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Uriwerfal Regifier,
Or AMERICAN and BRITISH
K ALENDAR,
For the Year 1775 ;
Contents of which are as follow, viz.
THE Kalendar. Royal Family of G. Britain,
and Extent and Situation of England, Scotland
and Ireland. Royal Family, &c. of France and
Spain,---of Portugal, Denmark and Norway, Swe
den, Germany, Poland, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia,
Orange, Italy and Turkey. English Nobility. Scots
Nobility. Archbishops and Bishops of England.
House of Commons. Privy Council. Knights of
the Garter, Thistle and Bath. Secretaries of State.
Lords ofthe Treasury, Trade and Admiralty. High
Court of Admiralty. Postmaster General. Army.
Royal Navy. Rank of Army and Navy. Pay of
the Navy, and Army. Precedency among Men and
Women. Kings and Queens of England, Scotland
and Great-Britain. Irilh Nobility, Archbishops and
Bishops. Enumerated Goods fubje& to Duty in
America,and Holydays at the Custom-House. De
scription of America. General Establishment. Go
vernment of Weft-Florida, East Florida, Georgia,
South-Carolina, North-Carolina, Virginia, Mary
land, Pennsylvania and lower Counties of New-
Castle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware ; New-Jersey,
and New-York. Corporation for the Relief of the
Widows and Children of Clergymen of the Church
of England. Government of Connecticut, Rhode-
Illand, Massachusetts Bay, New-Hamplhire, Nova-
Scotia, Newfoundland, St. John's, and Canada.
Ministers and Congregations belonging to the Revd.
Synod of New-York and Philadelphia. Associate
Prefbyterry of Philadelphia. His Majesty's Forces
in North America, and their Quarters. Governors
of New-York, from the Year 1664, to the present
Time. Governors of New-Jersey, from the Sur
render of the Government by the Proprietor in 1702,
to the present Time. Tide Table for all the Pro
vinces from Boston to Weft-Florida. Value of
Coins as they now pass in Great-Britain and Ame
rica. The American Bill of Rights. Association
of the Continental Congress. Lift of Delegates in
the late Congress. Governors of the Weft-India
Islands. Staff of the Army in North-America. Fairs
in the Province of New-York. New-Jersey Bills
reduced to New-York Currency. Table of Interest.
Roads, with the Postage of Letters to most Parts of
the Continent, and an Estimate (taken in Congress)
of the Number of Souls in the provinces of Maffa
chufett's, New-Hampshire, Rhode-lfland, Connec
ticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, includ
ing the Lower Counties ; Maryland, Virginia, North-
Carolina, and South-Carolina.
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This Committee earnfl, recommend to all Mer
chants and Retailers in this Townfeip, to adhere
frial, to the Ninth Article of the Afficiation re
fpedling the Sale of Goods.
And we do further recommend to all the Inha
bitants of this Town/hip, a frill Compliance
with the Eighth Article of the Affiliation, re
fpefling Frugality, Oeconomy, and Industry, and
the Prohibition^all Kinds of Gaming.
Ordered,
T'HAT Ebenezer Foster, Est; Mfrs. Jere
miah Manning, Matthias Baker, Ellis
Barron, aud John Conway, wait on Mfrs.
Joseph Shotwell and Sons, Merchants, imme
diately, and ajk them, if the, are disposed to com
ply with the Affiliation of the late Continental
Congrejs, refpe&ing the Importation of Goods, it
being represented that said Shotwells have im
ported fundr, Goods face the frft Da, of December
last. Ihe Deputies aforefaid returned and reported
to the Rod,, that the, had waited on Mefrs.
Shotwells according to Appointment, who afured
them, That all Goods imported by their House
since the firft Day of December, remained
unopened as they came to Hand; but observed,
That as said Goods were imported into, and
entered at New-York, and had been under
the Infpedion of the Committee for said City,
they did not come under the Infpedion of this
Committee, and requested the favourable Con
ftrudion of this Body, and the Inhabitants in
general, refpe&ing their Condud and An
swer. The Committee in Confluence of said Re
port, allow, that the Answer of Mfrs. Shot
wells is fatisfaAory, and are of Opinion, that
an, Goods or Merchandises imported into the Cit,
of New-York, which ma, even escape the Notice
of their Committee, are not fubjed to our In-
JpeAion.
At a general Meeting of the Inhabitants of
the Township of Woodbridge, in the
County of Middlesex, in New-Jersey, on
Saturday the 7th Day of January, 1775.
11. Resolved unanimously, That a Committee
of Observation, conJifting of zl Members, be ap
pointed by those qualified to vote for Repre
sentatives in the Legislature; accordingly the
following Persons were chosen, without a dissent
ing Voice, viz. Ebenezer Foster, Henry Free
man, Nathaniel Heard, Reuben Potter, Efqrs.
