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^ras, enTTned, " A provincial afl, for fettling
the troubles in America, and for asserting the fe
preme legislative authority, and fugerintending
p^wer oj Groat-Britain over the colonies."
WHEREAS by an a& 6 Geo. 111. it is.decla^
ied that parliament has full power and
authority to make laws and Statutes to bind the
people of the colonies in all cases whatsoever : And
. whereas reiterated complaints and most dangerous
disorders have grown, touching the right of taxation
claimed and exercised over America ; to the dillur
bonce of peace and good order there, and to the
actual interruption of the due intercourse from
Great-Britain and Irelandjo the colonies ; deeply
affecting the navigation, trade, and manufactures
of this kingdom and of Ireland, and announcing
further an interruption of all exports from the said
colonies to Great-Britain, Ireland, and the British
islands in America. Now, for prevention of
these ruinous mifehiefs, and in order to an equitable,
honourable, and lifting settlement of claims not
fufficiently ascertained and circumfcribcd : may it
please your most excellent majesty, that if, may ;be
declared, and be it declared by the king's molt ex
cellent majesty, &c. that- the colonies of America
have been, are, and of right ought to be, dependent
upon the imperial crown of Gieat-Britain, and fob-•
ordinate unto the British parliament ; and that the I
king's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice i
and consent of the lords 'Spiritual and teiiiporal andl
commons in parliament assembled, had, hath, and!
of right ought to have, full power and authority to.I
m ke laws and statutes of Efficient force and validity ;
to bind.the people of the British colonies in America, !
in all matters touching the general weal bfthe whole ,
dominion of the imperial crown of Gieat-Britain, !
and beyond the competency of the local reprefenta-)
tire of a diftin& colony ; and meft especially an I
indubitable and indispensable right to make and or-[
dain law's for regulating navigation and trade I
throughout the complicated fyftepi of British com-|
merce ; the deep policy of such prudent a&s up-:
holding the guardian navy of the whole British .
empire : and that all fubje&s in the colonies are I
bound in duty and allegiance duly to recognize and
obey (and they are hereby required so to do) the
supreme legislative authority and Superintending
power of the parliament of Grea^Britai'n,-as afore
said, And whereas, in a petition' from America to
Ins Majesty, it has been represented, that timekeeping
a handing army within any of the colonies, in time
of peace, without consent of the refpe&ive pro
vincial afiembiy there, is against law : be it declared
by the King's most excellent Majetty, &c : . that the
declaration of right, at the ever glorious revolution,
namely, “ that the railing and 'keeping a Handing
army within the kingdom, in time of peace, unlefs'
it be by consent of parliament, is against law," ha
ving reference only to the consent of the parliament :
of Great-Britain, the legal, constitutional, and hit
therto unquestioned prerogative of .the crown, to
lend any part of such army, so lawfully -kept, to any
of the British dominions- and possessions, whether
in America or elsewhere, as his Maj@fty, rt in the. due
care of his fubje&s, may judge necessary for the
fecufity and p otc&ion of the fame, cannot be ren
dered dependent upon the consent of a provincial
assembly in the colonies, without a molt dangerous
innovat.on and derogation froni ,the dignity of the
imperial crown of Groat-Britain. Nevertheless, in
order to quiet and dispel groundless jealaufies and
fears, belt hereby declared, that no military force,
however, railed and kept according to law, can ever
be lawfully employed to violate and defray the juft|
rights of the people.
