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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To the Honorable the Senate, and the Honorable the House of Representatives of the said Commonwealth, in General Court assembled, at Boston, A.D. 1796
The subscribers, citizens of said Commonwealth and inhabitants of the District of Maine, humbly represent--
Arguing for the separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts, and urging the legislature "to adopt such measures to obtain the sense of the people of this district" concerning such a division.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.