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THOMAS GREEN§
From N EWPOR T,
TAKES this method to notify the .public, that he
has taken a /hop (of Mr. Wards) op^fite the
Town-House in Middletown, where he has to fell,
CHEAP for CASH,
A good affortinent of English, India, Weft. India,
-band Homemade GOOD S, whereof the following
"particulars are a part, viz.
'Callicoes ; Chintzes ; Patches
'and printed Cottons; Stamped Linneus and Da
mafkus's for Waistcoats ; Wiltons; Jeans and Fuf
, tians ; Corduroys ; BreechesPatter^s ; Striped Cot
^tons and Cotton Hollands. A Variety of Sides
for Gowns,, viz. Persians ; India Taffaties of all Co
' lours; Luteftrings, Padufays and figur'd Sattins ;
Plain Sattins ; Belongs and Sarfancts of all Colours.
A Variety of flowered Lawns and Apron Patterns ;
"priz'd and book Muzlins ; Plain Lawns and Cam
brick; Long Lawns ; Irish Hollands; Laces and
Gimps; A Variety of figur'd and plain Ribbons;
Black and white plain Gauzes ; Silk, Linen and*
Gauze Handkerchiefs; Broad Cloths; Plains and
German Serges; Velvets & Vclveretfs of all Kinds;
Listings ; Shalloons ; Tammies; Durants; Cam
blets ; Crape/ ; Staffs ; Calamanco's ; Silk Gloves
and Mitts ; Necklaces ; Wool an: Cotton, worded,
thread, and cotton Stockings. All Sorts of common
School Books; Watts' Psalms and Hymns; Green
and scarlet Pluffi, and Trimmings for Saddles ;
Looking Glades; Cutlary ;. Hgbardalhary ; thick
Woollens; Bazes ; Hollow Iron Ware ; Womens
and Girls Stiff Shoes and Clogs; Felt and Castor
Hats ; AfforEicht ,f Nails; Pepper; Spices of all
forts; APum ; Coperas # ; Redwood, Logwood ; bed
Indigo; Coffee ; Chocolate; Loaf and Brown Sugar,
Rici; Pipes, fcc. &c.
At a General atyDiation of the razors of toe conjocrated
Churches of the Colony of Connecticut, convened by De
legation, at the Hose of the Rev. Benjamin Throop,
in Norwich, on T'uefday the 2Ctb Day of June, 1775.
THE General Adociation taking into ferrous
Conii deration, the distressing and melancholy
Since of public Affairs in the British American Co
lonies, and the Dangers they arc now threatened
with from the oppreffiveMeasuresof thcßritifhCourt;
arc feasible of the loud Calls of GOD in his Pro
vidence, that humbling ourselves under his righteous
Hand, we turn unto him by unfeigned Repentance
and Amendment; and we are thankful that GOD
has put it into the hearts of cur Rulers so frequently
to call upon us and cur People to those Duties, that
laying aside all Levity, Extravagance and undue
Diversions, we should be excited to earned Prayer
and Supplication, and meet with our People for that
purpose as frequently as Convenience will admit.
We trust our Rulers will fill encourage this good
Work, and strengthen the Hands of all the Minihers
in it. We also rejoice that in so many of our Church
es and Congregations there appears a I)if; edition
of attending on fuchSeafons, and with it may become
general and umrerfal : We look upon itin particular
our Duty to dir up ourselves and all cur Brethren in
theMiniftry to be forward in leading their People in
this Day of Trouble to be calling oa GOD, and to
have special Seasons of Prayer, and that the who^e
cf our Congregations be urged to attend them : This
is certainly our Duty, and what we a^s particularly
directed to in the Wo\d of GOD, that we may an
fiver the Medages of Heaven in Divine Providence,
and become an humble, penitent and pardoned Peo
ple, prepared for the Divine Mercy and Salvation.
