These presents witness, that we the subscribers, as neighbours and friends, do mutually agree to the following articles, viz : I. That in case it should please Almighty God to permit the breaking out of fire in Boston, where we dwell, we will be helpful to each other in extinguishing fire, or in saving and taking care of each others goods or estate

These presents witness, that we the subscribers, as neighbours and friends, do mutually agree to the following articles, viz : I. That in case it should please Almighty God to permit the breaking out of fire in Boston, where we dwell, we will be helpful to each other in extinguishing fire, or in saving and taking care of each others goods or estate.

Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Boston] : [Printed by John Draper?], [between 1740 and 1749?]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Fire prevention--Societies, etc. Fire prevention--Massachusetts --Boston.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39802. ^A478749
General note	Eleven numbered articles for a fire society with no specific name indicated in the text.
General note	Signed by George Holmes and eighteen others.
General note	Dated [1724] by Bristol and Ford. However, since most of the subscribers were born between 1700 and 1710, married between 1734 and 1738, and two died in 1751, the broadside was probably printed between 1738 and 1750. Printer's ornaments (Reilly 361, 595, 684, and 777) are among those often used at that time by John Draper, also one of the subscribers.
General note	Text in two columns separated by ornamental border.
References	Bristol B667
References	Shipton & Mooney 39802
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 502
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39802).
Genre/form	Broadsides.

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