Moreover-, in order to remove forever all- causes of
pernicious difeords, ahd in due contemplation of the
vast increase of possessions and population in'the cb
lories ; and having at heart to render the condition
of so great a body of induftrrous fubje&s there more
and more happy, by the sacredness of property, and
of perioral liberty ; and of more exten five and lading
Utility to tie parent kingdom, by, i^diiloluble lies ot
mutual affection, confidence, trade, arid reciprocal
benefits ; be it declared and ena&ed;by the King's
most excellent Majesty, &c. and it is hereby declared
and ena&ed, by the authority of the fame, that no
tallage, tax, or other charge for his Majesty's reve
nue, Shall be commanded or levied from British
freemen in America, without common consent, by
an a& of provincial assembly there, duly convened
for that purpose. And it is hereby further declared
and enaaed by the King's most excellent Majeity,
&c. that it Shall and may be lawful for delegates
from the refpe&ive provinces, lately assembled at Phi
ladelphia, to meet in general congrcls at.the laid
Philadelphia, on the .tenth day of May next ensuing,
in order then and there to take into consideration the
making due recognition of the Supreme legislative
authority and Superintending power of parliament
over the colonies, as aforefaid. And moreover, may
it please your moft' excellent Majesty, that the faid"'
delegates tube in congress assembled, in manner
aforefaid, may be required, and the fame are hereby
required, by the King's Majesty fitting in his phi*
ament, to take into consideration (over and above
the usual charge for Support of civil government in
the refpe&ive colonies) the making a free grant to
the King, his heirs and successors, of a certain per
petual revenue, fubjed to the disposition of the Bri
tish parliament to be by -them appropriated, as they
in their wisdom Shall judge fit, to the alleviation of
the national debt ; no doubt being had, but the just
free aid will be in such honourable proportion as may
seem meet and becoming from great and flourishing
colonies towards a parent country, labouring under
the heaviest burthens, which (in no inconsiderable
part) have been willingly taken upon ourselves and
posterity; for the defence, extension, and prosperity
of the colonies,
And to this great end be it further hereby detla-I
red and enabled, that the general congress (to iffeet I
at Philadelphia) Shall be, and is hereby authorised
and empowered ([the delegates composing the fame
being firft Sufficiently furniShed with powers from,
their refye^ve provinces for this purpose) to adjust
and fix the repartition's and quotas of the Several
charges to be borne by each province refpc&ively,
towards the general contributory Supply ; and this in
such fair and equitable measure as may belt suit the
abilities and due convenience of all. Provided al-I
ways, that the powers for fixing the said quotas here-I
by given to the delegates from the old provinces com- I
posing the congress, Shall not extend to the new pro-|
vinces of Daft and Weft Florida, Georgia, Nova I
Scotia, St. Joans, and Canada.; the circumstances
tind abihtiesof the said provinces being referred forl
she wisdom of parliament in their due time formature f
deliberation in America, be it hereby declared, thatl
the provisions for ascertaining and 'fixing the exercise ,
of the right of taxation in the colonies, as agreed and" I
expressed by this present a&, Shall not be en force, or|
have any operation, until the delegates to be in con
gress assembled, Sufficiently authorifed and empowered 1
by their refpe&iye provinces to this end, Shall, as ap|
indif; enable condition, hWe duly recognized the lu-1
f After this; Col. Smith marched up with the
remainder of the detachment, and .the whole body
proceeded to Concord, where they arrived about 0
0 clock, without any thing further happening ; but
Taft numbers of armed people were s een assembling
on all the heights : while Col. Smith with the gre
nadiers, and part of the light infantry remained at
Concord, to Search for cannon, & c . there; he de
tached Capt Parsons with fix light companies to
Secure a bridge at some distance from Concord and
to proceed from thence to certain houses, where it
was supposed there were cannon and ammunition.
Capt. 1 arsons in pursuance of these orders, polled
General Gage's Accent bfibe Battle at Lexington, that
has been already published m federal of tbc.SQu&erm
Papers. '''! . ''
A circumstantial Account of an Attach that hap fr
pened on the 19th of April; 1775, on his Majesty's
Troops, by a Number of the People of rfwPrp-,
yince of Maflachufetts-Bay.
ON' Tuesday the 18th of April, 'about half past
teh at night. Lieutenant Colonel Smith, o)f the
10th Regimentfy embarked from ,|ie common at Bof
t°*, with the G^epadi^rs and Light liifantrv of, the
troops there, and landed on the pppofitefrom
whence he began his.marcli towards, Copcord, where
he was oidereQ tp-deftroy a magazine of -military
ftpres, deposited there for the ufe"pf the army to be
assembled, in order to a& againithis Majesty, and his
. government. The Colonel called his Officers toge
ther, and gave orders that the Troops Should not fire,
unleis fired upon ; ana after marcluhg a few miles,
detached fix companies' of Light Infantry, under the
command of Major Pitcairn, to t&e pofleffion of two
bridges on the other fide of Concord. Soon after
they heard many Signal guns, and the ringing of alarm
bells repeatedly, which convinced them that the coun
try was rising to oppose them, and that it was a pre
concerted scheme tor oppose the King's Troops when
ever there Should be a favourable opportunity for it.
