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pondence for the Town.—The Town of Wethersfield
meet on Thursday next-—The Town of Lyme the ZQth
inJiant, and Meetings are warned in a Humber of other
Towns, for the above Purpose ; and it is to be hoped,
that every other Town in the Colory will unite in those
Measures that may be adopted, by the other Colonies, in
endeavouring to obtain Redress of the Grievancies of
which we Jo juftiy complain.
Thursday I aft departed thisLife,after a Jhort but pain
ful lllnefs, Capt. John Easton, of Middletown,
formerly a very noted Sea Commander.
At a very full Meeting of the Inhabitants of the
Town of Norwich, legalled warned and held
in said Norwich, the 6th Day of June, 1774.
Tbe Hon. Jabez Huntington, Efq', Moderator.
VOTED, We will to the utmost of our abilities,
assert and defend the liberties and immunities of
British America ; and that we will co-operate with
our brethren in this and the other colonies, in such
reasonable Measures as shall -in General Congress
or Otherwise, be judged moll proper to relieve us
from the burthens we now feel, and secure us from
greater evils we fear will follow, from the princi
ples adopted by the British Parliament refpeding
the town of Bolton.-—Voted, That Capt. Jedidiah
Huntington, Chrifiopher Lejfingwell, Esq; Doct. Theo
philus Rogers, Capt. William Hubbard, and Capt.
Joseph Trumbull, be a standing Committee for keep
ing up a correspondence with the towns of this and
the neighbouring colonies, and that they transmit a
copy or the Votes to the Committee of Correspon
dence for the town of Boston.
Voted very unanimoufiy.
A true copy, -attefi,
Benjamin Huntington ,Jun. Town-Clerk.
[Every Tmm in every Colony of America, from which
we have yet heard, confider the Case of Boston as their
own, and agree in Sentiment to unite their Strength and
exert every Faculty in the most determined persevering
Endeavours to preserve their Rights and Liberties against
the tyrannical Encroachments of Great-Britain. To this
End a Congress is soon expelled ; and a total Suspension
of all commercial Intercourse between the Colonies and G.
Britain and Ireland, at least, it is generally believed,
will very soon take Place. ]
*** An Unconquered American, the Re
solves of the Town of Baltimore and Queen Ann’s County,
in Maryland,together with many Articles of intereftingln
telligence, and a Number of Advertisements, we must
omit for Want of Room.
Mr. Watson,
Pleafc to insert the following inyour next Paper, humbly
prefentedto all Lovers of Liberty in AMERICA.
My dear Countrymen,
WAS there ever a Time when we had a grea
ter Call to unite in the Defence of our
Liberties aud Privileges, both civil and religious ?
N E W - T 0 R K, June 9.'
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated June 2.
“ Yetterday we had a pause in the bufmefs of
this city, and a solemn pause indeed it was ; if we
except the Friends, I believe nine tenths of the ci
tizens shut up their houses. The bells were rang
muffled all the day, and ftiips in the port had their
colurs halfhoifted.”
Extract of another letter from Philadelphia, June 4.
“ I pity our brethren in Bolton, they are very
fevercly punilhed ; but Tome of their friends here,
and I fear with you alfo,are too warm, and to serve
them, seem willing to draw us into the fame dilem
ma—But surely this is not the way to serve the ge
neral cause-—We can be of no more use to our bre
thren when whole than when broken, and I cannot let
go my hopes that we may, by a joint Petition of
our rights to the Crown, prevent things from going
to extremities, and get Boston restored to the*/zw
libertis with the other colonies—But forne wilh to
pulh all things into confufion—With them I can
never join, while any other expedient is left—Our
letter to Boston is a moderate one yet warm and firm
enough. You have no doubt seen it, as a copy was
lent to your committee, who are of our sentiments,
and I hope will continue cool.”
BOSTON, June 6.
We hear the Corporation of Harvard College have ‘vo
ted, That considering the prefient dark AfpeCt of our public
Affairs ; there will be no public Commencement this Year,
and that the Candidates for the firft and second Degrees
Jhall receive them in a general Diploma : Which Vote hath
been concurred by the 0-verfeers of the College.
Yefterday^ with a Chrifiian Confidence ofipajfing from
the Vale of Tears to a State of Felicity and Joy, died Mr.
RICHARD DRAPER, Printer to his Excellency the
Governor, and the Honorable vis Majesty's Council, in the
afith Year of his Age. Tbe long and painful lllnefs which
at length put a Period to his Life, he bore with uncommon
Patience and Fortitude. A uniform Equanimity of Tem
per and Deportment, Jupported him through the Rage of the
Times, aud tbe Variety of Labours and Difficulties in the
Path of his Profiffon.
H A R T F OR D, June 14.
