Citation - Boston Gazette: 1774.06.20

BG.774.040
20 Jun 1774:33 (1001)
Boston. . .  The first of June when the Boston Port bill
took place, was observed by the inhabitants of Hartford, in
Connecticut, as a day of mourning; the bells began to toll
early in the morning, and continued 'till evening; the
Town-House was hung with black, and the edict affixed
thereto; the shops were all shut, and their windows covered
with black & other ensigns of distress.