About three O'clock the next morning, the Troops'
being advanced within two miles of Lexington, in
telligence was received that five hundred men in arms
were assembled, and'determined to oppose the King's
troops and on Major Pitcairn's galloping upto the
head of the advanced Cdfhpdhies; two Officers in
formed him that a Man advanced from those that
were assembled, had prerented his mufquet and at
tempted to fliQot them, but the piece flashed in the
pan. „On ujis the Major gaye dire&ions to the
Troops to move.forward, but on no account to fire
nor even to attempt it without orders. When they
arrived at the end of the village, they observed about
200 armed men, drawn up on a green, and when the
troops came within a- hundred yards of them, they
began to file off towards fomeffone walls, on their
right flank: The Light Infantry observing this, ran
after them ; the Major inftahtly called to the Soldiers
not to fire, but Surround and disarm them: some of
them who had jumped over a wall, then fired four or
five Shot at the Tfoops, wounded a man of the loth
regiment, and the Miajor s horse in two places, and at
the fame time Several Shots were fired from a Mee't
'ng House on the left. Upon this, without any order
or regularity, the Light Infantry began a scattered
fire, and killed Several of the country people ;.but
were silenced as soon as the authority of their Officers
could make them.
* At this time the advanced light companies load,
grenadiers were not loaded when they re
ceived their firft fire. y
I Notwithftanding the fire from the meeting-house,
1 ?' P i tcair n, , with the greatest
difnculty, kept the soldiers from forcing imo the
meeting,houfe, and putting all those in it to death.
legislative authority and Superintending power
of the parliament of Great-Britain over the colonies,
as afoiefaid. Always understood, that the free grant
or an ag as here before required and expected from
1 not .^ considered as a condition of
but * a E st testimony of their affection.
And whereas divers a&s of parliament have been
humbly presented, in a petition to his Majesty from
America, to have been found grievous, in whole or
in part, to the fubfeßs of the colonies; be it hereby
declared, by the King's most excellent Majesty & c .
that (he powers of admiralty and vice admiralty
courts in America flail be restrained within Lei
accent limits, and the trial by jury, in all civil cafa
where the fame may have been abolished, refto^S;
arid that no fubjeft in America /liall, in capital ca| s ,
be liable to be indited and fried for the fame, in by
Iplace1 place out of the province, wherein such offence 111,11
°° alleged t° have been committed ; nor be depriv'd
of n trial of his peers of the vicinage : nor Shall it le
lawful to lend perform indicted for murder, in an,
province of Ametica„oanother colony, or to Great
Britain, for trial. And it is hereby declared arid
enabled, by the Authors aforefaid, that all and
eve, y the laid a&fygr.fo muL thereof as are repre
sented to have: been greyiou^ namely, the Several
a&s of the 4. Geo, 111. ch. 15,and ch- 34.; $ Geo.
111. ch. 25 ; 6 Geo. 111. ch. 52 ;% Geo. 111. ch, 41,
; a ,|10.46 ; 8 Geo. 111. ch. 223A2 Geo, 111. ch.
;3,4 ; with the three acts'fbr ftdppitg the pent ahd
blocking up the harbour of Bbfton, for altering the
charter and government of'Maffachufett's Bay, and
entitled, “ An a& for the betteradminiftration of juf
tiee,/&c.? ,Also, the a& for regulating the govern
yueni of Quebec, and the a&, puffed in the famefef
fion, relating to the quarters of soldiers, Shall be, ant
are Hereby Suspended, and not to have effe& or exe
, cution froth the date of this a&. And be it more
over'hereby declared and ena&ed, by the authority
aforefaid, that all and every the before recited a&s,
or the parts thereof complained of, Shall be, and are,
in virtue bf this present a&; finally repealed and
annulled, from the day that the due recognition of
the Supreme legislative authority and Superintending
power of parliament over the colonies, Shall have
been made on the part of the said colonies.. t
And for the better Securing due and impartial ad,
minjftration of justice in the colonies, be it declared,
and^ena&g byfhe King's most excellent Majetty,
&c. that his-Majefty'6judges in Courts of law in the
colonies of America, to be appointed with salaries by
the crown, Shall hold their offices and salaries as his
Majesty's judges of England,''' qitemdiu fe bene
gefferint." And iris hereby further declared, by ffic'
Authority hfbf^fiid^thht the colonies in. America are
foft/y entitled to ,tbe privileges, franchises,; and ' irii
munities g@^4 by their several charters or constitu
tions, and that.the folcharters pr onftitutions opght
not to be invaded orzefumed, unlefefor mifuter, or
fonfe legal ground of forfeiture. So Shall true re
concilement avert impending calamities, and this most
Solemn national accord between Great-Britain and
hercolonies, fend an eyerlafting monument of cle
mency and magnanimity in the benignant father of
his people; of wisdom 'and moderation in this great
na ^Mp, famed for humanity as, for valour , and .of
fidelity and grateful affection from brave and' loyal
colonies to their parent kingdom, which will ever
protect and cherish them.
