Lot 83
Rare 1774 Broadside Re Suspension of Trade With the British. Broadside, 6½ x 8¼ in."PHILADELPHIA. In CONGRESS Thursday, September 22, 1774. Resolved, That the Congress request the Merchants and Others, in the several Colonies, not to send to Great Britain any Orders for Goods, and to direct the execution of all Orders already sent, to be delayed or suspended, until the sense of the Congress, on the means to be taken for the preservation of the Liberties of America, is made public. An Extract from the Minutes, Charles Thomson, Sec. Printed by W. and T. Bradford." It was ordered that the resolution should be made public by handbills and by publishing it in the newspapers. Age toning, else fine.
On Saturday, Sept. 24, Congress resolved to focus on rights which had been infringed by acts of the British Parliament since 1763, while it deliberated "on the means most proper to be pursued for a restoration of our rights."
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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