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ntither they, nor thtir father!, ever knew where
it fay, and (hat, in order to find the south sea,
by a westerly direflion given. we mud run north,
or north north weft to the frozen ocean.—Sorely
w: live io too co ightencd -n age to be doped,
by such barefaced abfurcities If the reason
iogs in thia pamphlet are cone ufive the follow
ing confequeoces are inevitable.
I. That ail the land weft of Connecticut
river, without reserve, belong at thia instant to
New York province.
tu All on the east to the defendants of
Duke Hampton.
3. That the crown being deceived, when the
charter of this Colony was granted, the charter
ilfejf is a nullity, or as he calls it animprafl't
cable fragment.
For ail which, certain persons deftrous offer
ing their own private vitws, are exceedingly
obliged, and are at this hour labouring to propa
gate the important dedrine.
Verax.
From the CONNECTICUT JOURNAL.
Meffi’rs GREENS,
Please to insert the following in your next, at
my an fiver to all that hat been or that may
hereafter be published, in tie New London,
or other newt paper 1 inGonneflicut refpefling
me, and the part I have taken in the affair
of the Sufquehannah Company.
WHEN I went to England in 1758' a
Gentleman, * Gnce deceased for wnom
J had the highett eftcem, furciflied me with a
sopy of the ad of assembly in favour of the
Sufqiehanoah C rnptny, defiling that I would,
inform myfclf, io the best manner I could, of
the feotimeots ofpeop’e io power, and others
io England upon the matter ; thi» I took cire to
do, and upon my return home in 1761, I com
municated to the Company, by letter fully and
ftsckly, what I had met with, and as every
thing I h»a <0 communicate wore a very dif
couragiog alpeft ; I tosk the liberty to vdvife
them to give up early, a projeft, which, I tho’t
in the end mutt prove abortive.
This step Brought upon me a furpicioo,amotg
many of the adventu-ersjhat I had been bribed
in England, by Mr. Penn. A story which
however idle and groundlefs.many ofthefe pco
p shave been fond es believing ; or pretending
to believe, ever Gnce.——-Theaffairs of that
Company have taken various turns Gnce that
time ; through the whole of which, I have
never taken any part, or troubled myfclf with
their coocer. s, until the last summer, when be
ing at my former home, at New Haven, I ac
cidentally met with a pamphlet wrote on the
fide of the Su‘q ehannah Claim, addressed to
J. H Enquire: io this perforraarce I found
rhenti n made ofanticient memorials refpeftiog x
the htflory and title of the colony, some of
which were quite new to me this put me
upon fearchiog more fully into the matter, the
confcqicnce of which was, 1 hat I became more
convinced thin ever of the groundieffnefs of
the colony’s claiss to the weftero lands ; and
in order to preserve the train of my own ideas
of the matter, I committed them to writtiog.
The mate’iab and papers which I had thus
college i I obtruded upon cone, at the fame
time I (hewed-them freely to every one who
desired to fee them, and one of the Sr/quehao
nih Gentlemen took a complete copy of the
piece, which I wrote, and I own I (hould have
beeo happy, if by these, or any other means, that
sffembly had been prevented from taking the
steps which they have Gnce taken.
When I came to Philadelphia, I said nothing
to any one of my having any papers relating to
this matter ; but after a few weeks it become
khown that I had such papers ; when Dr Smith
the Protnft of the College here, came to me
and requited a fight of them, informing me
that he was writing upon the fubjetft of the Suf
qlrhannab Claim —o her Gentlemen applied to
me to the tame purpose —At firft I declined
doing ny thb gin the matter, merely from mo
tivet ot my own quiet, sad to avoid a quarrel
with the c u r qu-h:m h people, who I knew
were always dupofed to think the word of every
thi g I said or did relating to their affairs. I
determcid at least not to take any (kps until
after the G -n lcoieo Committee, bad had their
treaty with the Governor.
