The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1775-02-03 00:00:00

THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Frestest ADVICES
GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
FRIDAY February 3, 1775.
No. 954 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. } 18
Province of NEW-HAMPSHIRE, At the Convention of DEPUTIES appointed by the several Towns in the Province aforesaid, held at Exeter on the 25th Day of January 1775.
Present 144 Members. Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; President.
Voted, That we heartily approve of the Proceedings of the late Grand Continental Congress, respecting the just State of the Rights and Liberties of the British Colonies; and of the Means recommended to restore, secure and protect the same: And that we return our most unfeigned Thanks to the late Members of that Congress in general, and to those of this Province in particular, for the faithful Discharge of the important Trust reposed in them.
Voted, That John Sullivan and John Langdon, Esq's be Delegates to represent this Province, in the Continental Congress, proposed to be held at Philadelphia, on the tenth Day of May next, and that they & each of them in the Absence of the other, have full and ample Power, in Behalf of this Province, to consent and agree to all Measures, which said Congress shall deem necessary to obtain Redress of American Grievances.
Voted, That two Hundred and Fifty Pounds Lawful Money, be raised for defraying the Expenses of said Delegates.
Voted, That the Hon. John Wentworth, Esq; Col. Nathaniel Folsom, Hon. Meshech Weare, Esq; Col. Josiah Bartlet, Col. Christopher Toppan, Ebenezer Thompson, & William Whipple, Esq's. be a Committee in Behalf of this Province to call a Provincial Convention of Deputies, when they shall judge the Exigencies of public Affairs require it: And that they together with Samuel Cutis, and John Pickering, Esq's be a Committee of Correspondence for this Province.
Voted, The following Address, To the Inhabitants of the Province of New-Hampshire.
BRETHREN, WHEN we consider the unhappy Condition, to which you & your American Brethren are reduced! when we reflect that for near ten Months past, you have been deprived of any Share in your own Government, and of those Advantages, which flow to Society from Legislative Assemblies! when we view the lowering Clouds charged with ministerial Vengeance fast spreading over this extensive Continent, ready to burst on the Heads of its Inhabitants, and involve the whole British Empire in one common Ruin! At this alarming Juncture! Duty to Almighty God, to our Country, ourselves & Posterity loudly demands our most strenuous Exertions to avoid the impending Danger.
Such are the Measures adopted by the British Ministry for enslaving you; and with such incessant Vigilance has their Plan been prosecuted, that Tyranny already begins to wave its Banner in our Borders; and to threaten these once happy Regions with infamous and detestable Slavery!
Shall we, knowing the Value of Freedom, and nursed in the Arms of Liberty, make a base and ignominious Surrender of our Rights; thereby consigning succeeding Generations, to a Condition of Wretchedness, from which, perhaps all human Efforts will be insufficient to extricate them?
Duty to ourselves and Regard for our Country should induce us to defend our Liberties, and to transmit the fair Inheritance unimpaired to Posterity.
Should our restless Enemies drive us to Arms in Defence of every Thing we hold dear, we should be reduced to a State, dreadful even in Contemplation; for should we prove victorious, the Blood of our Brethren, shed in the unhappy Contest, would cause the Laurels to wither on our Brows, and make the Conquerors mourn with the vanquished: But should our Enemies be successful, they will thereby rivet the Chains of Slavery upon us and our Posterity!
Thus surrounded with Dangers and Distresses on every Side; it behoves us to adopt and pursue such peaceable Measures as, under GOD, will be most likely to prevent those dreadful Calamities, with which we are threatened.
Fully sensible, that to point out, with any Degree of Certainty the Methods, by which, you may shun the threatening Evils, would require, more than human Wisdom; We can only recommend such Measures, as appear to us, most likely to answer that desirable End, and best calculated to restore to you, that Peace and Harmony, so ardently wished for, by every good and honest American.
We therefore earnestly recommend,
1st. That you discountenance and discourage all Trespasses and Injuries against Individuals, and their Property, and all Disorders of every kind; and that you cultivate and maintain Peace and Harmony among yourselves.
2d. That you yield due Obedience, to the Magistrates, within this Government; and carefully endeavour to support the Laws thereof.
3d. That you strictly adhere to the Association of the late Continental Congress; and deal with the Violators of it, in the Manner therein recommended.
4th. That you endeavour, particularly, to enforce the Laws of the Province against Hawkers, Pedlars, and petty Chapmen.
5th. That you abstain, from the Use of East India Tea, whenever, or by whatever Means, it has, or may be imported.
6th. That you encourage, & support, your several Committees of Correspondence and Inspection, in discharging the very important Trust you have reposed in them.
7th. That in Case any Inhabitant of these Colonies, should be seized, in order to be transported, to Great Britain, or other Parts beyond Seas, to be tried, for Offences supposed, to be committed in America; you conduct yourselves agreeable to the Advice of the late Continental Congress.
8th. That in your several Stations, you promote, and encourage the Manufactures of this Country; and endeavour, both by Precept and Example, to induce all under you, and with whom you are connected, to practice Oeconomy, and Industry; and to shun all Kinds of Extravagance.
9th. That the Officers of the several Regiments strictly comply with the Laws of this Province for regulating the Militia.--- And as the Militia upon this Continent, if properly disciplined, would be able to do great Service, in its Defence, should it ever be invaded by his Majesty's Enemies: That you acquaint yourselves with the Manual Exercise, particularly that recommended, & enjoined, by the Captain General; the Motions being natural, easy and best calculated to qualify Persons for real Action: and also to improve themselves in those Evolutions, which are necessary for Infantry in Time of Engagement.
10th. That, as your Enemies are using every Art to impoverish and distress you in Order to induce Submission, to their arbitrary Mandates; you carefully shun those Measures which may have a Tendency to distress your Brethren and Fellow Sufferers; and avoid all unnecessary Law-Suits, and endeavour to settle Disputes, between you in the most amicable, and least expensive Manner.--- That all Debtors exert themselves, in discharging their just Debts; and all Creditors exercise such Lenity as their Circumstances will admit of.
11th. That, as the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay are now labouring under a Load of ministerial Vengeance, laid upon them to enforce Obedience to certain arbitrary and unconstitutional Acts, which if once submitted to, must involve all America in Slavery and Ruin: Conscious that all these Colonies are largely indebted to the Virtue & Fortitude of those patriotic Assertors of Freedom, we heartily recommend a Continuation of your Contributions, for the Relief of that oppressed People: And that you keep yourselves in constant Readiness to support them, in their just opposition, whenever Necessity may require.
