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To the president and Council of Pennsylvania. The remonstrance of the subscribers, freemen, and inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, now confined in the Free-Mason's Lodge : Sheweth, that the subscribers have been by virtue of a warrant signed in Council ... arrested in our houses ...

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Corporate Author:	Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council
Other Authors:	Pemberton, James, 1723-1809
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 15500.
Subjects:	Society of Friends > Pennsylvania. Conscientious objectors > Pennsylvania. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Conscientious objectors.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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