| Item Description: | Bristol, B6250. - English Short Title Catalog, W1644. - Followed by the addres of the selectmen: Friends and fellow citizens, The inhabitants of the town of Boston can never remain the unconcerned spectators of the distress and calamity of their fellow citizens in any part of the commonwealth. - Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. - Shipton & Mooney, 44858. - Signed: william Cooper, town-clerk. Boston, Sept. 11, 1786. - Text in three columns. - The address, while not specifically naming Shays' Rebellion, begs the inhabitants to communicate with their representatives in the General Court and to use constitutional means, rather than violence, to obtain redress for any grievances |
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