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Category: Documents

The Price Act, passed at Ipswich, February 1777

November 5, 2021October 21, 2022 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
Ipswich Price Act 1777

In 1777, the Ipswich Selectmen and the Committee of Correspondence and Safety, acting under the authority of the General Court, issued a schedule of prices covering all articles of food, clothing, wages of labor of every kind, entertainment at hotels, shipping rates etc.

Posted in Documents, History, Revolutionary WarTagged Price Act

Reply by the Town of Ipswich to the Boston Pamphlet, December 28, 1772

August 27, 2019 Gordon Harris1 Comment
Boston circular let ter 1772

A document known as the “Boston Pamphlet” was distributed throughout the colony, asserting the colonists’ rights. Ipswich held a Town Meeting and established its own “Committee of Correspondence."

Posted in DocumentsTagged December, letters, Massachusetts Circular Letter, Revolutionary War
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