Is the "refuse" side of this American Revolutionary War document really empty?

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Your list of signers goes on for several pages. The 'refused to sign' section is at its end, on pg 336. enter image description here

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Most of your exhibit is a "cover letter" for the circular. Then there are several pages that list the signatories.

The "refuse" list at the end of the document is very short. It does not cover even a single page, and therefore doesn't look like a list. Instead, it consists of half a paragraph with about 15 names. It's not "empty," but it is very nearly so.

Apparently the Boston region was very much pro Revolution, with the "refusers" very much the exception, and amounting to a "handful." Which is why the Revolution started there, and not somewhere else.

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