Gentlemen, The evils which we have long foreseen are now come upon this town and province, the long meditated stroke is now given to the civil liberty of this country? ... The bill for blocking up the harbour of Boston is replete with injustice and cruelty ... There can be no doubt of our succeeding to the utmost of our wishes if we universally come into a solemn league, not to import goods from Great Britain ... we have drawn up a form of a covenant (s.n, 1774)
"Boston, June 8, 1774. Signed by order and in behalf of the Committee of Correspondence for Boston."–p. [3]. - Evans, 13157. - Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1708