, and the following being several times read and put paragraph by paragraph, was unanimously voted, viz. ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 13646
Publisher: Printed by Edes and Gill
Published: 1774
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Boston Port Bill, 1774; Colonies; History
Notes: "First edition, the rare, important broadside issue of the celebrated 'Suffolk Resolves,' drawn up by Joseph Warren and passed by the people of the Boston area, who met for the purpose outside the town limits on 9 September 1774. These resolves were later placed before the Continental Congress and were adopted by that body ..." Cf. Christie, Manson & Woods International. Christie's New York, Americana, English & European printed books & manuscripts, Dec. 14, 1984, no. 180.

Signed: Attest. William Thompson, clerk.

Imprint supplied by Evans.

Text in three columns; printed area measures 32.4 x 21.5 cm.

Evans 13646

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1703