t the mean time I canfidered of the mstter
* Mr. Edwards,
that (everal Gentlemen in Cosnefticut, in high
estimation for their friendlhip to America in
general, ss well as to that colony in particular,
had expressed their wishes to me, ro have the
whole of this matter laid open to the public
view, by some petfon who was not in the Suf
quehannah intcreft, so that the public might
have a chance of feeing both sides of the questi
on ; and finally I was aware,from experience,
that in case I fhaald communicate nothing, I
(hould be fufpe&cd of communicating every
thing and even more than every thing that I
knew. Upon the whole therefore, I conc n
ded to deliver to Dr. Smith to be published, the
records and papers which were in nature of
proofs, as I had been able to collect them, ta
king care to publish every thing that 1 thought
material, as well for as against the claiw I
also give him the mao u(cript which I had wrote
uion the fubjrfl, far him to take from thecce
and make use of any of my tho’ts upon the
matter or not, as he (hould think proper. And
I cannot but think my conduct io these parti
culars, has been right:
Thus much then I havi done, and now I have
doth ng more do—the public measures are ukea,
and I suppose are to be pursued. and I will leave
to time to discover, who have been the colony’s
best friends, thofc who hive urged, or thofc who
have d-ffwaded from these measures—A defeat
will be very detrimental, hut a victory mutt be
sbfo’utc ruin to the colony, at least, I thick so
— And who (hall hinder me from speaking, er
publishing my sentiments, if 1 am dilpofed to do
cither ? Wil! any one prefurre to interpofc kis
au hority, in a (quibble about a trid of laud, and
command that nothing (hall be wrote or said,
except on one fide only ? Or do thsfe who arc
loudest in the cry for the freedom of the press,
mean that the press (hould be free only for them
selves ? Away with all such language—and a
way with all bwfquibbiog, and bale infiouation.
I am not in the feefet of the ceunfc s of this
province, nor am 1 actuated by ary lucrative or
Guider views —I have believed the peep'e were
going wrong, therefore have I (poken.—l have
an ioterrft io the colony ard have a right to
speak ; and Iw (h finec there is like to be a
drlpute between the two colonies, that the fame
may be carried co. on both (ides, with a temper
and spirit becoming men, who (hall appear to a£
from principle, and not from wild enthufijfm, er
party heat. There are caruio people at this
time, who if a word is said against dear Su rqae
hannah behave as if they thought an open at
tack was made upon their hoocor and their pro
perty ; and impute all that is said to the word
motives—They can charge no’hing of the kind
upon me, but what I may just as well charge up
on them, with this d ffxrecce however, that they
have coofcffedlya petfood interest in the mat
ter, when 1 have none.—lam aware that people
who take opposite sides of a popular qoeftien
naturally fail into parties and a party spirit is
apt to gain ground — but this again is mutual—
wal the dispute about the cocftitutiooal rights
and liberties of the people, great allowances
might be made—but th sis a controversy about
property and provincial liner-- Will it be said
that as I have no interest of my own, I ought
not to meddle in the matter ? but 1 have an in
terest in the colony, and wi(h its welfare—Fur
ther what have I d'one that so alarms these gen
tlemen ? I have divulged do secrets committed
to my trust—l hive only brought up to public
view, a few more afltient records thio they them
selves published—and will any one of thofc peo
ple openly avow to the world, that they would
willingly, if they could, attrib a cause of this
magnitude and complexion, by the fupprtffion of
records, which, from the eircumftances their an
tagonists could not come at ? they might as well
move the affsmbly to defiroy ail the records
which make vgainft their claim—What I wrote
upon the subj-st is of no coufequence, if the rea
foniogs are not just and if they are, I think they
ought to h»ve a weight.———
lern lands was now become a furious affair to
this province—that every material prper of a
public nature, ought to be known to both the
parties, and that I ought to confidcr myfclf in
my prefect fituatioq, as equally a friend to both
—in a word, I found that I was in danger of
giving umbrage by witholding, as well as by
—I was told that the colony claim to the wef-
giving up the papers Further, I recoilefied
They don’t confider tha’ it is rqu l!y in «hc
power of othtrr. to trace the cotdtft of the prin
cipal leaders and mwageri among the Sofquc
h<nn>h company, through a I their negotiatiocv
for twenty years pad, acd with the he p of a
few groundlrfi reports —ill natuied hints—-and;
wicked innuendoes, to explain their motivcs—
their views—and their condoft, in s mtcneG
that weu'd do them little hoccur ; but I wiik
Eot myfe f(o far forget the tights of humanity
as to follow the viJe example.
