The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-12-16 00:00:00

THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the FRESHEST ADVICES
Vol. XIX. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
FRIDAY December 16, 1774.
No. 947 } Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
The Inhabitants of the Town of Portsmouth, at a Legal MEETING held on Thursday the 8th Day of December 1774, passed the following VOTES.
VOTED THAT we do cordially accede to the just State unanimously, of the Rights and Grievances of the British Colonies, and of the Measures adopted and recommended by the AMERICAN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, for the Restoration and Establishment of the Former, and for the Redress of the Latter.
Voted , That the Association strictly adhered to, will, in our Opinion, prove the most peaceable and successful Method for the Removal of the Distresses these Colonies are labouring under, and the Restoration of their violated Rights, therefore we cheerfully adopt, and will punctually and religiously execute the same as far as in us lies.
Voted , That a COMMITTEE of 25 Persons be appointed (or the major Part of them) in Behalf of this Town, whose Business it shall be attentively to observe the Conduct of all Persons touching the Association, that every Person within the Limits of their Appointment conform to the same, and if any should be hardy enough to violate it, in such Case, the Majority of the Committee shall forthwith cause the Truth of the Case to be published in the Gazette according to the Recommendation of the Congress.
Voted , That lest some for sordid Gain, should be tempted to violate the Association, we recommend a Non-Consumption as the best Guard against any Infraktion of the Non-Importation Agreement.
Voted , That the Town bear Testimony against the common Practice of playing at Billiards and Cards, and also that they disapprove of every other Species of Gaming and Dissipation, recommending Industry and Frugality, to the Inhabitants as more becoming under the present grievous Oppressions, and Embarrassments of this Town and Continent.
Voted , that our most sincere Thanks, are justly due to the late Congress, particularly the Members for this Government, and we rejoice to find such remarkable Unanimity and Harmony prevailing among 'em: such Prudence, Wisdom, Spirit & Firmness, conspicuous in all the Measures of that venerable Body, whose noble Exertions in the grand common Cause of America, shall ever be accompanied with our best Wishes and endeavours, and may Heaven prosper those Exertions as the Means of restoring the usual Intercourses between the Parent State and these Colonies to the mutual Benefit of both Countries, and for establishing the once sacred Rights of her obedient Children, upon a solid and permanent Foundation.
JOHN PENHALLOW, Town-Clerk,
WHEREAS the American Continental CONGRESS have recommended another to be held at Philadelphia on the tenth Day of May next, We the Provincial Committee conceiving it highly expedient and necessary to send DELEGATES, for this Province, to the Congress proposed to be held then, recommend it to the respective Towns in this Government to appoint Deputies in their Behalf to meet at Exeter on Wednesday the 25th Day of January next, for the Choice of Delegates to represent this Province at such intended Congress; and also to empower such Deputies when so met, to chuse a Committee of their Body to proportion the Sum each Town ought to pay toward sending such Delegates.
By Order of the Committee.
November 30, 1774.
N. B. A similar Paper to the above, sign'd by the Chairman, is ordered to be sent to each Town in this Province; but if any Towns should not receive the same seasonably, they are desired by the Committee to act upon this Advertisement.
L O N D O N. Mr. BURKE'S SPEECH, from the Husting at Bristol.
"Gentlemen.
I AM come hither to Solicit in Person, the Favour which my Friends have hitherto endeavoured to procure for me, by the most obliging, and to me the most honorable Exertions.
"I have so high an Opinion of the great Trust which you have to confer on this Occasion, and by long Experience, so just a Diffidence in my Abilities, to fill it in a Manner adequate even to my own Ideas, that I should never have ventured of myself to intrude into that awful Situation. But since I am called upon by the Desire of several respectable fellow Subjects, as I have done at other Times, I give up my Fears to their Wishes. Whatever my other Deficiencies may be, I do not know what it is to be wanting to my Friends.
"I am not fond of attempting to raise public Expectation by great Promises. At this Time there is much cause to consider & very little to presume. We seem to be approaching to a great Crisis in our Affairs, which calls for the whole Wisdom of the wisest among us, without being able to assure ourselves, that any Wisdom can preserve us from many & great Inconveniences. You know I speak of our unhappy Contest with America. I confess it is a matter on which I look down as from a Precipice. It is difficult in itself, and it is rendered more intricate by a great Variety of Plans of Conduct. I do not mean to enter into them. I will not suspect a Want of good Intention in framing them. But however pure the Intention of their Authors may have been, we all know that the Event has been unfortunate.
"The Means of recovering our Affairs are not obvious. So many great Questions of Commerce, of Finance, of Constitution, and of Policy, are revolved in this American Deliberation, that I dare engage for nothing, but that I shall give it, without any Predilection to former Opinions, or any sinister Bias whatsoever, the honest and impartial Consideration of which I am capable. The Public has a full Right to it; and this great City, a main Pillar in the commercial Interest of Great-Britain, must totter on its Base by the slightest Mistake, with regard to our American Measures. Thus much, however, I think it not amiss to lay before you, that I am not, I hope, apt to take up or lay down my Opinions lightly. I have held, and ever shall maintain, to the best of my Power, unimpaired and undiminished, the just wise and necessary CONSTITUTIONAL SUPERIORITY OF GREAT-
BRITAIN. This is necessary for America, as well as for us. I never meant to depart from it: Whatever may be lost by it, I avow it. The forfeiture even of your Favour, if by such a Declaration I could forfeit it, though the first Object of Ambition, never will make me disguise my Sentiments on this Subject.