-re^^ra^^raCT^ A
An express arrived las week from Gibraltar, with
information to bis Majefys Secretary at War, that the
Spaniards bad eight fail of tbe line ready for immediate
Jailing. Their pretence was againf the Moors, but it
not being usual to equip an armament of fucb force, it
caused afufpicionfufficient to advertise our Court of the
circumjiance. Accordingly, the quefion was put to the
Spanijb minifler las Tburfdaj, but we do not as yet
bear that be has given a categorical answer to it.
So fallen, and unexpectedly, adverse, are the late
difpatcbes from Madrid, that a war is apprehended
more than ever ; and apropofal has actually been made
And, that no one may pretend Ignorance hereof,
We call upon and require the States', the Hereditary
Stadtholder, the Committee of Council, and the
Deputations of the States, of the refpe&ive Pro
vinces, and all other theOfficers and Justices of these
Countries, to cause this our Proclamation to be forth
with promulged, published, and affixed, in all Places
where such Publication is wont to be made. And
we do further charge and command the Counfellors
of the Admiralty, the Advocates General, together
with all Admirals, Vrce-Admirals; Captains, Officers
and Commanders, to pay Obedience to this Our
Proclamation, proceeding and causing to be proceeded
against the Trahlgreffofs thereof, without Favour,
Connivance, Dissimulation, or Composition. For
such have we found meet.
Given at the Hague, under the Seal ofthe State,
the Signature of the President of Our Assem
bly, and the Counter-Signature of Our
Greffier, the 20th Day of March, 1775.
(Signed) G. Van Hardenbroek.
By Order of the States General,
(Counter-Signed) H. Fagel.
To which was affixed the Seal of Their High
Mightinesses.
Except upon Capt. Laurie, at the bridge, no hos
tilities happened from the affair at Lexington, until
the troops oegan theirmarch back. As soon as the
troops had got out of the town of Concord, they
received a heavy fire from, all sides, from walls,
fences, houses, trees, barns,. &c. which continued
without intermiffibn, till, they met the firft brigade,
with two field pieces, near Lexington; ordered out
under the command of Lord Piercy to Support them-;
(advice Slaving been received about 7 o'clock the pext
morning, that Signals had been made, and exprefies
gone out to alarm the country, and that people
were rising to attack the troops under Col. Smith.)
Upon the firing of the field pieces, the people's fire
was for a while silenced, but as they still continued
to iocreafe greatly in numbers, they fired again as
before, from^ll places where they could find coyer,
upon the whole body, and continued so doing for
the space of fifteen miles. Notwithstanding their
nunibers they did not attack openly during the whole
day, but kept under cover on all occasions. The
troops were very much fatigued, the greater part of
them having been under arms all night, and made a
march of upwards of forty miles before they arri
ved at CharUftovvn, from whence they were ferried
over to Bofton.'
Tire troops had. about .fifty killed, and many more
wounded : reports are various about thelofs fuHaioed
by the country people, some mako it very considera
ble, others not so much..
Thus this unfortunate affair has happened through
the rashness and imprudence of a few people, who
.began firing on the troops at Lexington.
[For the Provincial -Account of the above unhappy
Affair, fee federal of oar late Papers.
Las WeHnejday arrived the Duke of Cumberland
Packet, Captain Dillon, in 5) Days from
p Falmouth,, by inborn cue have the folloaving
/devices, vsz.,
Hague, March 20. Their High Mightinerfes the
Stites General have this Day issued a Proclamation,
of which the following is a Translation:
PROCLAMATION.
THE States , General to the United Provinces, To
all who, Shall fee; or hear these Prefects read,
Greeting:
Be it known, that We, for particular Reasons Us
(hereunto moving, have thought fit absolutely to
prohibit, and We hereby absolutely do prohibit, all Ex
portation of Ammunition, Gunpowder, Guns, and
Slrot, by Ships belonging to the Dominions of Great-
Britain, provisionally for the Term bf Six Months,
upon Pain not only of Confiscation of the Arms and
Ammunition which Shall be found there on Board,
but also of a Fine of a Thousand Guilders over and
above, at the Charge of the Commander, whose
'Ship Shall be answerable and liable to Execution for
the famev.
