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J. L. Bell said...

Thanks, that sounds like an interesting document. It probably is the Rev. John Carnes since his son was still young and Capt. John Carnes of Salem hadn’t established himself through privateering yet. But the parson may have been off with the army in this month.

I’m curious about Jackson. I suspect he was unpopular in Boston since the great fire of 1760 started in his shop, and in 1770 he was one of the proscribed importers. But here he got some high-powered moderate Whigs to vouch for him, as well as printer John Gill.

Sep 19, 2010, 2:58:44 PM

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