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Description

Broadside signed by residents of Pittston, Maine, arguing for the separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts and suggesting that the legislature authorize a convention of delegates from all towns in the district "to declare the sense of their constituents, to frame a constitution ... and to do and transact all things ... necessary to the ... establishment of a separate and independent state."

Publication Date

1803

Keywords

Government and Law

Disciplines

Political History | United States History

Size of Collection

1 broadside, 36 x 30 cm

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 1604 sc

Maine Statehood Broadside, 1803

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