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BOSTON, June 2);
Last Friday his Excellency the Governor having
directed the Secretary to acquaint the two Houses
that it was his Pleafare the General Aflembly Ihould
be diflblved, and to declare the fame diflblved ac
cordingly ; the Secretary went to the Court-House,
and finding the Door of the Representatives Cham
ber locked, directed the Meflenger to go in and
acquaint the Speaker that the Secretary had a Mes
sage from his Excellency to the Honorable House,
and desired he might be admitted to deliver it; the
Meflenger returned, and said he had acquainted the
Speaker therewith, who mentioned if to the House,
and their Orders were to keep the Door fall :-—
Whereupon the following Proclamation was pub
liflicd on the Stairs leading to the Representatives
Chamber, in presence of several Members of the
House, and a great Number of other Persons, and
immediately after in Council.
Province of the Maflachufetts-Bay.
Bythe G O V E R N O R.
A Proclamation for diflblving the Gen. Court.
WTIEREAS the Proceedings of the House of
Representatives, in the present Seflion of the
General Court, make it neceifary, for his Majesty’s
Service, that the said General Court Ihould be dif
fblv’d.
I have therefore thought fit to diflblve the said
General Court, and the fame is hereby diflblv’d ac«
cordingly, and the Members thereof are discharged
from any further Attendance.
Given under my Hand at Salem, the 17th Day
of June, 1774, in the 14th Year of his Majes
ty’s Reign.
By his Honor’s Command, 7 rp GAGE
Tho’s Flucker, Secretary. 5
GOD SAVE THE KING.
One would think that the pooiCows of the town
ofßofton fuffer enough by being deprived of theGrafs
with which Nature has so plentifully stored our com
mon this year, without being haggled to pieces with
cutlafles and bayonets. A Ihameful degradation of
the arms of Great-Britain, Heaven knows, to have
them turned upon dumb and inoffenfive cattle !
The number of GovernorHutchinfon’s addressers,
confiding of merchants, fnopkeepers, pedlars, petti
foggers, &c. amounted to 140 ; and it is said, great
pains were taken throughout Boston, and many 0-
ther towms, to procure that number, which mull
certainly appear very contemptible when ’tis ccnfi
dered, that there are full four hundred thoufandxrpML
bitants in that province. [sc/?. Gaz.]
The solemn league and covenant for a non-consump
tion of British merchandize is an axe to the root of
the tree ; by coming into it we eftablilh our own
manufactures, save our money, and finally our coun
try from the deftruftion that threatens it.
Rhode-Ift and and Provide nee Plantations, 'June 17.
'J'HIS Aflembly taking into the most serious Con
sideration several Afts of the Britilh Parliament,
for levying Taxes upon his Majesty’s Subjects in
America, without their confent r and particularly an
aft lately palled for blocking up the Port of Boston,
which Aft, even upon the Supposition that the Peo
ple of Boston had justly deserved Punilhment, is
Scarcely to be paralleled in History for the Severity
of the Vengeance executed upon them ; and also
considering to what a deplorable State this and the
other Colonies are reduced, when by an Aft of Par-’
liament, in which the Subjefts of America have
not a Angle Voice, and without being heard, they
may be divested of Property and deprived of Liber
ty, do upon mature Deliberation Rcfofve,
I. That it is the Opinion of this Aflembly, that
a firm and inviolate Union of the Colonies, in Coui>
fels and Measures/ is absolutely neceflary for the
Preservation of their Rights and Liberties, and that,
for that Purpose, a Convention of Representatives
from all the Colonies ought to be holder. in some
fuitableTlace, as soon as may be, in Order to consult
upon proper Measures to obtain a Repeal of the said
Afts, and to establish the Rights and Liberties of the
Colonies, upon a just and solid Foundation--
11. That the Hon. Stephen Hopkins,- and the Hon.
Samuel Ward, Esquires, be, and they are hereby ap
pointed by this Aflembly to represent the people of
this Colony in a general Congress of Reprelenta
tives from the other' Colonies, at such Time and
Place as ihall be agreed upon by the major Part of
the Committees appointed or to be appointed by
the Colonies in general.
111. That they consult and’ advise with the Repre
sentatives of the other Colonies, who Ihall meet in
Inch Congress, upon a loyal and dutiful Petition
and Remonstrance to be represented- to his Majesty,
as the united Voice of his faithful Subjefts itr Ame
rica, setting forth the Grievances they labour under,
and praying his gracious Interposition- for their Re
lief ; And that in Case a major Part of the Repre
sentatives of all the Colonies shall agree upon such
Petition and Remonstrance, they be empowered to
sign the fame in behalf of this Colony.
IV. That they also consult and advise upon all
such reasonable and lawful Measures as may be ex
pedient for the Colonies’in an united Manner, to
pursue, in order to procureßedrels of their Grievan
HARTFORD, June 28,
Proceedings of the Town of MID DLE T O WN.
