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vantage of the Common Gaufe, in which the great
elf Unanimity is essential among the People of all
Orders, or to the Disadvantage of the Gentlemen
declining--^ prevent either Conltrudion, the
Public ihould know, that the Committee of Cor
respondence never expected that more than Three
of the Gentlemen nominated, would attend, and
their Reason for nominating Five, was, .that they
might have a probable Certainty of that Number
Attending—-the Hon. Mr. fobnjon was not present
when nominated, but it was universally expected he
would accept the offer.—Maj. Wolcott; & Mr. Law
having neither of them had the Small-Pox, and the
latter of a very precarious Health, were at the firftj
doubtful; whether they could attend with Safety,
or fafely at this Season of the Year; receive the In
fection by Inoculation, but did not incline to give a
positive Answer to the Cothmittee; until they had
coufulted their fhylicians,^ —and taking it forgran
ted, that the Hon. Mr. fohnjon would attend, which
Would make the deigned Number complete without
them, the Hon. Mr. Dyer and Mr. Deane having
accepted, it appeared unnecessary for them, to give;
at that time, a positive Answer,—Unhappily the
Hon. Dr. fobnyon had, Previous to his Know
ledge of his being nominated by the Committee,
engaged in an Affair of very great Importence, to
be transacted atthe very fame Time of the proposed
Congress; and on the belt Advice, Maj; Wolcott,
•md Mr. Law, were both determined againit being
inoculated, their. Physicians being of -Opinion, chat
Inch an Operation would be very dangerous to
^m.—T,,u„ fituaied, the Committee or Corref-
NEW-HAVEN, July 29:
On Wednesday last, at the Parilh of New-Strat
ford, as eleven Persons were crossing the River there
in a Canoe, it overfet; by which Accident the fol
lowing Persons were drowned, viz. Anna and Mary
Wilcox, the former 20; the other ts Yea,s old;
Daughters of the Widow Wilcox, Mary BlackleaCh,
Daughter to Mr. Hudson Blackleach, aged 18 Years
and a Lad about 9 Years old, Son to the late Capt.
Mills: The others were all saved by the Affiltance
of a young Man who providentially happened to be
near them, on the Bank of the River. The Bodies
of the unfortunate drown'd Persons were taken up
yesterday and decently inter'd. They all belong'd
to the Parilh of Ripton, and were Out after Whirtle-
Berries.
H A RTFOR D, August 2.
Wednesday last departed this Life, after a few
Days Illn§;fs, Mrs. Elizabeth Mi&s, Relief of
thelate Rev'd Gideon Mills, of Suffrage, in
Sim/bury,' , ~ ~
The I 2th of July last tfe Inhabitants bf theTown
of Bolton, legally warned, helda Meeting, and pas
sed a Number of Refolyes similar to thole of the o
ther Towns in this Colony which have already been
pnblilhed ; they also expressed the fame Sentiments
of Sympathy and Affection for their Brethren of the
Town of Borton, and appointed Mess. Thomas Pitkin,
Ichabod Warner, I)aac Fellowt, Samuel Carver, jun.'
Benjamin Talcott, jun. a Committee to receive and
anlwer all Letters from other Committees, and to
promote and forward such Contributions as ihaf l be
made in that Town, for the Relief of the Poor in
Boston, any three of whom have Power to att.
Miu WATSON,' ‘ =
:.S IR,
Y OUR inferring in ytfur lari, that Dr. Johnson,
Maj. Wolcott, and Mr. Law, declined attending
the Congress, agreeable to their Appointment, with
out assigning any Reason therefor, may, at a Time
like this, be ealily construed; by designing Men;and
Enemies to the Liberties of America; to the Difad-
B OST O N, July 18.
Letters from the southern Parts of North Caroli
na, assure us, " That the Inhabitants there will go
as far in Defence of American Liberty as can be.ex
pected : and recommend, if a Congress should be
deemed the firil step necessary to be taken, that sub-
Lriptions, or rather collections be set on foot thro'-
out the continent, to raise and remit a sum of mo
ney to the community of Borton, for the relief of
their distressed and buffering brethren there, who
muff hand in equal need of such assistance, as if their
town had been dertroyed by fife/'1
Extract of a Letter from Newport, fitly 22, ^7/74-
'' Two vessels from South-Carolina arrived here
Lift Night ; the People there have fubferibed 2000
Barrels of Rice for your Town, and two Vessels
Were loading for Boston with some of it when the
lull Advices came away."
PORTSMOTT H, July 22/ •
On Wednesday last arrived here the Ship Dart
mouth, Capt. Giddings from London, 'but brings
nothing later than we have already had.
On the fame Day arrived the Slo6p Molly, Capt.