Lastly, We earnestly entreat you, at his Time of Tribulation and Distress, when your Enemies are urging you to despair; when every Scene around is full of Gloom and Horror; that in Imitation of your pious Forefathers, with Contrition of Spirit, and Penitence of Heart, you implore the Divine BEING, who alone is able to deliver you from your present unhappy and distressing Situation, to espouse your righteous Cause, secure your Liberties, & fix them on a firm and lasting Basis. And we fervently beseech him to restore to you, and your American Brethren, that Peace & Tranquility, so ardently desired and earnestly sought for, by every true Friend to Liberty and Mankind.
By order of the Convention.
J. WENTWORTH President. PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, PORTSMOUTH, in Lat. 43 4 5 N Long. 70 43 15 W, from Greenwich.
Meteorological REGISTER, in Portsmouth, for January, 1775. || Far. Ther. || Barom. || A. stands for Forenoon, P. Afternoon. at noon. A. P. for Fore and Afternoon. T. for 24 Hours from Sunset to Sunset.
   January. Sunrise. Noon. Sunset. Deg. 10th Winds WEATHER.    1 6 24 20 30 4 NW Fair and bright T  2 14 35 34 20 2 W Ditto Ditto T  3 29 37 37 29 9 N Snow and fair A cloudy P.  4 19 41 37 30 WSW Fair A P  5 39 34 24 29 4 N Fair A P  6 12 22 23 30 2 NW Fair and bright T  7 9 25 27 30 3 NW Ditto Ditto T  8 14 30 24 29 NNW Ditto Ditto T  9 5 19 18 30 2 Calm Ditto Ditto A cloudy P  10 19 37 34 29 7 S Snow and Rain A Rain P  11 31 36 37 29 4 NW Fair A P  12 39 40 39 29 0 WSW Rain A Fair P  13 24 23 22 29 8 NW Fair and bright T  14 20 27 30 NNW Snow and fair A fair P  15 27 33 33 29 8 NBW Cloudy and hazy T  16 29 33 35 29 9 NE Rain and fair A fair P  17 32 39 32 29 9 NBW Dit. Dit. A Dit. P  18 27 28 27 30 2 N Fair but cloudy T  19 22 29 27 29 8 NBE Dit. Dit. T  20 14 30 26 29 9 SBE Fair T  21 27 39 36 30 1 WBS Ditto T  22 25 36 34 30 9 Calm Ditto and Bright T  23 24 45 41 30 2 WSW Dit. Dit. T  24 29 46 40 30 1 WSW Dit. Dit. T  25 34 45 41 29 5 ENE Fair T  26 38 39 38 29 4 E Rain A P  27 36 50 40 30 WSW Fair T  28 34 40 38 29 7 SW Fair and hazy T  29 20 30 28 30 NW Fair and bright A P  30 21 35 30 29 5 W Dit. Dit. T  31 30 42 40 29 0 WBS Cloudy and fair T  
This Month has really been remarkably warm and serene.
BOSTON, January 30. By the Account kept of the Burials in this Town, it appears that there have been buried from the several Regiments, from the 10th of July 1774, to the 27th of January 1775. 1 Captain, 1 Lieut and 123 Men. Women and Children, besides several Seamen from the Men of War and Transports.
DONATIONS received since our last. From Massachusetts Bay. From East Parish in Barnstable, Cash 1. 12. 10 3. North Society in Salem, Rev. T. Barnard, junr. 1. 54. 0 0. Mansfield, l. 23 0 7. Rev. Messrs Barnard's and Dunbar's Society in Salem, l. 114 9. Atleborough, l. 33 11 7. Rehoboth, from six Persons, 59lb Flax. From New Hampshire, A Person unknown 1 3. From Rhode Island. North Providence, l. 18 2 4. Virginia. From Norfolk saved out of the Wreck of the Sloop Friendship, Thomas Pierce, Master, lost away near the Gurnet, 776 Bushels of Corn, 10 Barrells Flour, 40 Barrells Bread, 30 Barrells Pork. Of Mr. William Johnson Rysm, 16 s. 6 d. Monday last a Detachment of upwards of an hundred Men, drafted from the several Regiments in this Town, commanded by capt. Balfour, of the 4th Regiment, embarked on board a King's Schooner, and another small Vessel, for Marshfield.
Thomas Martin
INTENDING to complete the Sale of his GOODS on hand, determines to expose at publick AUCTION, whatever may be remaining on Tuesday the 14th Day of February Instant, at his Store in Portsmouth.
The Sale to begin at 2 o'Clock in the Afternoon, if the Weather be good—if otherwise, to be put off until the next Fair Day, and so continue from day to day until the Sale be finished. They consist of
English piece GOODS, Silks, Hatts, &c. A Variety of HARD WARE, such as, Brass Kettles, Locks, Hinges, Jappan Waiters, Iron Pots, & Kettles, Joiners & Carpenters Tools, Swords, Hangers, Pistols, &c. &c.
Some GROCERIES, China, Earthen and Glass Ware.
PAINTERS MATERIALS, consisting of Whitelead, dry and ground in Oil.—Spanish Brown dry & in Oil—Redlead, Spanish Yellow, Umber, Lampblack, Brushes.
CLOTHIERS MATERIALS, viz. Redwood, Fustick, Ground Redwood, Madder, Copperas, Alum.
He has for private Sale a Right of Land in Conway, 40 Acres of which is the best of Interval, with 7 or 8 Acres of Trees fell thereon last Summer, which he will sell for Cash---or one or two Years Credit, with Interest and proper Security.
He earnestly intreats those in Debt to him, either by Note of Hand, or Book, to oblige him therewith---And those who pay no Regard to his repeated Solicitations, must expect that their Notes and Accounts will be immediately put into the Hands of an Attorney, as he is near embarking for Europe.
Choice Stone LIME by the Hhd. and PITCH by the Barrell, to be Sold, By JACOB SHEAFE, junr.
TO BE SOLD, at PUBLIC VENDUE, on Tuesday the 14th Day of February next, at ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, at the House of John Drew, late of Durham, deceas'd.
A Quantity of English and Salt HAY, belonging to the Estate of the said Drew, by Joseph Drew, Paul Hayz, and Joseph Sias, Administrators on said Estate. Jan. 28. 1775.
John Moore,
BEGS Leave to acquaint the Publick, that he hath opened a Day and Night School, in a convenient Room in the House he liveth in, opposite to Mr. Hickey's, near the Long Wharfe; Where he teacheth Writing, Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots, Mensuration of Superficies and Solids, Land Surveying, Merchants Accompts, according to the true Italian Method: All those who pleases to favour him with the Instruction of their Children, may depend on the greatest Care being taken with them, he purposing only to take about Twenty.
