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Report of the town convention : The several wards in the town of Boston, having met according to a vote of the town, passed in town meeting, on the second day of January, 1804, made choice of the following delegates to represent them in convention, constituted for "the purpose of considering what alterations in the county and town government may be necessary, and to devise a plan therefor," : --they assembled ... on the 12th day of January, 1804 ... having at various adjournments taken the subject into consideration, agreed on a report and submit the same to the consideration of the town.

Author/creator Boston (Mass.). Convention (1804)
Other author/creatorSullivan, James, 1744-1808.
Other author/creatorCooper, William, 1720-1809.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Boston] : Gilbert and Dean, printers, State-Street, [1804]
Description8 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 5892. ^A575643
General note"Notification. The freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Boston ... are hereby notified to meet ... to act upon the report of the committee chosen in the wards ... By order of the Selectmen, William Cooper, town clerk. Boston, March 1, 1804."--p. 8.
General noteTitle from caption and first lines of text.
General noteSigned on p. 8: James Sullivan, president.
General noteImprint from colophon, p. 8.
General noteTwo issues noted. The first has the date in the "Notification" on p. 8 as "Thursday, the 18th day of March," corrected in ms. to "Monday, the 12th day of March." The second issue incorporates this correction by the printer and also has the names of the president of the convention (James Sullivan) and secretary (James Prince), inserted by the printer in the middle of page [1]. The two issues are not distinguished by Shaw & Shoemaker.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 5892
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 5892).

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