And as we are the Convenant-PcoH, of GOD, and
have enjoyed the fp?ciJ PrividgeTf T-G 4)1, we
look upon it, that GOD in his Pioviun.e calls upon
us to consider our Covenant Obligations, and that
it is the indi,/oHle Duty of MinTers to impress
the Minds ot ml ther People wnh the Duty of own
ing the Covenant GOD of<ur Fathers ; thatthefe
who have come under explicit and pc Gcal Engage
raents hnnoting them Gives for all if caches of their
Vows, should be qukkned (9 w.:T Th God in aT
his Commandments ahdU
Containing the Freshest ADVICES,
MONDAY, July ^ ;;,§
CONNECTICUT
AND
WEE K L Y
should be. reminded of their awful Negleß, and urg
ed to remember and own the Obligations they are
laid und?r by GOD's Covenant, and improve the
I rivileges of it ; and if ,rny Churches or Congrega
tions fh.ill fee fit and convenient publickly, and as a
Body, to renew their Covenant with GOD, we should
approve it, but must leave the Matter to the Pru
dence of Ministers and Churches to determine par
ticularly for themselves. At the fame Time we
w °"!df°l emn ly charge curlelves, chr Brethren in
tae Riinidry, ahd all our People to be earnest in
feeding and turhing to GOD, and that bringing
forth fetch bruits as he requires, we may leave To
kens for good, and Bill trust in his fatherly Kind-*
nels, that he will appear for this Land, scatter the
dreadful Cloud thatis over it, secure and perpetu
ate all its Rights and Privileges, and cause theChur
ches, nere planted, to flourish, jq long as the Sun and
Moon fall ensure.
V()TED h 1 hat the several Printers in this Colony
be desired to pnbliCi the above Resolve and Recom
mendation in their News-papers. .
Signed by Order of the Association.
Elnathan Whitman, Moderator.
(Guv. hutchinjon's Letters and Extracts continued.)
Dear Sir, Bolton, 27th August, 1772.
( Cis uncertain who is the Gentleman addrefed.)
[JPON reading the frii paragraph I recollected,
that when 1 was young at college, or soon af
ter I read with attention what Mr. Lock had wrote
upon toleration. I was astonished that ever any
body who thought at Ml, fliould have thought dif
ferently upon the fubje&, and^et all the world un
til then eOily received the absurdities of the contra
ry doctrine. My poor ancestors (of my country I
mean, not of my family) I look back upon with
pity, for their intolerant spirit, which was the more
inexcusable because they were at the fame time ve
hemently inveighing against the fame spirit in q
taers.Q [lf Mr. Hutchinjon sfamily had not a different
origin from, the rtf of mankind, he might have look'd
farther back, and have pitied the intolerant and incon-
Jiftent spirit of his popish and pagan ancefors ; but this
is not the only inflance by many, occuring in his letters,
of near and jhortfghtednejs.] lam not sure that if
we were unreitrained we have not a majority of the
fame spirit at this day. It's certain we have but
littic Catuolicifm among the laity, and the clergy in
general, of every denomination, are biyts.My educati
on has been among the congregationalists, and I ge
nerally attend the public worship with them. I re
member fomewherc to have met with a llory of a
moderate papist urged to profefs himfelf a proteifaat
who though he had no scruples, yet said he would
never change his religion unless he was sure of be
ing aamned for not doing it. [One vauld imagine
from the manner in ^hich this fory is introduced, and the
fiery i/felf, that Mr. Hutchinfen veas but a moderate or
very indifferent proteflant, and that he .would have con
tinues of any profeffion, in n.vhich be had been born and
educated, let it have been ever so unfcriptural, unless be
vias sure cf being damned for not changing it.] Asl
have no scruples I frequently attend at the king's
chappel. Considering the commifficn I fu slain, I
think there is a decency & propriety in so doing.---
Ue have so often expelled measures which would
fettlethe affairs of America and been disappointed,
that J ffiall always be afraid to depend upon appear
ances. Every colony seems determined not to fub
mtt to the duties. r.enfyhania and New-York
have within these two years imported several thou
sand cheils of tea from Holland, and I fuppefe not
n ^eds from l^ngland. There is an aversion in
tre lea officers to atl ns officers of the customs. There
w ™ ld be more livelihood of fuccefs,'if the com
mi^oners of the cudems were allowed final! armed
teficls to cruise in the several bays. The expetice
would not be great and might be limited, and it
wouhlfoon appear whether the extraordisary seizures
would not equal it. But if this is done, some fur
taer provifiem is uccc.Tary by parliament, & it oupht
to be mi, de as penal to fire on an armed vessel fitted
out for this porpeicas on the King's Grips. They
•hordd have king , colours and might have cemmif
d^;. in the king's name wifixhc oHs cf the gover-
T. H E. &
1 WEN:'',
raffia W^W ^&,
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both FOREIGN and DOMESTIC.
hors of the colonics except Connecticut and Rhode-
Idano. But before America is fettled in peace it
will be heceffary to go to the bottom of all the dis
order which has been so long neglected already.
