Committee chamber, December 6, 1774 : The committee, taking into consideration the tenth article of the Association of the General Congress, do unanimously resolve, that the said article requires the opening of all packages of goods imported after the first day of December, and before the first of February ..

Contributor:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (former owner); Rush, Jacob, 1747-1820 (secretary); Philadelphia (Pa.) Committee of Inspection and Observation (issuing body)

Date:

1774-12-06

Language:

English

Provenance:

Bequeathed by Benjamin Franklin to his grandson William Temple Franklin. Bequeathed by William Temple Franklin to George Fox who in turn passed on possession to his children, Charles and Mary. Found at the Fox family estate at Champlost in a stable loft by Mrs. Holbrook around 1862 and given to her by Eliza Fox subsequently. Sold by her son George O. Holbrook to a committee of friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library in 1903 and gifted by them to the University the same year.

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Ships -- Cargo -- Early works to 1800; Boycotts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Early works to 1800; Boycotts; British colonies; Ships -- Cargo; Commerce

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Broadsides; books

Physical Description:

1 sheet ([1] page); 26 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800; America; Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Resolves of the Philadelphia Committee of Inspection and Observation. Signed: By order of the committee, Jacob Rush, pro temp. secretary.; Acquired in 1903 as part of the Benjamin Franklin Papers.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 900, Volume X Page 12

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)