On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — May 12, 1774

The Boston Committee of Correspondence met at Faneuil Hall with committees from eight of the neighboring towns. The Boston Committee also appointed a subcommittee to draft a circular letter to the other colonies recommending that trade with Great Britain be suspended in protest of the Boston Port Act.

Source: https://www.yorkmaine.org/DocumentCenter/View/10986/Colonial-Boston-from-the-newspapers-6-28-14


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