Philadelphia, )
March 7, 1774 J
Shame on thofc then,who under feigned tames,
in news papers attack tbofe who venture to op
pefe them —nut with argumer’s—this would he
(air and right—but with abuse, acd even wills
intimidation
BOSTON, March 6.
Last Friday fe’onigbt, in the forenoon, Mr.
Brown, of Salem, Deputy Sheriff, went os
board a fifhing veffd.at Marblehead,and ar efkd
John Watts and John Guillard, in an Aftion of
damages for 3000 1, commenced by the gentle
men who were proprietors of the late Eff-x
hospital, on fufpictoo that the said two perfens
were concerned in burning that luildiog on the
26th of January h(b ^-The prisoners were
committed to his Majesty’s goal.io Salem,a< eu-t.
two o’clock, P. M. Aimed as soon as the keja
were turned upon them, the peop'c began, ia
final! companies,to enter the town from Mtrble
hetd, and continued coming over in this minner
till near nisht, rendezvouzing near the goal,
'the Magistrates were busy in confuting upon
measures for prefervirg the peace, ard for d I
perfiog the peop’e who frcrc jffembling from
Marblehead ; from whence a still greater num
ber was expsfted after ds:K About sunset, on
application to the Colonel of the Militia, the
drums were ordered out, ahd beat to armt —
Immediately Upon hearing this^the mob, to the
number of four or fire hundred, arming them-,
selves with c’bbs, flicks of wood. &c and while
it was yet day light, made a most furious attack
up«o the goal. They fitft burst ep n the
doors, and broke most es the lower windows io
that part of the building whiih is the Frifm-
Keeper’s Dwelling ; and then,with iron crows,
sies, &c. they soon best their way thtrcugk
four of the prison doors, each of which was ve
ry (hong, and well secured with many large
locks. Thus having got into two apartments
of the prison, in Ids than ten minutes from the
fitft oofet, carried off the sboyemeationed two
prifoDers in triumph, and wsnt immediately to
Marblehead, where they soon difptrfed.- —
They assembled again,the celt day, aod oblig
ed the g-rntlemeo abovementtoned. to declare^
that no prosecution (hould ever after be commca
ced on a-ct unt of burning the hospital.
March to. Saturd y last being tfie aentver
&ry of th^ fifth of Match, upon which day, a
greeabk to a Vote cf the town last year, a meet*
ipg wss <uly notified, ?nd accordingly met at
Faneuil Hall, at ten o'Clcck in the forenoon ;
and after chufing Mr. Saueuel Adame Modera
tor, they adjourned to the Old South Meetirg-
Hbufe, where, after the Moderator menticced
the occasion of their thus sffembl ng, The Fkn.
John Hancock Esq; delivered,auOßATlON
on the dangerous tendency of (landing Armies
beicg placed in free and populous Citics, and to
perpe>uatc the memory of the horrid Msffacre
co the evening of the fifth of March, 1770, by
a party of 80’diers under the command of Capt.
Thomss Preston, belonging to the 29th regi
raent. At this meeting a vast concourse of
people attended to hear the Oration, which lift
ed about three quarters of sn hour, and was re
ceived with uciverfa! approbation.
At the breaking up of the meeting, a very
generous collection was made for the poor un
fortunate Christopher Mark, now abeut twerty
one year of sge, (thtn prefect and on whole
piteous ccnditien Mr. Wanceck very Rffr&ion
ately addressed the sudiescc) whe was though:
to be mortally wounded on the fatal evei ing of
the Mafftcrc, but yet remeins 2 (hocking monu
ment of that horrid tranfadion.
On Monday evening the horrid tragedy of the
sth of Msrch was observed with the usual so
lemnity, by exhibiting to public view a portrait
of shit ishumn and cruel Massacre perpetrated'