Boston, May 12,1774. Gentlemen. By the British parliament for blocking up the Harbour of Boston, with a fleet of ships of war, and preventing the entrance in, or exportation of, all sorts of merchandize, on penalty of forfeiture of the goods and the vessels are to be forfeited, but the very wharfinger who shall assist in lading or discharging ... shall forfeit treble their value ...

Boston, May 12,1774. Gentlemen. By the British parliament for blocking up the Harbour of Boston, with a fleet of ships of war, and preventing the entrance in, or exportation of, all sorts of merchandize, on penalty of forfeiture of the goods and the vessels are to be forfeited, but the very wharfinger who shall assist in lading or discharging ... shall forfeit treble their value ... Boston (Mass.). Town Clerk Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) DLC text [Boston, 1774] eng Positive photostat. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbpe.03702700