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PGCJ.775.004
21 Jan 1775:32,33 (576)
Boston, Jan. 16. . . . On Tuesday last the inhabitants of
Lexington sent 61 loads of wood and some money, as a present
to the poor sufferers by the Boston port bill; and on
Thursday last the 1st and 3d parishes in Reading, sent 27
loads of wood, some money and some grain, for the same
purpose. . . On one of the sleds was hoisted the union
flat, 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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