Also to be sold. By the said JOHN MOORE, A large Assortment of Paper-Hangings, Whips, Men-Hatts, Stockings, Carpeting, Holland Tyles for Chimnies; Pails, Wood Boxes, Corn Measures. — Jacob's LAW Dictionary. — Onions, &c.
The King's Speech, and the whole of the London News by the last Ship, is in the last Page. The List of Grievances to his Majesty, must be defer'd to our next Boardman's Reply to Pottle came too late for this Paper.

continu'd.
these grievous acts and measures, Americans cannot submit, but in hopes that their fellow subjects in Great-Britain, will, on a revision of them, restore us to that state, in which both countries found happiness and prosperity, we have for the present only resolved to pursue the following peaceable measures, 1st, to enter into a non-importation, non-consumption, and non exportation agreement, or association. 2d. to prepare an address to the people of Great-Britain, and a memorial to the inhabitants of British America, and 3d, to prepare a loyal address to his Majesty agreeable to resolutions already entered into.
¶ To be continu'd.
The following is the PETITION of the CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, To the KING's most excellent MAJESTY.
TO a sovereign, who "glories in the name of Briton," the bare recital of these acts must we presume, justify the loyal subjects who fly to the foot of his throne and implore his clemency for protection against them.
From this destructive system of colony administration, adopted since the conclusion of the late war, have flowed those distresses, dangers, fears, & jealousies, that overwhelm your Majesty's dutiful colonists with affliction; and we defy our most subtle & inveterate enemies to trace the unhappy differences between Great Britain and these colonies, from an earlier period, or from other causes than we have assigned; had they proceeded on our part from a restless levity of temper, unjust impulses of ambition, or artful suggestions of seditious persons, we should merit the opprobrious terms frequently bestowed on us by those we revere. But, so far from promoting innovations, we have only opposed them, and can be charged with no offence, unless it be one to receive injuries and be sensible of them.
Had our Creator been pleased to give us existence in a land of slavery, the sense of our condition might have been mitigated by ignorance and habit; but, thanks be to his adorable goodness, we were born the heirs of freedom, and ever enjoyed our rights under the auspices of your royal ancestors, whose family was seated on the British throne to rescue and secure a pious & gallant nation from the popery and despotism of a superstitious & inexorable tyrant. Your Majesty, we are confident, justly rejoices, that your title to the crown is thus founded on the title of your people to liberty; and therefore we doubt not but your royal wisdom must approve the sensibility that teaches your subjects anxiously to guard the blessings they received from divine providence, & thereby to prove the performance of that compact which elevated the illustrious house of Brunswick to the imperial dignity it now possesses.
The apprehension of being degraded into a state of servitude from the pre-eminent rank of English freemen, while our minds retain the strongest love of liberty, and clearly foresee the miseries preparing for us and our posterity, excites emotions in our hearts which, though we cannot describe, we should not wish to conceal. Feeling as men, and thinking as subjects, in the manner we do, silence would be disloyalty. By giving this faithful information we do all in our power to promote the great objects of your royal care, the tranquillity of your government, and the welfare of your people.
Duty to your Majesty, and regard for the preservation of ourselves and our posterity, the primary obligations of nature and of society, command us to entreat your royal attention, and, as your Majesty enjoys the signal distinction of reigning over freemen, we apprehend the language of freemen cannot be displeasing. Your royal indignation, we hope, will rather fall on those designing and dangerous men who daringly interposing themselves between your royal person and your faithful subjects, and for several years past incessantly employed to dissolve the bonds of society, by
abusing your Majesty's authority, misrepresenting your American subjects, and prosecuting the most desperate and irritating projects of oppression, have at length compelled us, by the force of accumulated injuries, too severe to be any longer tolerable, to disturb your Majesty's repose by our complaints.
These sentiments are extorted from hearts that much more willingly would bleed in your Majesty's service. Yet so greatly have we been misrepresented, that a necessity has been alledged of taking our property from us, without our consent, "to defray the charge of the administration of justice, the support of civil government, and the defence, protection, and security of the colonies." But we beg leave to assure your Majesty, that such provision has been, & will be made, for defraying the two first articles as has been, and shall be judged, by the legislatures of the several colonies, just and suitable to their respective circumstances; and for the defence, protection, and security of the colonies, the militia, if properly regulated, as they earnestly desire may immediately be done, would be fully sufficient at least in time of peace; and in case of war, your faithful colonists will be ready and willing, as they ever have been when constitutionally required, to demonstrate their loyalty to your Majesty, by exerting their most strenuous efforts in granting supplies, and raising forces. Yielding to no British subjects, in affectionate attachment to your Majesty's person, family and government, we too dearly prize that privilege of expressing that attachment, by those proofs which are honorable to the prince who receives them, and to the people who give them, ever to resign to any body of men on earth.
Had we been permitted to enjoy in quiet, the inheritance left us by our forefathers, we should at this time have been peaceably, cheerfully, and usefully employed in recommending ourselves by every testimony of devotion to your Majesty, and of veneration to the state from which we derive our origin. But tho' now exposed to unexpected and unnatural scenes of distress by a contention with that nation, on whose parental guidance on all important affairs, we have hitherto with filial reverence constantly trusted, and therefore can derive no instruction in our present unhappy and perplexing circumstances from any former experience; yet we doubt not, the purity of our intention and the integrity of our conduct will justify us at that grand tribunal before which all mankind must submit to judgment.
We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great-Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.
Filled with sentiments of duty to your Majesty, & of affection to our parent state, deeply impressed by our education, and strongly confirmed by our reason; & anxious to evince the sincerity of these dispositions, we present this petition only to obtain redress of grievances, and relief from fears and jealousies, occasioned by the system of statutes and regulations adopted since the close of the late war, for raising a revenue in America, extending the powers of courts of Admiralty, and vice-admiralty, trying persons in Great-Britain for offences alledged to be committed in America, affecting the province of Massachusetts-Bay, and altering the government, and extending the limits of Quebec, by the abolition of which system, the harmony between Great-Britain and these Colonies, so necessary to the happiness of both, and so ardently desired by the latter, and usual intercourse will be immediately restored.
