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Date 1765 - c. 1783

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Sons of Liberty
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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Isaac Sears
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