Instructions to Nathan Cushing, Esq., Representative of the Town of Scituate, June 4, 1776. (opens in new tab)

The inhabitants of this town be­ing called together on the reco­mmenda­tion of our General As­sem­bly , to signify our minds on the great point of independence on Great Britain , think fit to in­struct you on that head\. The Mi­nistry of that kingdom having formed a design of sub­jecting the Colonies to a distant, exter­nal, and absolute power, in all cases whatsoe­ver, wherein the Colo­nies have not, nor, in the nature of things, can have any share by representation, have for a course of yea...