The Freeman's journal, or, New-Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth, N.H., 1778-03-10 00:00:00, page 1

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66 I do fwear(or affirmjthat I will faithfully truly and impartially,
execute the office of to which 1 am appointed, and render a true ac
count when thereono required, of public monies by me received or
expended, and of all Bores and other effects to me intruded, which
belong to these United Sta es^and wiil, in all refpe&3, d (charge the
trust repefed in me, with jutfite and integrity, to the bed of my Skill
and understanding".
That every officer, taking the foregoing oaths or affirmations, or
either of them, Shall obtain from the person, administering the fame,
duplicate certificates, Specifying the time of his taking it or them, &
blfo his name and rank, or employment.
That every military officer Shall deliver or transmit one of the cer
tificates so obtained,to the Commander in C hies, or the Comaker of
a Department, or to such person, as by General Orders, Shall be ap
pointed to receive the fame; and the said commanding officers fliaL
cause the certificates so received, to be sent to the Secretary of Con
grefs. and Shall keep an exc& lid of the names of all officers whole
certificates Shall be received and forwarded together with their feve
ral ranks nnd the times of their being qualified.
That every officer in the navy, Shall deliver or fend ore of the
certificates by him obtained, to the Navy Board, molt convenient,
who are required to transmit the fame, and also a certificate of their
own qualification, to the Marine Committee, as soon as cf nvenient
ly may be.
That every other person employed in ary civil department or cffice
^ above mentioned, Shall fend or deliver one of the wif.catci by
WHEREAS Sir William Howe Commanderin Chief ofhis Bri
tannic Majesty's forces has required, that provisions Should
b i^t in for the subsistence of the American prisoners inhis poffef
fidn, & for tne purcha c of Gch rec^ ^s, as they may fland in need
of, and has prohibited the circulation of the money flruck bythe au
thority of these States, within such parts of the country, as are, at
present, fubjeded to his power, whereby great difficulties have oc
curred in relieving the dittreffes of the American prisoners ,• And
whereas large fams of Continental Bills of Credit have been coun
terfeited and issued by the Agents, Em ft'iries and Abettors of Sir
Wiliam Howe.
Resolved, That the accounts of all provisions and other necessaries,
which already have been, or which hereafter may be Supplied by the
public to p-ifoners in the power of these States, Shall be difehatged,
either by receiving, from the British Commissary of prisoners or any
of the Agents provisions or Other neceflaries equal in quality*and
kind to what have been Supplied, or the amount thereof, in gold and
Silver at the rite of four Shillings and fix pence Sterling for every
dollar of the currency of these States ; and that all these accounts
be liquidated and difeharged, previous to the release of any prifo
me/s to whom provisions or other necuffaries Sliall have been Supplied.
In CONGRESS, February 3, 1778,
RESOLVED,
?'T' HAT everv officer, who holds or Shall hereafter hold a com
§ million or office from Congress, Shall take and Subscribe fee
following oath or affirmation:' #
“ I do acknowledge the United States of America, to be Free In
dependent and Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof
0 - e nn allegiance to George the Third, King of Great Britain, arid I
renounce, refafe and abjure any ahegiaace or J&d^ncc ^ ^ : ^; ri
I do (wear (or affirm) that I will to the utmost of my power fupoort,
maintain, and defend the said United Stages, against the said King
George the rfhnd, his heirs and successors, and his and their abettors,
and his affidants and adherents, and will Serve the said United States
in the office of which I now hold, with fidelity, recording to
the best of my Skill arid underffanding." So help me God
That all officers of the arm, Shall take and fubferibe the forego
ing oath or affirmation, before the Commander in Chief, or any
Major-General or Brigad er-General.
That all officers of the navy Shall take & fubferibe the fame, be
fore one of the Commissioners of the Navy Boards or before a Judge
or Justice of the Peace of the State, wherein they respectively reside,
or Shall receive their commffion or warrants.
That all persons holding any civil office of trull or profit, under
the Cengrefs of these U. iced States, fliill take and fubferibe the said
oath or affirmation, before a fudge or Judice of the Peace of the Sate
wherein they fefpcdively reside.