To-Morrow the Inhabitants of Farmingten will meet,
agreeable to a Warning by the Select Men, to confider of
proper Measures to be pursued in the prefient alarming
State of America, and to choose a Committee of Cot’reJ-
Great-Britain has endeavoured to strike the heart
of America : She has adopted a Plan to deprive us
of every thing that is dear to us that which
we ought to value as our Lives ; and is carrying it
into Execution with all poftible Speed. Can any
(that are not loft to all Feelings for themselves and
their Country) view our Sea-ports filled with Ships
of War, and our chief Towns with Troops, with
Weapons formed for our Deftru&ion ? Our Go
vernors turned out, and Strangers in their Places ?
Our Councils and Judges appointed by an arbitrary
Governor, and ourselves deprived of the Privilege
of a Jury in Court ? Our Lands fubjefted to a Tax
of Two Shillings per Acre, and also a Tax on eve
ry Chimney and Square of Glass in ou{ Houses ?
I fay, can any One refleft on these Things, and not
be alarmed at the Consequences ? But these are but
the “ The Beginning of Sorrows*;” they are but
“ One small Drop of that Cup of trembling min
gled for our future Portion I” Behold Tyranny
approaching, holding in one Hand the Sword of
Cruelty, and in the other the Chains of Slavery,
just ready to faften them on us and our Children,
down to the latest Posterity i View our Houles and
our Lands mortgaged for Taxes, and our Sons and
Daughters fold into Bondage, and notin our Pow
er to redeem them! And iurther, view Popery, and
the hellish Court of Inquisition established in Ame
rica ! Is it therefore not d ime to look out for our
Safety ? May our God grant us Virtue and Resolu
tion to maintain those Rights and Liberties which,
by his Laws, we have an undeniable Right to en
joy, and which he has fa iong blefs’d us with. May
we unite in some Methods to prevent those Scenes of
Woe, and Storms of impending Ruin, which are
gathering over our Heads, and threatens our De
itrudlion ! The Yoke is already laid upon Boston,
and they must certainly fuLmitor die, if the Coun
try do not unite to support and relieve them. There
is Thousands which are bereft, induttrious People in
Boston, which depend wholly on their daily Work
for their Bread, and are now reduced to Distress for
Want of Employment, and not able to support their
Families there, nor remove into the Country ; and
shall we enjoy Plenty, and fee our Brethren iufter in
our own Cause, and we not relieve them when it is in
our Power ? The Love of Ourselves, the Love of
our Country, and the Love of GOD and Religion,
calls f> our Assistance ! Let us contribute something
to relieve the Sufferers in Boston. Let us break off
all Trade with Great-Britain,which will soon reduce
them to the greatest Distress. I hope there is none m
America, that is so sordid and ttupid as to fell his
Birth-Right for a Mess of Pottage, or that value
Liberty at so small a Price tamely to submit to the
cruel Infalls of a tyiankiul Mmiftry. Was we
born only to be made wretched, and live in Mi
sery ? No! but for some nobler End. God grant
that we may have speedy Relief, that the Coun
cil of the wicked may not stand, and that those that
devise Evil against us, may be caught in their own
Craftinefs ; which is the hearty Prayer of
A Friend to American Liberties.
Connecticut, June io, 1774. ,
CV HE Trustees of the Est ate and Credits oj John Wal-
A ker oj' Bolton, in Harford County, an Infolvcnt
Debtor, hereby Notify jaid Waiker’s Creditors to
meet at the House of Mr. Joseph Flagg in Hartford on
the zd Tuejday of September next, to advise said Trus
tees, and direCt them to pursue the best Measures in execu
ting their Trust according to their Appointment by the Ge
neral AJfembly of this Colony, at their Sejfions in May
last. All Persons indebted to said Walker, are desired to
make immediate Payment to us,
Thomas Hopkins, t
John Chenevard, > Commiflioners.
Ralph Pomeroy, J
Hartford, 10th June, 1774.
TO be fold by the fubferiber, two thirds of a
Corn-Mill and two thirds of a Saw-Mill, and
two thirds of the privilege of the stream, and twen
ty-two or twenty-fev^n acres of Land, and two
small dwelling houses, and a small barn and a good
orchard, lying in the middle of the town, where
there is custom enough, and the Corn-Mills grind
sixty bufliels of wheat in a day. The mills will
stand seven or eight years. Also, another piece of
meadow, about half a mile distant, containing ten
acres and a half. All which may be purchased for
One hundred and Ninety Pounds, part of the pay
down, good security upon interest for the remain
der. Nathaniel Hubbard.
Granville, June 11, 1774.
BROKE out of the County Goal in this Place, th e
night after the 10th Instant, David Whiting,
belonging to Billiarca, in Maflachufett’s-Bay Go
vernment,about 5 Feet 8 or 9 Inches high,lhort black.
Hair, about 22 years of Age.—Had on a green
Coat and Waistcoat, brown Breeches, fpeckel’d light
couloured Stockings, committed for Forgery,
David Mitchell, a broad Scotchman, about 25 years
of Age, light colour’d Ihort Hair, Black Eyes, about
5 feet 6 inches High, well set full fac’d fellow,
had on a ffrip’dJacket,very black Shirt, blue Ttow-
ALL perlonshaving recounts unsettled with the
estate of Ebenezer Mix, late of Hartford, de
ceas’d, are inform’d that the fubferibers, appointed
to fettle said estate, will meet at the dwelling house
of said deceas’d, on the firft Wednesday in each of
the three succeeding months, in order to make a final
settlement of said estate.