In the magnanimity & justice of your Majesty and parliament, we confide for a redress of our other grievances, trusting that when the causes of our apprehensions are moved, our future conduct will prove us not unworthy of the regard we have been accustomed in our happier days to enjoy. For appealing to that Being who thoroughly searches the hearts of his creatures, we solemnly profess, that our councils have been influenced by no other motive than a dread of impending destruction.
Permit us then, most gracious sovereign, in
the name of all your faithful people in America, with the utmost humility to implore you, for the honor of Almighty God, whose pure religion our enemies are undermining, for your glory, which can be advanced only by rendering your subjects happy, and keeping them united; for the interest of your family depending on an adherence to the principles that enthroned it, for the safety and welfare of your kingdoms and dominions, threatened with almost unavoidable dangers and distresses: That your Majesty, as the loving father of your whole people, connected by the same bands of law, loyalty, faith and blood, though dwelling in various countries, will not suffer the transcendent relation form'd by these ties, to be farther violated, in uncertain expectation of effects, that if attained, never can compensate for the calamities thro' which they must be gained.
We therefore most earnestly beseech your Majesty, that your royal authority and interposition may be used for our relief, and that a gracious answer may be given to this petition.
That your Majesty may enjoy every felicity, thro' a long and glorious reign, over loyal & happy subjects, and that your descendants may inherit your prosperity and dominions, till time shall be no more, is, and always will be, our sincere and fervent prayer.
To the INHABITANTS of the Province of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
IT wa'nt the Person of a Bernard or Hutchinson that made them obnoxious, any other Persons would have met with the same Fate, had they discharged their Duty with equal Fidelity; that is, had they strenuously opposed the Principles and Practices of the Whigs; and when they found that the Government here could not support itself, wrote home for Aid sufficient to do it. And let me tell you, had the Intimations in those Letters, which you are taught to execrate, been timely attended to, we had now been as happy a People as good Government could make us. Governor Bernard came here recommended by the Affections of the Province over which he had presided. His Abilities are acknowledg'd. His true British Honesty and Punctuality are Traits in his Character too strongly mark'd to escape the Eye of Prejudice itself. We know Governor Hutchinson to be amiable and exemplary in private Life; his great Abilities, Integrity and Humanity, were conspicuous in the several important Departments that he filled, before his Appointment to the Chair, and reflect Honour on his Native Country. But his Abilities & Integrity, added to his thorough Knowledge of the Province, in all it's Interests and Connections, were insufficient in this Case. The Constitution itself was gone, though the ancient form remained; the Spirit was truly republican. He endeavoured to reclaim us by gentle Means. He strove to convince us by Arguments, drawn from the first Principles of Government, our several Charters, and the express Acknowledgments of our Ancestors, that our Claims were inconsistent with the Subordination due to Great-Britain; and if persisted in would work the Destruction of those that we were intitled to. For this he was called an Enemy to his Country, and set up as a Mark for the envenomed Arrows of Malice and Party Rage. Had I entertained a Doubt about its being the Governor, and not the Man that was aimed at, the admirable Facility with which the News-Paper Abuse was transferred from Governor Hutchinson to his amiable Successor, almost as soon as he set Foot on our Shore, would have removed it.
Thus, disaffection to Great-Britain being infused into the body of the people, the subtle poison stole thro' all the veins and arteries, contaminated the blood, & destroyed the very flamina of the constitution. Had not the courts of justice been tainted in the early stages, our government might have expelled the Virus, and recovered its former Vigour by its own Strength. The Judges of the Superior Court were dependant upon the annual Grants of the Gen. Court for their Support. Their Salaries were small in Proportion to the Salaries of other Officers in the Government of less Importance.
They had often petitioned the Assembly to enlarge them without success. They were at

this Time reminded of their Dependence.— However, it is but Justice to say, that the Judges remained unshaken amid the raging Tempests, which is to be attributed rather to their Firmness than Situation. But the Spirit of the Times was very apparent in the Juries. the Grand Jurors were elective, and in such Places where Libels, Riots, and Insurrections were the most frequent, the high Whigs took Care to get themselves chosen. The Judges pointed out to them the seditious Libels on Governors, Magistrates and the whole Government to no Effect. They were enjoined to prevent Riots & Insurrections, of which there was ample Evidence, with as little success.
†To be continu'd.†
[ New Salisbury ]
Whereas the delinquent proprietors of New Salisbury have been notified from Time to Time to pay the following Taxes, yet have neglected the same, this is therefore to give Notice that their Lands will be sold at public Vendue on the last Tuesday in February next at the House of Lieut. John Pearson, Innholder in Kingstown, unless the above Taxes are paid before that Time, to me at my House in Kingstown, with incidental Charges. JOHN CALEB, Collector.
Kingston, January 9th, 1775.
The above Rate was made September 28, 1773, and there was a Number of delinquent proprietors before this Date.
The Rates are laid on the original Rights, the first Column next to the Name is the sum laid on the 100 Acre Lot, the next the 80 Acre Lot, the next the 60 Acre Lot, the 4th the Interval Lot, the 5th the then undivided share.
   l. d. l. d. l. d. l. d. l. d.     Ebenezer Page 4 8 3 6 2   Samuel Bean 3 6 2 10   Samuel Co'cord 5 10 1 9 2 10   Benjamin Stevens 3 6 2   Jonathan Greely jr. 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   Nathan Sweat 1 9 2   John Fifield jr. 3 6 2   Eliza Winslow, 5 10 3 6 2 10   Henry Morrill 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   Moses Quinby 4 8 3 6 2 10   John Huntson 5 10 2 10   John Huntson jr. 3 6 2 10   Tristram Sanborn jr. 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   John Lad jr. 4 8 2 10   Ebenezer Lang 5 10 4 8 3 6 2   Benjamin Wadleigh 3 6   Nathaniel Lad 3 6 2   Nathaniel Huntson 5 10 2 10   Tristram Quinby 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   Samuel Estman jr. 5 10 3 6   Samuel Fifield 3 6 2 10   Rev. Joseph Secombe 4 8 3 6 2 10   Joseph Clifford 5 10 4 8   James Teppan 5 10 4 8 2 10   Tristram Sanborn 3d 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   Peter Sanborn 2 11 3 6 2   Samuel Sanborn 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   Wm. Bushell 3d 4 8 2 10   John Darling jr. 2 11 2 4 1 9   Jeremy Webster 5 10 4 8 2 10   Joshua Webster jr. 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   John Currier 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   Jonathan Sanborn 3 6 2 10   Ephraim Collins 5 10 3 6 2 10   Jacob Quinby 5 10 3 6   Jonathan Greely 5 10 3 6 2   Samuel Stevens 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   Peter Ayer 3 6   David Greely 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   Benjamin Sanborn 5 10 4 8 2 10   Philip Call 5 10 3 6 2 10   Nathaniel Miloon 5 10 4 8 3 6 2 10   Tho's Wallingsford, Esq; 3 6   Mark H: Wentworth, Esq; 3 6   Mathew Livermore, Esq; 3 6 2 10  
Whereas Elizabeth Corey
of Windsor, in the county of Cumberland, in the Colony of New York, who has been brought in guilty of murdering her Child, has absconded from me her Keeper, the 3d Day of January instant; This is therefore to give Notice, that if any Person or Persons will take her up, and bring her to Cumberland County, so that she may be secured, shall have TEN DOLLARS Reward, and necessary Charges paid by me
ALEXANDER PARMELE, Constable.
