John Avery A.D.S., In Council [Boston, Massachusetts],, July 14, 1777 : on the petition of William Jackson

John Avery A.D.S., In Council [Boston, Massachusetts],, July 14, 1777 : on the petition of William Jackson

[Boston] 1777

[1] leaf ; 31 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1980.1.303

"Ordered that the prayer of the above petition be granted & that the petitioner have & he hereby has liberty to depart this state in the first vessel bound for Europe & that the Committee of Correspondence &c of the place from whence said vessel shall sail are hereby directed to see that he carrys no letters or papers that shall convey any intelligence detrimental to the United States."
This William Jackson may be the merchant and American Loyalist of the same name (1731-1810) who was banished from the state in 1778.
"True copy from the records of the Council"
Watermark: GR below a crown

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