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A letter from the country, to a gentleman in Philadelphia. : My dear friend, I am very sorry for the piece of intelligence you were pleased to communicate to me in your last. Five ships, loaded with tea, on their way to America! ...
In opposition to the tea tax and the importation of tea to the American colonies by the East India Company. Signed and dated: Rusticus. Fairview, Nov. 27, 1773. Generally attributed to John Dickinson. Cf. Ford, Paul L. "The writings of John Dickinson" in Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, v. XIV, p. 455. Text in two columns divided by type ornament rule; printed area measures 31.0 x 17.3 cm.
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