Mefrs. William Smith, Jeremiah Manning,
Matthias Baker, Charles Jackson, Samuel
Force, John Pain, James Manning, John
Heard, Daniel Moores, John Ross, Ellis Bar
ron, William Cutter, Reuben Evans, James
Randolph, Timothy Bloomfield, John Noe,
and John Cofiway ; to Jee that the said Associa
tion be punctually observed and carried into
Execution : That any nine, or more of them, be
authorized to a& for the Purpose fpecified in the
Eleventh Article of said Association.
111. Resolved unanimously, That it is the
Defre of the People now met, that the said Com
mittee do execute the Trust reposed in them, with
Firmnejs and Fidelity, and in every ReJpedt fol
low the Directions of the Association, as much as
if it was a Law of this Province, and they
upon Oath for the conscientious Difeharge of their
Duty.
The Committee of this Town, appointed to
meet the Committees of the other Townfoips, in
Committee and Provincial Congress, in 'July lajl,
defring to be dismissed, it was
IV. Resolved unanimously, That they be
thanked for the faithful Difeharge of the Truf
reposed in them, and dismissed agreeable to their
Request.
V. Resolved unanimously, That a Committee
of this Town, be chosen to meet the Committees of
the other Townfeips in this County, to chufe a
Committee of Correspondence, agreeable to the
Directions of the said Association ; accordingly
Ebenezer Foster, Est; Messrs. William Smith
and Matthias Baker, were chosen; and are
hereby infracted, that in caje the Aflembly of
New-Jersey do not appoint Delegates to meet the
Continental Congress in May next, that they meet
the Committees from the other Counties of this
Province, in Provincial Congress, and chufe them.
Attested, JOHN ROSS, Clk.
At a Meeting of the above Committee of
Observation for the Township of Wood
bridge, the 10th Day of January, 1775.
Present, Sixteen Members.
rIIE Association entered into, and recom
mended by the late General Congefs held
at Philadelphia, being read and approved of,
it was,
Captain Reuben Potter, being chosen
Moderator,
1. Resolved unanimously, That the said
Association be adopted by the Town, and carried
into Execution.
Monday, 59 Min. after 1
Tuesday, 45 Min. after 2
Wednesday, 32 Min. after 3
Thursday, 24 Min. after 4
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
Friday, 14 Min. after 5
Saturday, 16 Min. after 6
Sunday, 23 Min. after 7
New Moon the 31st.
Mr. GAINE,
You are requested by the Committee of Correspondence
- of the County of Morris, to insert the inclofed in
your next Paper.
NEW-JERSEY.
At a Meeting of the Freeholders of the Count of Morris,
at Morris-Town, on Monday the gtb Day 0J
January, 1775.
WILLIAM WINDS, Esq; Chairman.
THE Committee oj Correspondence for the County
of Morris, having produced and read the
Association of the Continental Congress, the fame was
deliberately considered by the whole Assembly, and by
them unanimously approved, as a wife, prudent and
confitutional Mode of Opposition to the late several
tyrannical and opprefive AEts of the British Parlia
ment: Whereupon they unanimously determined ftriflly
to abide by the fame; and gratefully expressed their
Acknowledgments and hearty Thanks to tbe Delegates
of this Colony, for their great Attention to tbe Rights
and Liberties of tbeir Conjiituents, and for the faith
ful Difeharge of tbe important Truf repafed in them.
'Tbe Assembly then unanimously agreed that tbe Inha
bitants of each several Township in tbe County, fbould
meet at tbeir refpeflive Places of holding Town
Meetings, on Monday tbe Twenty-third Day of Janur
ary, Infant, at One d'Clock in tbe Afternoon, then
and there refyefiively to chufe (by those who are
qualified to vote for Representatives in tbe Legislature)
a Committee of Observation, pursuant to, and for
the Purposes exprefed in tbe Eleventh Article qf the
said Association. After which tbe Committtee of Cor
respondence declared to the Assembly, that they had
thought proper to dissolve tbemfelves, in order that
tbeir Conjiituents might have an Opportunity of a new
Choice, and that they were difolved accordingly.
Whereupon Jacob Ford, William Winds, and Jonathan
Stiles, Efqrs. Messrs, Jacob Drake, Peter Dickerson,
and Ellis Cook, together with Samuel Tutbill, William
De Hart, and Abraham Ogden, Efqrs. were elefled,
and at tbe fame Time authorized to infruct tbe Re
frefentatives of this County, when convened in General
Assembly, to join in tbe Appointment of Delegates for
this Colony, to meet in General Congress at Philadelphia ;
but if the said Assembly Jbould not appoint Delegates
for that Purpose, by tbe sirs Day of April next, then
the said Committee of Correspondence to meet vgtb
tbe several County Committees of this Colony, and
appoint tbe said Delegates, at such Time and Place as
Jhall be agreed upon by tbe said Committees.
