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7268595 Petition of 547 loyalists from New York City, November 28, 1776 (pen & ink on paper) by American School, (18th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; (add.info.: Also known as the "Loyalist declaration of dependence", this was the second petition addressed to the Royal Commissioners Richard and William Howe from loyalists seeking special protection under British occupation. Their first petition, for the suspension of martial law, went unanswered; in this second, insisting that they had risked their lives and fortunes opposing "the most unnatural, unprovoked rebellion, that ever disgraced the annals of time", the loyalists sought only "some level of distinction" from the "inhabitants in general". Little improved for the loyalists, however, and they suffered additionally from the demoralizing effects of inflation, wartime profiteering, street violence, and general dirt and stench. Richard Howe Howe Earl, 1726-1799.; William Howe Howe Viscount, 1729-1814.); 穢 New York Historical Society .
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