June 6, 1774. Timothy Seymour.
George Kellogg.
RUN away from Nathaniel Satterlee of Plain
field, in Connecticut, an Apprentice Lad
named Asa Parke, about 19 Years of Age, a
thick, well built Fellow, about 5 Feet 8 Inches
high, had on and carried with him a good Castor
Hat, a blue Broad Cloth Coat, with brown Lining
and white Metal Buttons, a Brown Serge Jacket,
a Pair new Leather Breeches, a Pair old ditto, an
old grey Jacket with Sieves, a striped Flannel
Waistcoat, one check’d Linen Shirt, one Flannel
ditto, 3 Pair Stockings, 2 Pair Shoes, a black Bar
celona Handkerchief, a Pair yellow Metal Shoe-
Buckles, and is a very good Shoemaker. Whoever
will take up said Apprentice and return him to his
Master, shall have FIVE DOLLARS Reward,
paid by me. Nathaniel Satterlee.
N.B. All Masters of Vettels and others, are for
bid to harbour or carry oft’ said Fellow on Penalty
of the Law. June 2, 1774.
RUN away from the Subfcnber in Cornwall, in
Litchfield County, aNegroMan named Prince,
about 27 Years old, about five Feet high, this
Country born, he is thin faced, with a large Pim
ple or Wart on one Side of his Nose, speaks good
Englilh, is a good Fidler. Had on and took with
him a coarse brown kerfey Coat, with smooth
yellow Buttons, one Pair Leather Breeches, one
Pair brown ribb’d worsted Stockings, one ditto
white Linen, ribb’.d, has a small Foot, and wears
• yellow Metal Buckles in his Shoes : He is supposed
to have a forged Pass with him. Whoever will take
up said Negro, and return him to his Master, or
fccure him so that he may have him again, ftiall
have five Dollars Reward, and all reasonable Char
ges paid by me,
Stephen Royce.
Cornwall, May 24, 1774.
fers,—Committed for a breach of Peace. Whoeve r
will take up and return said fellows, tothe plac c
from whence theyefcap’d, shall have Forty Shillings
reward for Whiting, & Thirty Shillings for Mitch.
ell. EZEKIEL WILLIAMS, Sheriff.
EXT' monday the 20th of instant June, will be
fold (without fail) at public vendue, all the
real and personal estate of Ebenezer Benton deceas’d,
at the house of Moses Butler in Hartford, at five o’-
clock afternoon.—All persons inclining topurchafe
are desired to attend,as the Administrators determine
to fettle the estate as speedily as may be.
^ O r ma L^ KO L r, J Adminftrators.
Joseph Churchjun. J
Hartford, June 14th, 1774.
To be fold at Public V endue, at the House of
Mr. Moses Butler, Inn-Holder in Hartford,
onTuefdaythe 21st Day of June Instant, at 6
o’Clock P.M. the following Pieces of Land ly
ing in laid Hartford, belonging to the Estate of
Dofitheus Humphry, late of Hartford, deceased,
Viz.
^"1 “*HE House and Homestead consisting of aOc •
X Two Acres of Land, very convenient >
Tavern, the Houle and one Acre and an Half c
Land being set out to the Widow of said de-ce. cd,
for her Improvement during Life, will be fold un
der that Incumbrance; the other Half Acre being
a very commodious building Lot, may be entered
upon immediately. Also two Acres and one Rood
of excellent Land either for plowing or mowing,
lying in the South Meadow. The Purchase Money
must be paid within Three M-enths, as it is wanted^
to pay into the Treasury.
Per Benjamin Payne, Adminjftrator.
RUN -away irom Stephen Goodwin of Goftien,
in the county of Litchfield, in the evening of
the 2d of June instant, a negro servant about 25
years of age, named JEFFERY, speaks tolerable
good Englilh—He took with him one check linnen
ihirt ; one pair ftrip’d linnen trowfers ; one pair
brown plain cloth breeches ; one mix’d colour’d
plain cloth coat; one brown plain cloth waistcoat;
one blue broadcloth waistcoat ; one pair turn’d
pumps ; one pair double soled shoes. Said Negro
also at the fame time stole and rode away from his
matter, a small iron grey horse, three years old, no
brand. Said NegroAvas born in Colchefter, and
is a Ihort thick well set fellow. Any person that
will take up said fellow, and confine him in any of
his Majesty’s goals in this colony, so as that his
master can have him again or return him to his said
matter, shall be entituled to Six Dollars reward for
the said Negro, and Four Dollars, for said Horse,
and ail necessary charges paid, by
Stephen Guvpwir,
Gofhen, June 3, 1774.