The following report is printed by order of the town
Subtitle: for the information of the inhabitants, to be considered at the adjournment, on Thursday, 21st instant. : The committee appointed to report what legal and efficacious measures the town can take, to discover and remove vagrants and strangers of suspicious characters ... and also the method for the town to take, to come into regular watches or patroles, to preserve the town against incendiaries, and ... against destruction by fire; beg leave to report ...
Contributors: Sullivan, James, 1744-1808.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 213.; Early American imprints -- no. 1927.
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1802
Place of publication: [Boston
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Vagrancy -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Unemployed -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Poor -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Poor laws -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Constables -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Police -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Fire prevention -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Notes: Signed: James Sullivan, chairman.

Followed by the form of six votes suggested by the committee.

The committee was appointed by the Boston town meeting on December 31, 1801, and made its report at the meeting held on January 21, 1802.

Erroneously dated [1789?] by Bristol; [1790] by Ford; [1797] by Evans; and [1801] by Shaw & Shoemaker (entry 213). Correctly dated [1802] in Shaw & Shoemaker entry 1927.

Text in three columns; printed area measures 41.3 x 26.6 cm.

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Evans 31849

Bristol B6904

Shipton & Mooney 45442

Shaw & Shoemaker 213

Shaw & Shoemaker 1927

Ford, W.C.  Broadsides, 2566

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 213).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1927).