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"The following is one of the Petitions to the Selectmen of this Town ..."
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This petition, signed by 106 Bostonians, calls for the town selectmen to hold a meeting to discuss the recent proposals by Parliament that judges' salaries will be paid by the crown instead of the colony's General Court, from revenue gathered by the American Board of Customs Commissioners (established by the Townshend Acts in 1767).