Title

To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in General Court assembled, at Boston, January, 1803 : humbly represent, the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Pittston in the District of Maine

Authors

Town of Pittston
David Cobb

Files

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.”

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Publication Date

1803

City

Pittston

Keywords

Maine Statehood, Maine Politics, Maine Government

Disciplines

United States History

Comments

SpC MS 1604

Recommended Citation

Town of Pittston and Cobb, David, "To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in General Court assembled, at Boston, January, 1803 : humbly represent, the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Pittston in the District of Maine" (1803). Maine Bicentennial. 1.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainebicentennial/1