A Meeting of therefpeftable Inhabitants of Mid
dletown,: in Hartford County, was called, and
held in said Town/on the 15 th Day of June InfL
when there was aflemblpd more than Five Hun
dred of said Inhabitants, and the Honorable’
J ABET, HAMLIN,- Esq; being chosen Chair
man, they unanimously cam'e into the following
RESOLVES, Viz.
Ir r ~IfHAT we will heartily concur tn any’ falutary'
A Measures that may or fall be devised and come
into, or recommended by a general Congress, from all
or mrjl of the Colonies, or by the greater Places of Trade
and Commerce on the Continent, or bythe Inhabitants of
this Colony, for the Preservation of the Rights of Bri
tish Americans,
11. That Mejfteurs Matthew Talcott, Ri
chard Alsop, and Titus Hosmer, ^ our Com
mittee cf Correspondence, whose Duty it fall be to collect
all fueb Intelligence as may be necessary, to enable us to
alt our Part prudently, and to good Efeti, in the Sy/iem of
ces, and to afeertain and eftablilh their Rights and
Liberties.
By Order of the Committee of Correfpondence,'
ISAAC LOW, Chairman.
To the Committeof Correspondence for the Town
ofßofton.
Extraft of a Letter from aGentleman at Alexandria,
ih Virginia, dated June 2, 1774.
“ We have received the Resolves of the patriotic’
House of Burgesses, which procured their Difloluti--
on, (viz. to hold a Fail on the ill. Instant,). and
Yesterday it was observed here, with uncommon
Solemhity—May it have the desired Effeft. ”
The present afpeft of public affairs is highly fa-’
vourable to the liberties of America : The whole’
continent seems inspired by one foul,, and that foul
a'vigorous and determined one.
V. That they also endeavour to procure a regular
annual Convention of Representatives from all the
Colonies to confider of proper Means for the Pre
servation of the Rights and Liberties of theColonies.
VI. That the Speaker of the Lower House trans
mit as soon as may be, Copies of these Resolutions
to the present or late Speakers of the refpeftive
Houses of Representatives of all the Britilh Colonies
upon the Continent.
NEW-LON DC)N, June 24.
[^ Gentleman has favoured us with the following Copy of
a Letter from the Committee of Correjpondence in New-
York, to the Committee in Boston.
“ Gentlemen, New-York, 23d May, 1774.
“ *'|“*HE alarming Measures of the Britilh Par-
J liament, relative to your ancient and ref
peftable Town, which has folong been the Seat of
Freedom, fill the Inhabitants of this City with in
expreflible Concern. As a Sifter Colony, fuller
ing in the Defence of the Rights of America, w z e
Confider your Injuries as a common Cause, to the
Redress of which it is equally our Duty and ourln
tereft to contribute : But what ought to be done in
a Situation so truly critical, while it employs the
anxious Thoughts of every generous Mind, is very
hard to be determined. Gur Citizens have thought
it neceflary to appoint alarge Committee consisting
of fifty-one Perlons, to corrcfpond with our lifter
Colonies on this and every other Matter of public
Moment, and at ten o’Clock this Forenoon we were
firftaflembled. Your Vote of the Town ofßofton,
and the Letter of your Committee of Correspon
dence were immediately taken into Consideration.
While we think you justly in titled to the Thanks
of your lifter Colonies, for alking their Advice on
a Case of such extenlive Confequenccs, we lament
our Inability to relieve your Anxiety by a decisive
Opinion. The Cause is General, and concerns
a whole Continent, who are equally interested with
us, and we forefee that no Remedy can be of A
vail unletrit proceeds from the joint Aft and Ap
probation of All. From a virtuous and spirited
Union much may be expefted; while the feeble
Efforts of a few will only be attended with Mif
chief and Disappointment to themselves, and Tri
umph to the Adversaries of our Liberty. Upon these
Reasons we conclude that a Congress of Deputies,
from the Colonies in general, is of the utmost Mo
ment, that it ought to be aflembled without delay,
and some unanimous Resolutions formed in this
fatal Emergency, notTLly refpefting your deplora
ble Circumftanccs, but for the Security of our com
mon Rights. Such being our Sentiments, it mult
be premature to pronounce any Judgment, on the
Expedient which you have fug gelled : We beg how
ever, that you will do us the Justice to believe, that
we Ihall continue to aft with a firm and becoming
regard to American-Freedom, and to co-operate with
our filler Colonies in every Measure which shall be
thought Salutary and conducive to the public Good.
--We have nothing to add but that we sincerely
condole with you in your unexampled Diftrefles,and
to request your speedy Opinion of the propofedCon
grefs; that if it ihould meet with your Approbation,
we may exert our utmost endeavours to carry it into
Execution.
WE the Subjcribers being appointed by the Hon.
