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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Boston on Tuesday before July 2, 1772, an unnamed person from near New York sought printing types from a local printer, claiming they were for a family coat of arms related to the Sutton brothers, but the suspicious request led to his dismissal amid fears of ulterior motives.
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Tuesday last a person applied to the printer hereof, for a Number of Types, and said they were for printing some lines to go to the bottom of a Family Coat of Arms, 5 of which had been done for as many Brothers by the Name of Sutton. There was about a Dozen Lines, ten Words in a Line, and did not seem applicable to any Arms; upon Enquiry, he said he came from the Borders of New-York Government, by which it was suspected he wanted the Types for some other Design, and was dismissed.
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Boston
Event Date
Tuesday Last (Relative To July 2, 1772)
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the person was dismissed without receiving the types.
Event Details
A person applied to the printer for types to print lines for a family coat of arms, mentioning prior work for five Sutton brothers; the content seemed inapplicable to arms, and upon inquiry about his origin near New York, he was suspected of another design and turned away.