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| | Malden, Massachusetts, Statement of Independence |
 | | On May 27, 1776, the inhabitants of the town of Malden, Massachusetts, met to vote on a set of instructions to give to their representative to the Second Continental Congress, Ezra Sargeant. |
 | | At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Malden, May 27, 1776, it was voted unanimously, that the following instructions be given to their Representative, viz. |
 | | Sir -- A resolution of the honourable House of Representatives, calling upon several towns in this Colony to express their minds with respect to the important question of American Independence, is the occasion of our now instructing you. |
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