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MS-B.775.008
19 Jan 1775:24 (4/207)
On Tuesday last the inhabitants of Lexington, sent sixty-one
loads of wood and some money, as a present to the poor
sufferers by the Boston Port-bill, and on Thursday last the
first and third parishes in Reading sent twenty seven loads
of wood, some money, and some grain for the same purpose . .
. [4 lines] On one of the sleds was hoisted the Union Flag,
with the following inscription in its center.
To the Worthy Inhabitants of Boston and Charlestown.
Ye noble patriots! Constant, firm and true,
Your country's safety much depends on you;
In patient suffering greatly persevere,
From cold, from famine, you have nought to fear;
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