Tbe Assembly afterwards taking into Consideration
tbe Conduct of , Printer, in New York,
in publifbing two certain Pamphlets, the one entitled, A
friendly Address, &c. and tbe other under tbe Signa
ture of A. W. Farmer, and several others, all con
taining many Falfboods, wickedly calculated to divide
tbe Colonies, to deceive tbe Ignorant, and to cause a
base Submission to tbe unconfitutional Measures of tbe
BritiJb Parliament for infaving tbe Colonies, do una
nimously resolve, that they efeem tbe said
an Enemy to bis Country ; and tberejore that they will
for tbe future refrain from bis News Papers, and
from all further Commerce with him ; and that by all
lawfull Means in tbeir Power, they will difeourage
tbe Circulation of bis Papers in tbis County.
This Committee also taking into Confederation
the many Pieces and Pamphlets published by
frufrate and defame the
Proceedings of the late Continental Congress, and
disunite the Colonies, are of Opinion, that he is a
Person inimical to the Liberties of this Country,
and as such ought to be difeountenanced; we
therefore do cordially recommend to all our Con
fituents to quit his Paper, and have no further
Dealings with him.
Signed, (by Order of the Committee)
REUBEN POTTER, Chairman.
[From tbe Mf/acbufetts Gazette, fan. 12, 1775 J
AT a Town-Meeting duly notified to be held at Barn
ftable on the fourth Day of January, 1775,
pursuant to a warrant granted for that purpose by Joseph
Otis and Daniel Davis, Efqrs. (being the major Part of
the Selectmen of said Town) to aft on the several Matters
and things hereafter mentioned, there being a very full
Assemblage of qualified Voters.
Edward Bacon, Esq; was chosen Moderator by a great
Majority. The Town then proceeded to the Business in
said Warrant fpecified, and voted on the several Articles
therein as follows, viz,
ift. Quest. Whether the Town will give the Assessors
any Directions refpefting their making the Province
Rates, for the present Year and returning a Certificate to
Harrison Gray, Esq; Passed in the Affirmative, but that
the Constables Ihould suspend collecting any Monies in
Consequence of said Assessment, until further Orders of
said Town.
2d. Q.Whether the Town would Order any Sum of
Money to be paid to Henry Gardiner of Stow, as Recei
ver General of this Province. Passed in the Negative, by
a great Majority.
gd. Q.Whether the Town will order the late Con
stables, who have any Monies in their Hands collected,
or to be collected on the late Province Rate Lifts, to pay
the fame to Henry Gardiner, Esq; Passed in the Negative.
4th. Q Whether the Town will come into any Me
thod to purchase any Number of Small-Arms for the Use
of the Town. Passed in the Negative.
sth. Q_ Whetherthey will order any new Supply of
Ammunition for said Town's Use. Passed in the Nega
tive.
6th. (Q Whether the Town will take any Method to
encourage the Minute Men, agreeable to the Recommen
dation of the Provincial Congress, Passed in the Nega
tive.
Wheat per Bufliel, 7s. od.
Flour, 19s. 6d.
Brown Bread, 15s. od.
Weft-India Rum, 3s. qd.
New-England, do. 2s. 6d.
PRICE-CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Mufeovado Sugar, 645. od.
Single refin'd ditto, is. id.
Molafles, 2s. od.
Beef perßarrel, 50s. od.
Pork, 655. od.
From tbe BOSTON COUNTRY JOURNAL.
Wrentbam, Dec. 21, 1774.
A Report prevailing in tbis and tbe neighbouring
towns, that Mr. N. Alldis, and feme of bis
adherents, bad procured inlifing papers (as they are
called) to inlift men, to assist government to enforce tbe
.new a^s of parliament, &c. tbefe reports, together
with tbeir other exceptionable conduct to tbe liberties of
tbe people, itfeems induced a number of people from tbis
and tbe neighbouring towns (to tbe amount of 4 or
500) to assemble at tbe boufe of Mr. Natban Alldis,
in Wrentbam, and after some conferences bold between
tbe parties, tbe obnoxious persons Jigned tbe following
declaration. Mr. Alldis at the fame time promising to
tbe company that be would purcbafe no more Tea until
tbe present difficulties in tbe province were over, tbe
company voted it fatisfaHory and immediately dispersed.
Mr. Alldis bad collided several other persons to bis
affiflance, most of which were supposed to be his tools
and dependants, and not worthy of tbe company's notice.
Wrentbam, December 21, 1774.