N. B. She is about 19 Years of Age, a comely Woman, has a large blackish Eye, middle sized Person, black Hair, and low of Speech.
Windsor, January 14th 1775.
ALL persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Nathaniel Griffith, late of Portsmouth, Goldsmith, deceased, are desired to settle the same with Mary Griffith, Relict of said deceased, and sole Administratrix of said Estate. Jan. 25, 1775.
[ Leavitts Town. ]
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of Leavitts Town in the County of Strafford in the Province of New Hampshire, who are delinquent in paying their Taxes some Time since advertised for Payment, are advertised that unless Payment prevents, their Rights, or so much of their Land will be exposed to Sale at public Vendue as to pay the Taxes and incidental Charges at the House of John Leavitt, Esq; Innholder in North Hampton, on Monday the 13th Day of February next, at one of the Clock in the Afternoon. Their Names are as follows.
   First Division. 2d. Division.   l. d. l. d.     Joseph Towle 7 0 1 3 0   David Marston 7 0 1 3 0   Daniel Samborn 7 0 1 3 0   David Wedgewood 1 17 6   David Knowles 7 0 1 3 0   David Knowles jun. 7 0 1 3 0   Ebenezer Smith 7 0 1 3 0   Ebenezer Smith 7 0 1 3 0   Ebenezer Lovering 10 6 1 17 6   Jonathan Wedgewood 7 0 2 12 0   Jonathan Knowles 7 0 1 3 0   John Sheppard 7 0 1 17 0   Jonathan Marston jun. 7 0 1 17 0   John Taylor 1 3 0   Jonathan Norris 7 0 1 3 0   Jeremiah Avery 7 0 1 3 0   John Dearborn 7 0 1 3 0   Jedidiah Prescott 7 0 1 3 0   Jonathan Marston 7 0 1 3 0   Levi Dearborn jun. 1 17 6   Moses Leavitt 7 0 1 3 0   Samuel Robie Fogg 7 0   Simon Marston 7 0 3 0   Samuel Wedgewood 7 0 3 0   Simon Dearborn 7 0 1 3 0   Simon Leavitt 7 0 1 3 0   Thomas Robie 7 0 1 17 6   Thomas Parsons 7 0 1 3 0   Thomas Parsons jun. 7 0 1 3 0   Zechariah Batchelder 7 0 1 3 0  
JOHN DEARBORN Collector.
North Hampton Jan. 18, 1775.
N. B. The Proprietors Meeting stands adjourned to the above Time and Place.
[ Dorchester. ]
THE Proprietors of the Township of Dorchester in the County of Grafton, in the Province of New Hampshire, who are delinquent in paying their Taxes (sometimes since advertised for Payment) are notified that unless Payment prevent, so much of their Rights as will pay the same with incidental Charges, will be exposed to Sale at public Vendue according to Law at the House of John House, Esq; Innholder in Hanover, on Wednesday the first Day of March next, at two o'clock in the Afternoon. The delinquent Proprietors are
N. B. The first Sum is on the first Hundred Acre Lot, the second on the 2d Hundred Lot, and the third on the undivided Land: l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d.
   John Wright 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0   Nathaniel West 6 6 6   David Woodward 6 6 6   Otis Little 6 6   Ambrose Curhman 6 6 6   Thomas Porter 6 6 6   Asa Parker 6 6 6   Thomas Floyd 6 6 6   Thomas Davinson 6 6 6   Joseph Sherburne 6 6   Maj John Wentworth, Esq; 6 6   Jacob Marston 6 6 6   Giles Tiffany 6 6 6   William Yeaton 6 6 6   James Melcher 6 6 6   Samuel Hobart, Esq; 6 6 6   Daniel Pierce Esq; 6 6 6   John Parker Esq; 6 6 6   John Hurd Esq; 6 6 6   Samuel Parker 6 6 6   Richard Cutts Shannon 6 6 6   John Nelson Esq; 6 6 6   John Pingrey Williams 6 6 6   William Gardner 6 6 6   Nathaniel Ray Thomas Esq; 6 6 6   Wiseman Claggett Esq; 6 6 6   John Sparhawk 6 6 6   Joshua Brackett 6 6 6   Ebenezer Lewis 6 6 6   Bezenger Salter 6 6 6   Joseph Ward 6 6 6   Paul Langdon 6 6 6   Joshua Wentworth 6 6 6   John Marshall 6 6 6   Ephraim Ham 6 6 6   George Marshall jun. 6 6 6   Henry Sherburne 6 6 6  
Jan. 21, 1775. CALEB CLARK Collector.
[ Frances. ]
THOSE Proprietors and Owners of the Town in the County of Hillsborough and Province of New Hampshire, who have hitherto been delinquent in paying the Taxes laid upon their respective Lands in said Town, by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of this province, for the purpose of building a Meeting House in said Town, are hereby notified that unless Payment be made of the aforesaid Taxes with the Cost of this Advertisement, so much of their respective Lands will be sold at public Vendue to the highest Bidder at the House of Lieut. Oliver Holmes, Innholder in said Town, on the Third Tuesday of February next; as will pay said Taxes with all other incidental Charges. Their Names & Sums affixed are as follows, in L. M.
   l. s. d. l. s. d.     Mason's Proprietors, Own 10 0 0 Thomas Ackin 1 3 0   ers of Crotch William Ackin 1 3 0   Mountain so call'd Daniel Bixbe 1 10 3   Right No. 9, formerly drawn to Jotham Ordiorae. 4 5 0 Isaac Bruster 1 8 6   John Mc'Neal 2 10 0 Robert Alexander 1 10 3   John Denmore 4 7 6 Asa Bixbe 1 6 6   Andrew Armer 1 14 3 John Ackin 1 8 0   Widow Barnard 1 8 0   Adam Dickey 2 10 0   Alex. Parkerson 2 10 0   Spoooner & Swift 1 5 0  
JOHN QUIGLEY Collector.
