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Liberty-Pole cut down at Poughkeepsie

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Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N˙Y˙ March 23, 1775.

On the 21st of March, a few friends to liberty met at the house of Mr˙ John Bailey, about two or three miles from Poughkeepsie, and erected a pole on his land, with a flag on it, bearing oil one side the King, and on the other the Congress and Liberty; but the Sheriff of Dutchess County the next day, attended by a Judge of the Inferiour Court, two of His Majesty' s Justices of the Peace, and a Constable, with some others, friends to constitutional liberty and good order, cut the same down, as a publick nuisance.

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Title

Liberty-Pole cut down at Poughkeepsie, in New-York, by the Sheriff of Dutchess County, attended by a Judge of the Inferiour Court, and two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace

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text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-03-23

Subject

Economy: moral economy

Document ID

S4-V2-P01-sp07-D0010

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V2

Part

S4-V2-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V2-P01-sp07

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