RR^NpS and neighbours, we tbe fubferibers do
r now in tbe open air, with our beads 'uncovered
humbly aJk tbe forgivenefs of Heaven and of tbis
refteHable multitude now assembled and convened on
tbss occafon, therefore wefrankly confefs that we have
often made use of exasperating fpeecbes which have
j u fdy inflamed tbe minds of all friends to American
liberty, in that we have heretofore paid no regard to
any convention or congress, but have boldly opposed them,
and also have reported that we bad inlifmeats from
Governor Gage to inlift men in government bebalf,
which was a falfe report of our own, and for which
together with tbe above fee aft your forgivenefs, and
promise never to be guilty of tbe like again, and that
we severally for tbe future will conform to tbe resolves
of tbe people on all occajions, and in particular we
promise to regulate our conduct and frilly conform to
tbe Association of tbe Grand American Congress. To
conclude, rate admit tbis refignatian to be circulated and
made public at diferetion of tbe multitude, and return
you our thanks for your civility, good behaviour and
kindness in reclaiming and refraining us in our career,
&c.
NOVEMBER SESSIONS, 1774.
It is Ordered,
That the Presentments of the Grand-
Jurors of this Court, be published in the
Gazettes of this Province, By the Court,
JOHN CALDWELL, D. C. C. & P.
The Pr esentments of the Grand-Jury for the
Diftrift of Ninety-Six, at a Court of General Sessions
of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, Assize and General
Goal Delivery, begun and holden at Ninety-Six, on
Tuesday the 15th of November, 1774.
'' W" E present a ! a Grievance of the most dangerous
Y an d alarming Nature, the unconstitutional and
arbitrary Claims of the Parliament of Great- Britain, of
Right to tax and bind the Americans in all Cases wha'tfo
ever. Claims not only founded on the Usurpation of
Powers subversive of the Rights of the Colonies, but
tending to destroy every Connexion, both social and poli
tical, by which they have so long happily been united
together; and in order to evince our inviolable Attach
ment to that System of civil and religious Liberty, which
hath cost our Britilh and American Ancestors so much
Blood and Treasure, to establish, and to give a Proof of
our determined Resolution, never to fuffer it to be im
paired in our Hands, if any Thing legally within our
Power can prevent it ; We most earnestly request our
Provincial Legiilature to continue as they have hitherto
done in pursuing every Method, which to them may
seem most wife and expedient, for procuring a positive
and effe&ual Renunciation of all such Claims as have
already or may hereafter be asserted by the British Parlia
ment, not founded on the Rights of Mankind in general
and of the Constitution of our Country in particular, as
suring them that we shall at all Times readily concur in
every Measure tending as well to the Recovery of such
Privileges as have been declared in the General Congress,
lately held at Philadelphia, to be illegally wrested from
us, as to their Preservation in future. We recommend
this Preferment to the Attention of the General Assembly.
11. We present as a Grievance, the Appointment of
Magistrates for our Diftrid by Petition or the Recommen
dation of Merchants in Charles-Town, some of which
Magiflrates are unfit Persons for want of Knowledge,
Education, Fortune, or any other Quality necessary for
that Office.'
111. We present as a Grievance, the want of a Law to
confine Constables in this large DiAriel to proper Limits
for the want of which they summons Persons from the
remotest Part of the Diftri&, and make it grievous to the
Defendants in general.
Lastly, We recommend that these our Presentments, be
publiflied in the several Gazettes.
Alexander Cameron, Foreman; James Mayfon, Andrew
Williamson, Moles Kirkland, Le Roy Hammond, Aaron
Smith, Patrick Calhoun, Michael Watson, Robert Gouedy,
Benjamin Bell, Benjamin Tutt, James Crawford, Mark
Lott, John Caldwell, John Purves, L. S.
Subferibing ourselves tbe publick's bumble servants,
) Jonathan Stanley, Samuel Goldjbury,
Test.) Wiggelwortb Meffinger. Nathan Alldis,
) N Samuel Sloomb.
7th. Q_ Whether the Town will choose a Committee
of Infpettion to fee the Afldciation of the Continental
Congress carried into Execution. Voted, that a Com
mittee be appointed for said Purpose, so far as relates to
Imports and Exports only.
Bth. Q Whether the Town does Approve of the
Resolves of the County Congress. Voted, the fame to
be referred to the March Meeting.
The last Question in said Warrant. Whether the
Town will choose one or more Persons to attend a Pro
vincial Congress, recommended to be held at Cambridge in
February next, and to give them Inftruatons, &c. Passed
in the Negative, by a very great Majority.
The Moderator then declared the Business of the Day
to be over.
[From tbe South-Carolina Gazette, Dec. 17, 1774.]
NINTY-SIX DISTRICT.
Fine Salt, 3s. 3d.
Coarse Salt, 3s. od.
Bohea Tea, 4s. 6d.
Indian Cornperßu. 3s. qd.