Court of Probate for the Diflrid of Middletown,
Commissioners on the Est ate of Mr. Josiah Churchill,, late
ofChatham deceas'd, represented Infilvent,.to examine and
adjust the Claims of the Creditors to said Estate,- This is
to notify the Creditors to said Estate, that weJhali attend
on that Business at the Dwelling-House of Dr. Moses
Bartlet, Inkeeper in J aid Chatham on the firft Monday of
Augift, and on the second Monday of September next,
from two of the Clock in the Afternoon till eight.
June 16, Samuel Hall, ) „
1774. Stephen White, J
fert them taLength,
The Town of New-Haven, at an adjourned
legal Meeting, held the 20th Inst.
s< VOTED, That Samuel Bishop, Esq; be
desired to inform the Hon. Committee of Corres
pondence of this Colony, that it would be agreea
ble to that Town, to have a general Congress as
soon as may be ; and that in their Opinion an an
nual Congress would have a great Tendency to pro
mote the Welfare and Happiness of all the Ame
rican Colonies.”
Capt. Giles Sage in a Sloop, the 2d ult. oil his
Paflage from New-London to Jamaica, was struck
with Lightning, which carried away hisTop-Maft
and kill’d I'4 of his Horses.
BROKE out of Hartford County Goal on Sa
turdy Night last, Edward Davis, an Old
Countryman, about 36 years of Age, well set,
black Eyes and Hair, about 5 Feet 8 Inches high,
had on a blue Coat, red draw Waistcoat, and tow
•Trowfers. Moses Allen of Windsor, about 25
Years of Age about 5 Feet 8 Inches high, light co
lour’d Hair and Eyes a very comely Fellow—Had
on a blue Coat, Waistcoat and Breeches,- a Black-
Smith by Trade, both the above were committed
for Burglary. TEN DOLLARS Reward will be
given for each of the above Criminals, to any Person
who Ihall take up and retutn them to their former
Lodgings, paid by
June 28. ELY WARNER, Goaler.
America, to tommunlcate such intelligente to others, as
may he ufeful to them and the common Cause, and in ouP
Behalf to co-operate with the Committees of other Towns,
in this Colony, in concerting or executing any general Plan
of Proceeding for the Good of the Whole.
Certified by TITUS HOSMER, Clerk.
Proceedings of the Town of GLASTENBURY.
AT a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of G Lt. s
tenbury, on the ayl Day of June, A.D. 1774.
Col. ELI ZU R TALCOTT, Chairman.
■^OTED, That it is the Opinion of this Meeting,
that the Aft of Parliament imposing a Duty on.
TEA exported to America, for the Purpose of rail
ing a Revenue, is subversive of the Rights and Li
berties of the Britilh Americans, unccnftitutional
and oppressive—And that we confider the late Aft
of Parliament for blocking up the Port ofßofton,
and others that are pending with refpeft to the Pro
vince of Maflachufetts-Bay, designed not only to en
slave that Province ; but as we all hold our Liber
ties and Privileges on the fame Footing with them,
we confider these Afts as aimed at the Liberties of
all the Englifli Colonies in America. We, there
fore, are resolved to exert ourselves to the utmost of
our Power in every lawful Way, to oppose, refill,
and if poflible defeat the Designs of our Enemies to
enslave us. And We are of Opinion, that the fafeft
and most effectual Method to obtain a Repeal of
those Afts, and to restore us to the Enjoyment of
our Rights and Privileges, will be a universal A
greement of all the Colonies, that all commercial
Conneftions with Great-Britain and the Weft-Indies
be with-held. And as we are informed that a ge
neral Congress of all the Colonies is proposed ; we
are of Opinion that such «. Congress would be very
expedient, and that is the molt probable Method
to cement the Colonies together in a firm Union,
on which (under GOD) our only Security depends.
And when this Congress shall convene (which we
hope will be as soon as poflible) we Ihall be ready
to adopt any Measures which shall be thought, by
them, to be the most effeftual, to obtain Relief from
the Burdens of which we so justly complain.
VOTED, That Colonel Elizur Talcott, William
Welles, Ebenezer Plummer, Ijaac Moseley, Thomas Kim
berley, Josiah Hale, and Capt. Elisha Hollister, be a
Committee of Correspondence, to receive and an
swer all Letters, and to promote and forward such
Contributions as Ih^ll be made in this Town, for
the Relief of our diftrefled Friends in Boston, and
that they transmit a Copy of the Proceedings of this
Meeting to the Committee of Correspondence at
Boston as soon as puflible.-
A true Copy. Test,
WILLIAM WELLES, Clerk.
The Towns of Lyme and Groton, have held
Meetings,appointed Committees of Ccrrelpondence,
and passed RESOLVES, which, being Similar to
those already publilhed, we think it needtefs to in
GOOD T E A,
To be Sold by
WILLIAM BEADLE,.
At Wethersfield.-