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The Boston Riot of 1765

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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A contemporary account of the Boston Riot of August, 1765, was found in the letter book of Henry Lloyd, a Boston merchant of the time. Though opposed to any trade restrictions that would hamper his business activities Lloyd had no sympathy for rioters. It is surprising, however, that in a letter book filled with correspondence of the period, there should be only one letter which refers at any length to the riot. This description, though brief, makes those prerevolutionary activities seem, once more, strangely alive:

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Business History Review , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , June 1933 , pp. 12 - 13
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1933

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