That We have further thought fit to ena&, and
We do hereby ena&, that during the abovefaid Term
of Six Months, ng Gunpowder, Guns,, Shot, or
other instruments of War, Shall be embarked on
Board any other Ships, whether Foreign or belonging
to'this Country, tty be transported Abroad,- without
Content or Permission of the College of Admiralty,
under whole Jurifdi&ion the Embarkation Shall be
made upon Pain of Confiscation of the Arms, Gun
powder, Guns; Shot, or other Ammunition, which
Shall have been embarked without Permission, and of
the Commander's incurring a Fine of a Thousand
Guilders, on Board of whose Ship the said Arms and
Ammunition flrall have been embarked, and his Ship
he anfwerable'and liable to Execution for the said
Fine.
a^rnpan;^ as the bridge, and on some heights
t under the command of Capt. Laurie of the
regiment ; and ^ith the remainder went and de
fied some cannon wheels, powder, and ball ; the
,%le still continued increasing on the heights, and
about an hour after, a large body of them began
, move towards the bridge, the light companies of
rhe 4th and 10th then defeended, and joined Capt.
Laurie, the people continued to advance in great
numbers, and fired upon the king's troops, killed
three men, wounded four officers, one ferjeant, and
four private men ; upon which (after returning the
fire) Capt. Laurie and his officers, thought it pru
dent to retreat to the main body fit Concord,
and were soon joined by two companies of grena
diers; when Capt. Parsons returned with the three
companies over the bridge, they observed three Sol
diers on the ground, one of them scalped, his head
much mangled, and his bars cat off, though not
quite dead ;° a fight which Struck the soldiers with
horror; Capt. Parsons matched on and joined the
main body, who were only waiting for his coming
up, to march back to Boston ; Col. Smith had exe
cuted his orders, without opposition, by destroying
all the military Stores he could find ; both the Colonel
and Major Pitcairn, having taken all possible pains
to convince the inhabitants that no injury was in
tended them ; and that if they opened their doors
when required to search for said Stores, not the
flighted mischief Should be done ;' neither had any
of the people the least occasion to complain, but tiiey
were sulky, arid one of them even Struck Major
Pitcaiin..''
LONDON, April 5 .
in car cabinet council, that in case of a rupture, vet..
foould furnifofoiling and tranfportsfor 40,000 Moors,
and land them in Spain. This is a plan that was
formed by the Earl of Chatham when in adminiflration,
and would at one firoke throw the whole House of
Bourbon into inextricable confufion. It is well known,
that in Granada and Palencia are vast numbers of
secret Mooors, that would join their friends on landing.
Admiralty-Office, March 31. This da, in pur
suance of the King's pleasure, the following flag officers
of his Majefy's fleet were promoted, viz. '
Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. His Grace the Duke
of Bolton, Admirals of the blue, to be Admiral of the
White.
Francis Ceary, Est, Pice Admiral of the Red, to
be Admiral of the Blue.
fames Young, Efa; Sir Peirc, Brett, Knt. Sir fobh
Moore, Bart, and Knt w of the Bath, Pice Admirals of
the White, to be Pice Admirals of the Red.
Samuel Graves, -Est; William Parry, Esq; Hon
ourable Au^uftus Keppel, Pice Admirals of the Blue,
to be Pice Admirals of the White.
Sir Peter Dennis, Bart. Matthew Buckle, Efa;
Robert Man, Est, Rear Admirals of th© Red, to fee
Pice Admirals of the Blue.
Clark Ga,ton, Est; John Barker, Efe Sir Richard
Spry, Knt. Rear Admirals of the White, and" John
Montagu, Esq; Sir Robert Holland:: Part, fames
Sayer, Esq; Rear Admirals of the Blue, to be Rear
Admirals'of Ib& Red; ^ .^
Right Honourable Richard Lord Vifaunt Howe,
Rear Admiral of the Blue, to be Rear Admiral of the
White.
And the following Captains were also appointed
Flag Officers of bis Majefty's'Fleet, viz.
Right Hon. Washington Earl Ferrers, Hugh-Pigot,
Esq; Molineus Sboudbam, .Efa; Sir fofepb Knight,
Knt, John PaugbAn, Esq; to be Rear Admiral of the
White.' &
John Lloyd, Esq; Robert Duff, Efa; fohn Reynolds,
Esq; Sir Hugh Palliffer, Bart. Han. John Byron, and
the Right Hon. Augustus fobn, Earl of Brfel, to be
Real Admiral of the Blue.'.
