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NYM(G.775.038
8 May 1775:32 (1230)
Saturday evening last arrived here from the eastward, on
their way for Philadelphia, to attend the Continental
Congress, the Hon. John Hancock, and Thomas Cushing, Esqrs.
Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Robert Treat Paine, Esqrs.
delegates for the province of Massachusetts-Bay. . . [2 more
lines] They were met a few miles out of town by a great
number of the principal gentlemen of the place, in carriages
and on horseback, and escorted into the city by near a
thousand men under arms; the roads were lined with greater
numbers of people than were ever known on any occasion
before. Their arrival was anounced by the ringing of bells,
and other demonstrations of joy. . . [5 more lines]
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