Frances Town January 26, 1775.
Province of New Hampshire, Rockingham ss.
[ Bretton Woods. ]
APPLICATION having been made to me the subscriber one of his Majesty's Justices of the peace through the province, by the proprietors or Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Township of Bretton Woods, in the county of Grafton & province aforesaid, requesting me to call a Meeting of said proprietors for the following purposes, viz.— 1. To chuse a Moderator to govern said Meeting. — 2. To chuse a clerk to the proprietary, assessors, collector and treasurer. — 3. To vote such sum as they shall think proper towards building a Saw Mill and Grist Mill in or near said Town; 4. To determine what more they will do on the Road, and vote Money for that Purpose. 5. Determine what farther Encouragement they will offer to the first Settlers, and to lay out Lots for them. 6. To act on any other Matters that they may judge necessary to promote the Interest of the Proprietary: 7. To appoint Committees to carry into Execution any Votes of the Proprietors. 8. To agree on some Method to call Meetings in future — In Consequence of said Application I do hereby notify and warn the Proprietors of said Township of Bretton Woods to meet at the House of James Stoodley Esq; Innholder in Portsmouth, on Monday the 13th of February next, at six o'clock P.M. for the Purposes aforesaid.
DANIEL ROGERS Just. Pac.
Portsmouth Jan. 24th 1775.
THIS is to Notify the proprietors of the Township of Bretton Woods, in the county of Grafton, that at a legal Meeting of said proprietors, the sum of three pounds seventeen shillings was voted and assessed on each original Right in said Township, & a List thereof committed to me by the Assessors with a Warrant to collect the same; this is therefore to desire the said proprietors, and each of them, to pay the said Tax to me at the Printing Office in Portsmouth, on or before the 25th Day of February next, or the Rights of those who shall then be delinquent, will be advertised to be sold at public Vendue, agreeable to the Law of the province.
Daniel Fowle, collector.
Portsmouth, January 23, 1775.
[ Hanover ]
THE Proprietors of HANOVER are notified that my Vendue of Land is adjourned to my Dwelling House in said Hanover on the first Day of March next, at two o'clock P. M. for the Sale of Land in said Hanover. The delinquent Proprietors are as follows.
   John Knight £0 18 Prince Aspenwell £0 18   Phinehas Allen 0 18 Nathaniel Hopkins 0 18   Heman Atwood 0 18 JOHN HOUSE Col'r.  
WE the Subscribers being appointed by the Hon'ble JOHN SHERBURNE, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the County of Rockingham, Commissioners to receive and examine the Claims of the Creditors to the Estate of Thomas Wells, of Chester, in said County, Cordwainer, deceased, represented Insolvent, and six Months from the 5th Instant, being allowed for that Service: This is to give Notice that we will attend that Business at the House of Timothy Ingalls, Innholder in Chester, on the first Tuesday of February next, and the first Tuesdays of the four next following Months, from two to five o'Clock, P. M. Chester, Jan. 10th, 1775.
Samuel Emerson,
Jabez Hott.

Jan. 31. arrived at Marblehead from Fal- the 20th of December, and bro't the 10th of that Month, from which we have extracted the following
Important ADVICES. L O N D O N, Dec. 1.
Y ESTERDAY his MAJESTY went in State to the House of Lords, and after the House of Commons had presented their Speaker, of whom his MAJESTY approved, his Majesty made the following most gracious SPEECH from the Throne. My Lords and Gentlemen, IT gives me much Concern that I am obliged, at the opening of this Parliament, to inform you, that a most daring Spirit of Resistance, and Disobedience to the Laws, still unhappily prevails in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, and has in divers Parts of it broke forth in fresh Violence of a very criminal Nature. These Proceedings have been countenanced and encouraged in other of my Colonies, and unwarrantable Attempts have been made to obstruct the Commerce of this Kingdom, by unlawful Combinations. I have taken such Measures, and given such Orders, as I judged most proper and effectual for carrying into Execution the Laws which were passed in the last Session of the late Parliament, for the Protection and Security of the Commerce of my Subjects, and for the restoring and preserving Peace, Order, and good Government in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay; and you may depend upon my firm and steadfast Resolution to withstand every Attempt to weaken or impair the supreme Authority of this Legislature over all the Dominions of my Crown; the Maintenance of what I consider as essential to the Dignity, the Safety, and the Welfare of the British Empire; assuring myself, that while I act upon these Principles, I shall never fail to receive your Assistance and Support.
I have the greatest Satisfaction in being able to inform you that a Treaty of Peace is concluded between Russia and the Porte. By this happy Event, the Troubles, which have so long prevailed in one Part of Europe are composed, and the general Tranquility rendered compleat. It shall be my constant Aim and Endeavour to prevent the breaking out of fresh Disturbances; and I cannot but flatter myself I shall succeed, as I continue to receive the strongest Assurances from other Powers of their being equally disposed to preserve the Peace.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I have ordered the proper Estimates for the Service of the ensuing Year to be laid before you; and I doubt not but that, in this House of Commons, I shall meet with the same affectionate Confidence, and the same Proofs of Zeal and Attachment to my Person and Government, which I have always, during the Course of my Reign, received from my faithful Commons.
My Lords and Gentlemen, Let me particularly recommend to you at this Time, to proceed with Temper, in your Deliberations, and with Unanimity in your Resolutions. Let my People, in every Part of my Dominions, be taught by your Example, to have a due Reverence for the Laws, and a just Sense of the Blessings of our excellent Constitution; they may be assured that on my Part, I have nothing so much at Heart, as the real Prosperity and lasting Happiness of all my Subjects.
As soon as the Upper House was cleared Yesterday at the Ladies and several Lords had taken the Oaths, his Majesty's Speech was read by the Chancellor, and afterwards by the Clerk, which being done, the Earl of Hillsborough got up, and in a very long and able Speech set forth the Situation of the Colonies with the Mother Country, highly disapproving of the refractory Spirit of the Americans, and hoping with Temper and Unanimity such Measures might be adopted as to bring about a Reconciliation. His Lordship then moved, that an humble Address might be presented to his Majesty, to return his Majesty the Thanks of that House for his most gracious Speech from the Throne. The D. of R. got up next, and was strongly against the Measure which he imagined was meant to be taken; he then moved to amend the Address, which occasioned a long Debate. The Question was put, and carried against the Amendment, Contents 13, Not Contents 63. Then it was moved, that the Motion for the Address should stand as first proposed, Contents 46, Not Contents 9.