Odiorne in 7 Days from Halifax, being the fame
Vessel that carried the TEA from this Place : The
Captain assures us that he fafely landed that disa
greeable Commodity there, tho' .much against the
Minds of the Inhabitants, who are determined not
to purchase it. TEA is fold there at half a Dollar
per Pound.
pondence thought it prudent to meet again, to ap
pointa Third Perfpn -to attend said Congress on
Behalf of this Colony with the two above, who ac
cepted said Trust. Thus much I thing it proper
you should insert to prevent any suspicion falling,
either on the Colony in General, the Inhabitants of
which are remarkably unanimous, or on those Gen
tlemen, who are firm, and spirited, in the Common
Cause, and to my Knowledge highly approve of
the Congress as the mod faluiary Measure.
O' The Printer begs Leave to inform
the Public, That he published the Parragraph,
referred to, and complained of, in the foregoing
Piece, without any Defigri to injure the Character
of (he worthy Gentlemen, who were a, pointed of
the Committe to attend the Congress, and declined
the Service,)^ each of whom be bath the bigbeft Regard,
or to create any unjust Suspicions of the good People
of this Colony ; who he verily believes are unani
mous, firm & unshaken, in the commonCaufe ; much
less with any \ iew to furnifh the Enemies of Ame
rica with any Weapon against her, either of which
would not only be ungrateful in him, but betray
the basest Disposition, fir.ee all he hath to hope for,
is to stand or fall with his Country :---A fondnefs
of affording the Public the earliest and most inter
eftirig Intelligence, through the Channel of his Pa
per was his only Motive. Yet on more deliberate
Consideration is convinced that illiberalConftructions
may be put thereon by Persons unfriendly to Ame
rica ; he is therefore obliged to the Gentleman
who furnifhed him with the foregoing Piece, by
which the whole Affair is so fully explained and
laid open to the public View, (the particular Cir
cumstances whereof he was before unacquainted with)
• that he hopes it will seasonably prevent any mifap
preherifibns which might otherwise be occaiioned by
said Publication.-
TO BL bu^D,
About 10 Acres of choice good
LAND, with a fine Orchard, a good Houle with
a back Linto, good- double Barn, and out Houses
handing thereon,one Mite South of the CourtHoufe
on the Country Road from Hartford to New-Ha
ven. The above will be fold for some Cash in
Hand, the greatert Part on Credit, for fix Months;
one Year, or more, with good Security, on very
realonable Terms, by
Aug. 3 , 1,74. _ ELIJAH CLAP.
VEN D U
TOHN SKINNER, has received a Quantity of
J Englilh and Ealt-India GOODS, conlifting of
too great a variety of Articles to be particularized
in t 'v Compass of an Advertisement, part, of which
will be exposed to Sale to the h'i^helt Bidder, at
PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Dwelling-House of
Mr. David Bull in Hartford; on Tuesday the 9th of
Auguftinftant a Part at &he Dwelling-House of
Mr. Elijah Wright of Wethersfield, on Wednesday
the xoth instant—and another Part at the Dwelling-
House of Mr. Gideon Benjamin in Eaft-Hartford;
on Thursday the 1 Ith of the fame Month. The
Vendue to begin precisely at Six o'Clock Afternoon;
of each of said Days. Hartford, Hug. 1, 1774.
Wanted Immediately^
A Lad of about (4 Years of Age, as an Apprerf-'
tied to the Chaise and Harncfs making Bufi
riefs. One from a Distance will be moll acceptable;
Enquire of E. Watfori.,
Aaron Bradly,
HEREBY informs his Customers ' and Others;
that he has removed from his Shop opposite
the North Meetirig-Houfe; to his new Shop at the
South End of the Printing-Office, where he carries
on the Black-Smith's Bulinefs in a very lively Man
ner. N. B. The Shop he lately occupied is to be
let on realonable Terms, and is very convenient for
a Taylor or Shoemaker.
To be fold at public Vendue, at theDwelling-Houfe
of Moses Butler, Inn-holder in Hartford, on
Thursday the 18th Day of August Instant, at §
of the Clock P. M. the following Pieces of Land
lying in laid Hartford, belonging to the Estate
of Dofithbu's Humphry, late of Hartford; de
, ceas'd, viz. ..
The House and Homestead,
confining of about two. Acres of Land, the House
and one Acre and an Half of the Land being set out
to the Widow of said deceased for her Improve
ment, during Life, will be fold under that Incum
brance; the other half Acre lying at the Fart End
of said Lot, fronts North on the South Green; and
Ea'ft on' the High-Way that leads to Wethersfield,
being a very commodious Building Lot, may be
entered upon immediately. Also two Acres and one
Rood of excellent Land either for plowing or mow
i°s lying in the South Meadow. The Purchase,
Mohey must be paid immediately,' as it is wanted
to pay into the Treasury.