That every officer having the difpcfal of public money, or whois
or Shall be intruded with the charge of distribution of pu lie Stores
Shall, at the time of taking and fabfcribing the foregoing oath or 3
fixation ; also take an oath or affirmation of office, in the following
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New-Hampshire Gazette.
Iu CONGRESS, December 19, 1777
The FREEMAN's JOURNAL,
TUESDAY, M A R C H, 10, 1778.
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him obtained, to the Secretary of the State, to which he belongs,or
to fucb other person or perfons,as the Governor or President of such
States Shall direct — And the Governor and President of the Several
States, are hereby requeued to attend to this matter, and to cause
the certificates, when received, to be transmitted to the Secretary of
eoit^.
That each depOnant or kfiumant, ^aP retain and keep the other
certificate, by him obtained, as a voucher of his having complied
wiri/what is hereby enjoined him.
Resolved, That every officer civil or military, now in cffice, Shall
take and fubcri^e the qualification above directed,within twenty days
after notice hereof; and every person hereafter appointed to any
office, by or under the authority of the Congress of the United
Stares of America, Shall take and fubferibe the fame, previous to his
anting in fucb cffice : And every officer who Shall continue or pre
sume to exercise ary commiflion civil or military, under the autho
rity of the Congress of the United States of America, without tak
ing the qualification, in time and manner above direded, Shall be
cashiered and forfeit two months pay to the use of the United States
of America, and be rendered incapable of fervirg in the army of the
said Sta es, a nd of executing thereafter any office under Congress.
Ard whereas many perfons,employed as Deputy or affidant Cem
miffaries or Quarter-Mallets or in other civil departments are disper
sed in various parts of the continent, over whom neither Congress
nor the head of their refpedive departments can have the immediate
infpedion;
Resolved, That it be recommended to the legislative and executive
authority of every State,to take effectual measures for preventing any
person, within their State, from exercising any cffice in the civil de
partment of the army or in any other civil department under Con
gress, who Shall not. when there unto required by any Magistrate,
produce a legal appointment to that office end a certificate o' his
having taken the foregoing oaths or affirmations, or who Shall neg
led or refufe to take and fubferibe the said oaths or affirmations With
in the time above limited.
Resolved, That the refoltitions passed the lift day of Caoberf
1776, prescribing the form of an oath or affirmation, and directing
the fame to be fubferibed by officers holding commissions or offices
from Congress, be and they are hereby repealed.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMPSON, Secretary;
A news paper, received by a fleg of truce, contains the obfequioue
Addresses of the British Lords and Commons to their King—The,
are, as usual, only echos to the speech —mere" Shadows of a Shade."
On the 2,h ult. Mess. Levi and Peleg Barnes, of Barrington, in
crofling the river from Warwick, in a boat, were both unhappily
drowned.
BROKE out of theGoal in Exeter, in the State of New Hamp
shire in the night of the 28th ult. by way of the Vault. Col.
1 EPBEN HOLLAND, convided of counterfeiting the said Spate's
urrercy. &c. &c He is a well looking Man light
Complexion- middle aged flefhly piled with the ,mall
'cx — about five Feet eight Inches high and wears a Wig.—
It is supposed that he will make for the Enemy Whoever will
uke him up and return him, or secure him in any Goal of the UNI
TED STATES. Shall be intitled to the above Reward, and all nci
ceffary Charges paid. NICHOLAS GILMAN,
One of the Council of Safety of said State.
Exeter, March id, 1778.
STATE of NEWHAMPSHIRE, March 4 tb, 1778.
Wanted immediately,
"OR a Supply to the CONTINENTAL SOLDIERS of this State
The following Articles, viz,
HOMESPUN CLOTHS of all kindr suitable for SHIRTING,
and OVERALLS. YARN STOCKINGS,
MENS SHOES, LEETHER BREACHES, of Dear or Moo Skin;
BLANKETS.
WHOEVER has any of the abovemention'd ARTICLES to dif-'<
pose of (or can spare from their private Stocks,) efpeciall^
BLANKETS & STOCKINGS.—Are earnestly required to appljr
to the WAR OFFICE, at PORTSMOUTH, QI EXETER, wh^
a generous Price will be paid on Delivery.
O^e Hundred Pounds Reward.
PROVIDENCE, February 28.
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