L O N D O N, Dec. 3. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. P R O T E S T. H O U S E O F L O R D S, Die Mercurii 30 Novembris, 1774.
T HE Lord Chancellor reported his Majesty's Speech, and the same being read by the Clerk.
Moved, That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, to return his Majesty the Thanks of this House, for his most gracious Speech from the Throne. To declare our Abhorrence and Detestation of the daring Spirit of Resistance and Disobedience to the Laws, which so strongly prevails in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, and of the unwarrantable Attempts in that and other Provinces of America, to obstruct, by unlawful Combinations, the Trade of this Kingdom. To return his Majesty our humble Thanks for having been pleased to communicate to us, that he has taken such Measures, and given such Orders, as his Majesty hath judged most proper and effectual for the Protection & Security of the Commerce of his Majesty's Subjects, and for carrying into Execution the Laws which were passed in the last Session of the late Parliament, relative to the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay.
To express our entire Satisfaction in his Majesty's firm and steadfast Resolution, to continue to support the supreme Authority of this Legislature over all the Dominions of his Crown, and to give his Majesty the strongest Assurances, that we will cheerfully co-operate in all such Measures as shall be necessary to maintain the Dignity, Safety and Welfare of the British Empire.
That it is no less our Duty than our Inclination to proceed with Temper and unanimity in our Deliberations and Resolutions, and to inculcate by our Example, a due reverence for the Laws, and a just Sense of the Excellency of our Constitution; and impressed with the deepest Gratitude for the many Blessings we have enjoyed during the Course of his Majesty's Reign, to testify with unaffected Zeal at this Conjuncture, our inviolable Fidelity to his Majesty, and our serious Attention to the public Welfare.
Then an Amendment was proposed to be made to the said Motion, by inserting after the Word Throne, at the End of the first Paragraph, these Words:
"To desire his Majesty would be graciously pleased to give Directions for an early Communication of the Accounts which have been received concerning the State of the Colonies, that we may not proceed to the Consideration of this most critical and important Matter but upon the fullest Information; and when we are thus informed, we shall without Delay apply ourselves with the most earnest and serious Zeal to such Measures as shall tend to secure the Honour of his Majesty's Crown, the true Dignity of the Mo-
ther Country and the Harmony and Happiness of all his Majesty's Dominions." Which being objected to, after a long Debate the Question was put, whether these Words shall be inserted in said Motion? It was resolved in the Negative. Contents 13, Non Contents 63.
Diffident, BECAUSE we cannot agree to commit ourselves with the careless Facility of a common Address of Compliment in Expressions which may lead to Measures in the Event fatal to the Lives, Properties and Liberties of a very great Part of our fellow Subjects. We conceive that an Address upon such Objects as are before us, and at such a Time as this, must necessarily have a considerable Influence upon our future Proceedings; and must impress the Public with an Idea of the general Spirit of the Measures, which we mean to support.
Whatever Methods we shall think it advisable to pursue, either in Support of the mere Authority of Parliament; which seems to be the Sole Consideration with some, or for reconciling that Authority with the Peace and Satisfaction of the whole Empire, which has ever been our constant and invariable Object, it will certainly add to the Weight and efficacy of our Proceedings if they appear the Result of full information, mature Deliberation and temperate Enquiry.
No materials for such an Enquiry has been laid before us; nor have any such been so much as promised in the Speech from the Throne, or even any verbal Assurance from Ministers.
In this Situation we are called upon to make an Address, arbitrarily imposing Qualities and Descriptions upon Acts done in the Colonies; of the true Nature and just Extent of which we are as yet in a great Measure unapprised; a Procedure which appears to us by no Means consonant to that Purity which we ought ever to preserve in our judicial, and to that Caution which ought to guide us in our deliberate Capacity.
2d because this Address does in effect imply an Approbation of the System adopted with regard to the Colonies in the last Parliament. This unfortunate System, conceived with so little Prudence and pursued with so little Temper, Consistency or Foresight, we were in Hopes would be at length abandoned, from an Experience of the Mischiefs which it has produced, in proportion to the Time in which it was continued; and the Diligence with which it has been pursued; a System which has created the utmost Confusion in the Colonies without any rational Hope of Advantage to the Revenue, and with certain Detriment to the Commerce of the Mother Country. And it affords us a melancholly Prospect of the Disposition of Lords in the present Parliament, "when we see the House under the Pressure of so severe and uniform an Experience, again ready, without any Enquiry, to Countenance, if not to adopt the Spirit of the former fatal Proceedings."
But whatever may be the mischievous Designs or the inconsiderate Temerity which leads others to this desperate Course, we wish to be known as Persons who have ever disapproved of Measures so pernicious in their past Effects, and their future Tendency, and who are not in Haste, without Enquiry or Information, to commit ourselves in Declarations which may precipitate our Country into all the Calamities of acivil War.
RICHMOND, STAMFORD, PONSONBY, PORTLAND, STANHOPE, WYCOMBE, ROCKINGHAM, TORRINGTON, CAMDEN. L O N D O N, December 8.
This Day the House of Peers met pursuant to their Adjournment on Tuesday last.
Upon a Motion made Yesterday in the House of Commons for the further Consideration of his Majesty's Speech, the House was ordered to be put into a Committee this Day, to consider of a Supply to be granted to his Majesty.
When the above Business was adjusted, the Speaker attended by Lord Beaucaump, and several other Members of the Privy Council, went in their Carriages to St. James's to present the Address of Thanks to his Majesty, for his most gracious Speech from the Throne.
Most gracious Sovereign, W hen your Majesty's most dutiful & loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, return your Majesty our humble Thanks for your most gracious Speech from the Throne. Permit us to assure your Majesty, that we receive with the highest Sense of your Majesty's Goodness the early Information which you have been pleased to give us of the State of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay.
We feel the most sincere concern, that a Spirit of Disobedience and Resistance to the Laws should still unhappily prevail in that Province, and that it has broke forth in fresh Violence of the most criminal Nature. And we cannot but lament that such Proceedings should have been countenanced & encouraged in any other of your Majesty's Colonies; and that any of your Subjects should have been so far deluded and misled, as to make rash and unwarrantable Attempts to obstruct the Commerce of your Majesty's Kingdoms by unlawful Combinations.
We beg leave to present our most dutiful Thanks to your Majesty, for having taken such Measures as your Majesty judged most proper and effectual for carrying into Execution the Laws which were passed in the last Session of the late Parliament for the Protection and Security of the Commerce of your Majesty's Subjects, and for restoring and preserving Peace, Order & good Government, in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay.
