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A Perspective View of the Blockad[e] of Boston Harbour
![A Perspective View of the Blockad[e] of Boston Harbour Watercolor on laid paper](/database/images/1395_ref.jpg "A Perspective View of the Blockad[e] of Boston Harbour Watercolor on laid paper")
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Choose an alternate description of this item written for these projects:
- Witness to America's Past
- MHS Collecting History
- MHS 225th Anniversary
This work depicts the arrival of British troops in Boston in October, 1768. The troops were sent as a show of force following colonial protests against the Townshend Duties of 1767.
MHS owns two versions of this painting. See the other version.