Admiralty Office, April 4. The King has ^een
pitafed to appoint Thomas Graves and Robert Digby,
Efqrs. to be Colonels to bis Majefy's Marine Forces, in
the room.of Hugh Pigot, Esq; "and the Right Hon. the
Eatlof Briflol, appointed Flag Officers op bis Majesty's
PHILADELPHIA, May 21.
It i^ proposed by the Field Offices .of the City
and Liberties .of Philadelphia, to review the three
Battalion, under,,then command, on Monday next
at five o'clock in the morning.
Extras of a Letter from Conneaut, May 42, 1775,
“ Our men enter into the leryfce with great ardor,
most of the Captains have eulifted more than their
complement,, and fom>, who came too late have
bought in, gather than be difapnomted of a Share m
the service.",—
in CONGRESS, Saturday May 27, 17,75.
< Upon Motion, The ' Memorial of Robert Murray
and John Murray, “ Qefiring to be 1 stored, to their
" former Situation with refpefl to then commercial
"privileges," was taken into consideration, and
after some time spent thereon,
Refolded, That where any person Lath been op
Shall be adjudged by a Committee to have violated
the Continental Affociatiop, apd such offender Shall
Satisfy the Convention of;the Colony, where the, of?
fence was or Shall be committed, or the, Committee
of the Parish of St. Jdhnis,in the colony of Georgia,
if the offence be committed there, of his con'ti^on
for his offence, and sincere resolution to conform to
the Association for the future, the said Convention or
Committee of the parish of St. John's aforefaid may
fettle the terms upon which he may be restored to the
favour and forgiveness of the public, and that the
terms be published. ~
A true copy from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary:
On Wednesday evening lall between nine and ten
o'clock, a number of men in disguise (supposed
about 25) assembled together, and made a molt
daring attempt upon the. public goal of this city,
with intention, as it is said, to refeue from their con
finement, two criminals under sentence of death.---
With some Sledge hammers, crow bars, &c. which
they forcibly took out of a finish's Shop in the neigh
bourhood, they broke a hole ia^he cellar door, the,
not large enough for their purpose of entering that
way ; and finding all their endeavours to break open
the door tinfuccefeful, they attempted to set it on fire ;
but before the fire took effe&, the city was alarmed^
and the Magistrates, with a vigour that does honour
to civil Society, repaired to the prison, where a num
ber of the inhabitants (as well those who have been
learning the use of arms as others) were assembled,
with determined purpose to assist and support the
Civil Authority. In a few minutes the rioters were
dispersed, Several of them taken and put into the
work house and goal. A strong guard was placed at
the prison for the remainder of the night, which pre
vented further damage.
On Tuesday hft being the firft Anniversary of the
New-York united Whaling Company,
The following Members were eleded by Ballot for
the ensuing Year :
PHILIP LIVINGSTON, Esq; p re sid en t.
I CHARLES M'EVERS, Esq; Treasurer.
Captain WILLIAM HYER,
Captain PATRICK DENNIS, / Committee
Captain PETER BERTON, (for P ur chase
Mr. ISAAC STOUGHTENBURGH | ° f veffek ^^
Mr. ANTHONY VAN DAM. J sale of oil.
JOSEPH ALLICOKE, Secretary.
WANTED,
T° rent [for 4 Lease of fourteen years, with the
privilege of quitting any of the three Jirft years, b,
gift three months notice) a s ma ll farm futtable for a
D AIRY, with a good dwelling, rather large than other
^fa fauated on a public road-, if between Amboy and
Brunfohick it would be most agreeable. Dired for 7, B.
at Mr. fames Wilks's, near the Exchange, New-York.
RUN away from the fubferiber, living at Paquanack,
in Morris County, a servant man named William
Ricket, about twenty-four years of age, five feet ten on
eleven inches high, black curled hair, much pock-pitted:
Had on when he went away a blue country cloth coaf, a
nankeen waiAcoat, a pair of check trowfers, brown linen
stockings, and good pumps. Any person that takes up
laid runaway and secures him in any of his Majesty's
goals so that his master may have again, /hall receive
TEN DOLLARS reward, and all reasonable charges
paid by JOHN HARRIMAN.
N. B. His father's name was John Ricket, late of
Brookland-Ferry, Long-Island.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Governors of King's
College, in the City of New-York, That Monday
the Twelfth Day of June Instant, is appointed for a
Meeting of the said Governors, at the House of Robert
Hull, in the Broad-Way, at five o'Clock in the After,
noon. Dated the sth Day of June, 17,75.
LAMBERT MOORE, Secretary.