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BEP(F.774.046
19 Sep 1774:31 (2034)
To the Officers and soldiers of his Majesty's troops in
Boston.
It being more than probable that the Kings standard will
soon be erected, from rebellion breaking out in this
province, its proper that you soldiers, should be acquainted
with the authors thereof, and of all the misfortunes brought
upon the province, the following is a list of them, viz.
Mess. Samuel Adams, James Bowdoin, Dr. Thomas Young, Dr.
Benjamin Church, Capt. John Bradford, Josiah Quincey, Major
Nathaniel Barber, William Molleneux, John Hancock, Wm.
Cooper, Dr. Chancy, Dr. Cooper, Thomas Cushing, Joseph
Greenleaf, and William Denning.--The friends of your King
and country, and of Amercia, hope and expect it from you
soldiers, the instant rebellion happens, that you will put
the above persons immediately to the sword, destroy their
houses and plunder their effects; it is just that they
should be the first victims to the mischeifs they have bro't
upon us. A Friend to Gr. Brit. & America.
P.S. Don't forget those trumpeters of sedition, the
printers Edes and Gill, and [Isaiah] Thomas.
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