Citation - Pennsylvania Packet-Philadelphia: 1774.06.06

PP-P.774.033
6 Jun 1774:34 (3/137)
Wednesday last being the first day of June, when the cruel
act for blocking up the harbour of Boston took effect, many
of the inhabitants of this city, to express their sympathy
for their brethren suffering in the common cause, shut up
their houses and shops; the bells of Christ Church were
muffled, and rung a solemn peal; the colours of the vessels
in the harbour were hoisted half-mast high; . . .