To the freemen of Pennsylvania : My countrymen and fellow-citizens, The day is at length arrived, in which we must determine to live as freemen--or as slaves, to linger out a miserable existence. The tea-ship will, in all probability, be in a few hours at anchor in our harbour; and unless we exert ourselves against the introduction of her cargo, it will be landed; and if landed, it will be made use of, as a precedent of right to enslave our country to all eternity. ...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Regulus
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1773]
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 12970.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:The tea ship Polly arrived in Philadelphia on Dec. 26, 1773, and was compelled to return to London without unloading her cargo. Cf. Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, 1891, volume 15, pages 390-393.
Signed: Regulus.
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; (1/2$)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.