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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Residents of Boston receive rice aid from Charlestown, SC, for Port Bill sufferers; Marblehead gentlemen subscribe fish, oil, and cash for the poor; Non-Consumption Agreements widely adopted across the province, leading to canceled fall goods orders.
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The Inhabitants of Charlestown, South Carolina, have sent about 200 Tierces of Rice for the Poor of this Town, who are Sufferers by the Boston Port Bill, which arrived at Salem last Monday.
Friday last a Number of publick-spirited Gentlemen at Marblehead raised Subscriptions for 207 Quintals of Cod Fish, about 50 Jars of Oil, and 40l. in Specie, for the Use of the industrious Poor of this Town at this critical Conjunction of our publick Affairs, which is to be forwarded to-morrow, if the Weather permits.
By Accounts from the North, South, East, and West of this Province, the Non-Consumption Agreement is come into with scarce a Dissenter in many Towns.
Large Orders for Fall Goods have been countermanded, occasioned by the Non-Consumptive Agreements.
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Boston
Event Date
July 18
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aid shipments of rice, fish, oil, and specie provided to boston poor; non-consumption agreements adopted widely with few dissenters; large orders for fall goods countermanded.
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Inhabitants of Charlestown, South Carolina, sent about 200 tierces of rice for Boston poor affected by the Port Bill, arriving at Salem last Monday. Public-spirited gentlemen at Marblehead raised subscriptions for 207 quintals of cod fish, 50 jars of oil, and 40l. in specie for the industrious poor of Boston, to be forwarded tomorrow if weather permits. Accounts from across the province indicate the Non-Consumption Agreement adopted with scarce dissenters in many towns. Large orders for fall goods countermanded due to these agreements.