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The Massachusetts Spy, Or, Thomas's Boston Journal
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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On September 21, 1774, hundreds of armed men gathered peacefully at Falmouth's entrance to pressure Sheriff and Colonel William Tyng to resign his British-held commission and pledge not to enforce the recent parliamentary act. He complied, they denounced mobs, and dispersed without incident.
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FALMOUTH, September 22d, 1774.
YESTERDAY morning several hundred men assembled, under arms, at the entrance of this town, and were according to previous report, expected into town, to oblige William Tyng, Esq; to resign his commission of Colonel of the Regiment, as he holds it under the present Governor, on which a number of Gentlemen went out to them, to prevent them by their advice, from being rash or disorderly, and found them peaceably disposed. They had heard that Mr. Tyng, as Sheriff of the county, intended to obstruct the sitting of the county convention, finding the report was false, only desired that he would sign a declaration that he would not act in any office under the late obnoxious act of parliament, relative to this province, which he accordingly did; and they then passed a vote, that they hold in detestation all mobs and riotous assemblies: They then refreshed themselves, and returned peaceably to their respective homes.
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Falmouth
Event Date
September 21, 1774
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william tyng signed a declaration that he would not act in any office under the late obnoxious act of parliament; the assembly passed a vote holding in detestation all mobs and riotous assemblies and returned peaceably to their homes; no violence or disorder occurred
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Several hundred men assembled under arms at the entrance of Falmouth, expecting to enter town to oblige William Tyng to resign his commission of Colonel of the Regiment, held under the present Governor. A number of Gentlemen went out to advise them against rashness or disorder and found them peaceably disposed. They had heard Tyng, as Sheriff, intended to obstruct the county convention, but finding the report false, desired he sign a declaration not to act under the obnoxious act of parliament relative to the province, which he did