A state of the importations from Great-Britain into the port of Boston, from the beginning of Jan. 1769, to Aug. 17th 1769. With the advertisements of a set of men who assumed to themselves the title of "All the well disposed merchants," who entered into a solemn agreement, (as they called it) not to import goods from Britain, and who undertook to give a "true account" of what should be imported by other persons. : The whole taken from the Boston chronicle, in which the following papers were first published.

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Attributed to John Mein and Thomas Irving in: McCusker, John. "Colonial servant and counter-revolutionary: Thomas Irving (1738?-1800) in Boston, Charleston, and London." Perspectives in American History 12 (1979): 329-333. The preface and most of the articles are signed by John Mein; the Boston chronicle was published by Mein and Fleeming. The ships' cargo lists which form part of the contents were compiled by Thomas Irving, Inspector General of Imports and Exports and Register of Shipping under the American Board of Customs at Boston. Printed in two columns. Errors in paging: p. 72, 97, 98 misnumbered 73, 96, 97.