Your faithful Commons, animated by your Majesty's gracious Assurances, will use every Means in their Power to assist your Majesty in maintaining entire and inviolate the supreme Authority of this Legislature over all the Dominions of your Crown, being truly sensible that we should betray the Trust reposed in us, and be wanting in every Duty which we owe your Majesty and to our Fellow Subjects, if we failed to give our most zealous Support to those great constitutional Principles which govern your Majesty's Conduct in this important Business, and which are so essential to the Dignity, Safety, and Welfare of the British Empire.
We learn with great Satisfaction, that a Treaty of Peace is concluded between Russia and the Porte, and that, by this happy Event, the general Tranquility is rendered compleat; and we entertain a well grounded Hope that your Majesty's constant Endeavours to prevent the breaking out of fresh Disturbances will be attended with Success, as your Majesty continues to receive the strongest Assurances from other Powers, of their being equally disposed to preserve the Peace.
We assure your Majesty that we will, with the utmost Cheerfulness, grant to your Majesty every necessary supply; and that we consider ourselves bound by Gratitude, as well as Duty, to give every Proof of our most affectionate Attachment to a Prince, who, during the whole Course of his Reign, has made the Happiness of his People the Object of all his Views, and the Rule of all his Actions.
After their Return, the House broke up immediately, and adjourned to this Day.
Dec. 10. The Parliament will adjourn on Friday the 22d, and meet again on the 18th of January.
It is reported that Orders are given for 4 Regiments of Foot to be embarked from Ireland for Boston, and that the necessary Transports are all taken up.
S A L E M, January 31.
The Speeches at large of Members of the House of Commons, relative to their Address, are not contained in the Prints brought by Capt. Hooper; but it appears that "Governor Johnstone contended very ably, that America was not worth keeping on the Terms and Principles contained in the Address." And that "Col. Barre said, the Scheme of reducing the Colonies by Force, was WILD, INCOHERENT, and IMPRACTICABLE; and that a Dominion supported by Force would answer no End whatever."
PORRSMOUTH. Hoskinson, Jan. 20, 1775.
Master PRINTER, A Man of our Town was down to the bank last Week with Butter, when he got home we all crowded about him to hear the news, he told us as how the great ones at the bank were almost Frightened out of their wits, & had got a great long paper to prevent their being killed, & having their throats cutt, it seems they are a feared that the town folks are all run mad and going to kill them because they arnt mad too, master Printer pray tell us in your next news what there is in the paper I think he called it a fashion & that they promised to shoot any body that would not let them sell Tea, play cards & dice the divels devise & do any thing else they were aimed to, the man said that one of them told him that it was a story and a lie trumped up by the sons of Liberty to cast a slur on the Tories & that was nothing more then to keep them safe this winter & prevent their being hanged in the spring, as all the sons of Liberty would be when the kings forces came over, now pray Mr. Printer do let the paper be published that we may know all about it for we suspect it is all a lie told by our neighbour to make us stare for the man who brought the news, is a comical fellow & will make no bones to tell a fib to make fun or mischief either.
PLOWGOGGER. The Account in the Boston Papers concerning the Affray mention'd in our last, between the Town Watch of Boston and the Soldiers, it may suffice to say, eight of the Officers and a Sadler are bound to answer for their Conduct at the Superior Court.
CUSTOM HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, February 2d. Inward Entries, Brig Resolution, Sam'l Stacy, from Tortola; Clear'd Outwards, Schooner Neptune, George Randell, for South-Carolina, Schooner Squirrel, Thomas Harmon, Virginia, Brig Hope, Joseph Adams, West-Indies, Brig Unity, Joshua Hills, ditto, Brig Widows Son, Kinsman Peverly, ditto, Brig Resolution Samuel Hatch, ditto, Ship Glenluce, Alexander Rait, ditto; Schooner Placentia, Sam'l Smallcorn, ditto, Schooner Sally, Moses Hale, Ditto.
TO BE SOLD, by Benjamin Austin, Junr.
At his Shop on Spring Hill, Exceeding cheap for Cash, A Compleat Assortment of HARD WARE GOODS, containing too many Articles to be particulariz'd.—
Also Molasses, Sugar, West India and New-England Rum, by the Barrel, Coffee pr C doz. or less, Ginger, Allspice and Rice pr ditto, Chocolate, Cotton and Sheeps Wool, Redwood and Logwood pr C: Allum, Coopers, best French Indigo pr doz. or less; All Sorts of Spice, Mustard, Poland Starch, Raisins, &c. &c. &c.
A genteel Assortment of silver plated Shoe-Buckles of the newest Fashion.
STRAY'D or Rolen, the 28th of last Month, from William Simpson of Greenland, a sorrel HORSE about 14 Hands high, a white Face, Wall Eyes, natural Pacer, goes wide behind, 6 years old.—Whoever will bring said Horse to said Simpson, shall have Four Dollars Reward paid by said William Simpson.
LOST a Silver SPOON mark'd S.L. to L.S. Any person bringing it to the printer, shall have 6/.
ALL persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Maj. Benjamin Mathes of Durham, in the county of Strafford, deceas'd, intestate, are desired to bring them in for speedy settlement to Valentine Mathes and Samuel Mathes Administrators.
RUNAWAY BOY, (abres Spanish Potatoes Reward) TO any Person that will take ore William Jennells bound to one David Robinson of Brintwood let out to one Josiah Tilton of Epping, where said BOY runaway last October, had on when he went away a striped Jacket, and 1 pair of Trowsers, short flos curled Hair; said Boy is about 15 or 16 Years of Age, whoever takes up said Boy, and conveys him to his said Master free from Charge, shall receive the above Reward, per David Robinson.
TO BE SOLD on reasonable and advantageous Terms, to such Persons as may incline to become Purchasers,
THE several Tracts and Lots of LAND which the late Sir WILLIAM PEPPERREL, Baronet, deceas'd, died seized and possessed of in Fee, in the Town of Berwick, and in the second Parish in York. The Berwick Lands are principally in one hundred Acres Lots, and many of them well wooded and Timbered, and suitable for Farms. Any Person inclining to be a Purchaser in the Premises, may be fully acquainted of the easy and advantageous Conditions of Sale by applying to the Hon. Benjamin Cheadle, Esq; at Berwick. Edward Cutt, Esq; at Kittery, or David Sewall, Esq; at York. Dec 28th, 1774.