Sons of Liberty

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Document from January 1770 entreating the “Sons and Daughters of Liberty” to purchase nothing from Boston tradesman William Jackson because he ignored the colonial boycott on British imports.

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Date	1765 - c. 1783

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Document from January 1770 entreating the “Sons and Daughters of Liberty” to purchase nothing from Boston tradesman William Jackson because he ignored the colonial boycott on British imports.

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