Per Benjamin Rayne,.Adminiftrator. ,
Broke out of Litchfield County
Goal, the Night after the 25th July instant, Philip
Rollins, who was committed for Horfo-dealing, is
about 25 Years old, gFeet 9 Inches high, short black
Hair, pitted with the Small Pox, wore a blue Sur
,tout, and blue Breeches, and had a pair of old Yarn
Stockings, fays that he was born on Long-Island.
Whoever will take up said Fellow and return him to
the Goal from whence he made his Escape, Hull
have Thirty Shillings Reward.
WILLIAM STANTON, Gbaler.'
Litchfield, 26th July, 1774..
All Persons having Accounts
unsettled with the Efttae of John Kimberly Esq; late
of Glaftenbury deceas'd, are desired to bring them
in to the Subferiber, who will attend on the Business
of Settling said Accounts at the House of Thomas
Kimberly in said Glaftenbury, on the firri and third
1 uefdays of August, September an October next.
Mary Kimberly, Executrix.
8 B. All Persons indebted to said Kimberly's
Ertate, are requeued to make immediate Payment,
which will prevent Trouble and Cort.
_ July 30, 1774.' .
ALL persons having any demands on the Estate
of RichardSmith,late ofGlaftenbury deceas'd,
are desired to exhibit the fame to the fubfcribers,in
order for Settlement, and all indebted to said estate,
arc likewise desired to make immediate payment to
Benjamin Smith; 7 ~ .
_ Jonathan House, \ ^nfrators
TO BE SOLD,
Cheap,for CASH, or Weft-Itidia GOODS,
A new Dutch Waggon.
For further Particulars, enquire of
William Hosmer.',
Stolen from the Subferiber in
New-Loudon, a black MARE, 13 hands high, Ma
ryland breed, trots and hand-gallops well, 'has a
brand on her off buttock like an H. Whoever will
take up said Mare and convey her to me in New-
Ldndon, shall have fix Dollars reward and all ne
cessary charges paid. And whoever will take up
the thief so th^t he may be phnifhed according to
law, dial! have ten Dollars reward, paid by me,
Samuel Latimer.
N. B. The Thief had on a white felt hat, and
ftfiped silk jacket, black breeches, long brown fur
tout, Tight complexion, and light eyes.
Good COFFEE to be Sold by the Quantity, a'
cheap as it is Sold in New-York,
By Samuel Wefcote,
Near the Court-House in Hartford
Who has just received,
^ New Supply of very neat Chintz's and Cal
licoes, with many other Articles which makes
up his Afforfmerit. Also, frefh Raisins, goodTEA
and In'digo, Nails and Glass of many Sizes All
which will be fold very cheap, but no Abatement
made pn. the Prices asked.. 97
IpHOSE persons inclined to fettle the lands bn the
A Miffifippi,(faid to be the fineft inAmerica)now
in reserve for the company of millitary adventurers,
may have anopportunity of going in a good vessel,
(if applied for focm) which will fail from Middle
town, about the firlt of September next, terms for
freight and Passengers will be as easy as poflible,
for the encouragement of settlers, for further par
ticulars enquire of John Elsworth, who is {oing
partenger in said vessel.
TO B E S O LD
(On THE MOST REASONABLE Terms)
By SETH LEE,
Ht hit Store, 4 fem Rods Noqb of the Meeting-House in
FARMINGTO N,
A neat and general Assortment of
Drugs and Medicines,
Among which are the following Patent Medicine;<
O URLINGToN's Balsam of Life, Balsam of
I Health, ^ritilh .Oyl, Bateman's pectoral
Drops, Eaton's Styptic, Godfrey's Cordial, Daffey's
and Frauncis' Elixer, James's universal Fever Pow
der, Lockyer's and Hooper's Pills, Spirits of Scur
vey Grass.
Also, Mace, Cinriamon, Cloves, Nutmegs, Gin
ger, Pepper, Allspice, Raisins, Figgs, Chocolate,
Coffee, Rice, Rohn; PAINTER's COLOURS,
Varnish, Earthen Ware, Glass Bottles, Wines,
French Branty, Geneva Spirits, Wert-India Rum,
Loaf and Brown Sugars, &c. &c. &ci
The Subscriber takes this Opportunity to exprejs the
grateful Senje he retains, of the Favors of bis Cufomers
in lime past, and cart assure them that it Jhall be his con
stant Endeavour tofupply them, and all who will be kind
enough to afford him their Custom, with any of the above
Articles, very cheap, and the leaf Favor gratefully
acknowledged, by their Humble Servant,
Seth Lee.