. e . opinion that every colony has a legifiatuffy
within itfeh, the a&s and doings of which aie no—p
to be controlled by parliament, and'that no hfifla-'
tire power ought to be exercised over d.e colonies
except by.their refpe&ivelegiflatures, gains. ground
every day, and it has its influence upon all the exe
cutive parts of government. Grand juries will not
present, petty juries will not convid the highest es-,
fenders agairft ads of parliament.--.-Our news-pa- ,
pers publickly anounce this independence every )
week; and what is much more, there is scarce an
affembiy which has not done it at one time or other,
1 he assembly of this province has done as much ther\
last fcflion by their public votes or resolves, and by'
an address which they have sent to Doctor Franklin,
to be presented to the King. So that there is fufQ
cient grounds for parliament to proceed if there is a
disposition. What, it will be said, can be done ?\
A test as general as the oaths required instead of thc\
oaths of allegiance and supremacy would be mod cf-<
federal ; but this there is reafonto fear would thresh
America into a general confufion, and I doubt the{
expediency, but can less be done than affixing pc,
nalties and disqualifications or incapacities upon all)
who by wordor writing ffiall deny or call in vafi{
the supreme authority of parliament over all parts c.^
the British dominions; Can it be made nece£U {
for alljudges to be pnder oath, toobfeive all ads of
parliament in their judgments? And may not the
oatls of all jure $, grand and petit, be so framed as
to include acts of parliament as the rule ts law as
well as law in general terms ? Andfor affdmblies cr
bodies of men who ffiall deny the authority cf par
liament may not ail their subsequent proceedings be
declared to be ipso fado null and void, and every
member who shall continue to aft in such affenri^y
be fubjed to penalties and incapacities ? I fugged
these things for consideration. Every thing depends
upon the lettlement of this grand point.---We owe
much of cur troubles to tlie countenance riven by
feme in England to this dedrine of independence.
If the people were convinced that the nation with
one voice condemned the dodrine, or that ; crlia
ment at all events was determined to maintain its
supremacy, we ffiowd soon be quiet. Ihe demago
gues who generally have r o property would continue
their endeavours to inflame the minds cf the people
for feme time, but the inhabitants in general have
real edat&s which they would netrun the hazard < f
forfeiting by any trejfouabla raeafures. If nothing
more can be done, there mull be further prsvilion
for carrying the alls cf trade into execution; which
I am informed acminiftration is v ery lenfible of and
have Hisafuies in < ontemplarioß.-—TZ^,^ h,ve a
few ofudden thoughts, which I mus pray you net to com-
Mumcate as coming from me, leaf Ifhould be Jfpfd Me
to have centributea to any proceedings rffpediih, America.
I have only room to add that I am with finceie re
^pa&. and efleem, &c.
■ Dear Sir, Boston, 29th Aug. it.
[The fame gentlemen that he wrote to 21st July.]
---- 1 Troubled you with a long letter thezift July.
& Give me leave new to add oncer two things
which I then intended, but to avoid being too tedi
ous, omitted. People in this province, both friends
and enemies to government, are in great expectati
ons from the late affair at Rhode-Bland of burning
the King's schooner, and they consider the manner
in which the news ofit will be received in England,
and the measures to be taken as decisive. If it is
passed over without a full inquiry end due resent
,ent, cur liberty people will think they may with
impunity commit any efts cf violence be they ever
,° " nd the f " CTds to government Mil
depend and give up all hopes cf being able to with
tuefafiion. The persons who were the imme
diate adors me men of Ulate and property in the
colony. A prosecution is impossible. If ever tie
government of that colony is to Ic reformed, this fams to
the t^e, and it would lave a bast §& „, J, (
whicte aaj^n to it. Several pcrlcmrave leeu advif.
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