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Multiple document related to a 1768 petition to the king from the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay, seeking relief from the taxes passed by the British Parliament. A similar petition is included in a letter dated January 15, 1768 to the Earl of Shelburne, one of the king's Secretaries of State. Other similarly themed correspondence are also included in this appendix
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[House of Representatives. Journal. 1767/68. Appendix.]
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An humble petition to the King's most excellent majesty -- A letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Shelburne, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, January 15, 1768 / Signed by the Speaker -- A letter to the Right Hon. Henry Seymour Conway, Esq; one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, February 13, 1768 / Signed by the Speaker -- A letter to the Right Hon. the Marquis of Rockingham. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, January 22, 1768 / Signed by the Speaker -- A letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Camden, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, January 29, 1768 / Signed by the Speaker -- A letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Camden. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, February 2, 1768 / Signed by the Speaker -- A letter to the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, February 17, 1768 / Signed by the Speaker -- A circulatory letter, directed to the speakers of the respective House of Representatives and Burgesses on this continent; a copy of which was also sent to Dennis DeBerdt, Esq; their Agent, by order of the House, that he might make use of it, if necessary, to prevent any misrepresentation of it in England. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, February 11, 1768 / Signed by the Speaker -- A letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Shelburne, occasioned by his Lordship's letter to his Excellency Governor Bernard, read to the House by the Secretary, by his Excellency's order Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, February 22, 1768 / Signed by the Speaker -- A letter to Dennis DeBerdt, Esq; Agent for the House of Representatives. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, January 12, 1768 / Signed by the Speaker -- The following is a letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Shelburne to Governor Bernard, which was read in the House, by order of His Excellency, and occasioned the letter to his Lordship, inserted page 23. Whitehall, Sept. 17, 1767 / Shelburne.
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