Note 33 — Ballads of the Revolution.[1]
Reading edition
“A meeting of the people ... directed ... the owner of the Dartmouth to apply for a clearance. He did so ... accompanied by ... eight others as witnesses.... The collector and comptroller unequivocally and finally refused.... Then said they (i.e., the people) ... protest immediately against the custom-house, and apply to the Governor for his pass.”—Idem, pp. 483-5.