"But I have ever had a clear Opinion, and have ever held a constant correspondent Conduct, that this Superiority is consistent with all the Liberties a sober & spirited American ought to desire. I never mean to put any Colonist, or any human Creature, in a Situation, not becoming a free Man. To reconcile British Superiority with American Liberty shall be my great Object, as far as my little Faculties extend. I am far from thinking that both, even yet, may not be preserved.
"When I first devoted myself to the public Service, I considered how I should render myself fit for it; and this I did by endeavouring to discover what it was, that gave this Country the Rank it holds in the World; I found that our Prosperity and Dignity arose principally, if not solely, from two Sources; our Constitution & Commerce. Both these I have spared no Study to understand, and no endeavour to Support.
"The distinguishing Part of our Constitution is its Liberty. To preserve that Liberty inviolate seems the particular Duty & proper Trust of a Member of the House of Commons, but the Liberty, the only Liberty I mean, is a Liberty connected with order; that not only exists along with Order and Virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady Government, as in its Substance and vital Principle.
"The other Source of our Power is Commerce, of which you are so large a Part, and which cannot exist, no more than your Liberty, without a Connection with many Virtues. It has ever been a very particular and a very favourite Object of my Study in its principles and its Details. I think many here are acquainted with the Truth of what I say. This I know, that I have ever had my House open, and my poor Services ready for Traders and Manufacturers of every Denomination. My favourite Ambition is to have those Services acknowledged. I now appear before you to make Trial whether my earnest Endeavours have been so wholly oppressed by the Weakness of my Abilities, as to be rendered insignificant in the Eyes of a great trading City; or whether you choose to give a Weight to humble Abilities, for the Sake of the honest Exertions with which they are accompanied. This is my Trial to Day. My Industry is not on Trial; of my Industry I am sure, as far as my Constitution of Mind and Body admitted.
"When I was invited by many respectable Merchants, Freeholders, and Freemen of this City, to offer them my Services, I had just received the honor of an Election at another Place, at a very great Distance from this. I immediately opened the Matter to those of my worthy Constituents, who were with me, & they unanimously advised me not to decline it; that they had elected me with a View to the Public Service; and that as great Questions relative to our Commerce & Colonies were imminent, that in such Matters I might derive Authority and Support from the Representation of this great commercial City; they desired me therefore to set off without Delay, very well persuaded that I never could forget my Obligations to them, or to my Friends for the Choice they had made of me. From that Time to this Instant I have never slept, and if I should have the Honor of being freely chosen by you, I hope I shall be as far from slumbering or sleeping when your Service requires me to be awake, as I have been in coming to offer myself a Candidate for your Favour."
In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, Cambridge Dec. 10, 1774. To the FREEHOLDERS and other Inhabitants of the Towns and Districts of Massach's-Bay. Friends and Brethren,
AT a Time when the good People of this Colony were deprived of their Laws, and the Administration of Justice civil and criminal; when the cruel Oppressions brought on their Capital had stagnated almost all their Commerce; when a standing Army was illegally posted among us for the express Purpose of enforcing Submission to a system of Tyranny; and when the General Court was with the same Design prohibited to sit; we were chosen and empowered by you to assemble and consult upon Measures necessary for our common Safety and Defence.
With much Anxiety for the common Welfare, we have attended this Service; and upon the coolest Deliberation have adopted the Measures recommended to you.
We have still Confidence in the Wisdom, Justice and Goodness of our Sovereign, as well as the Integrity, Humanity and good Sense of the Nation: And if we had a reasonable Expectation that the Truth of Facts would be made known in England, we should entertain the most pleasing Hopes that the Measures concerted by the Colonies, jointly and severally, would procure a full Redress of our Grievances: But we are constrained in Justice to You, to Ourselves and Posterity, to say that the incessant and unrelenting Malice of our Enemies, has been so successful as to fill the Court and Kingdom of Great-Britain with Falshoods and Calumnies concerning us, and to excite the most bitter and groundless Prejudices against us; that the sudden Dissolution of Parliament, and the hasty Summons for a new Election, gives us Reason to apprehend that a Majority of the House of Commons will be again elected under the Influence of an Arbitrary Ministry; and that the general Tenor of our Intelligence from Great-Britain, with the frequent Reinforcements of the Army and Navy at Boston, excites the strongest Jealousy that the System of Colony Administration, so unfriendly to the Protestant Religion, and destructive of American Liberty, is still to be pursued, and attempted with Force to be carried into Execution.
You are placed by Providence in the Post of Honour, because it is a Post of Danger:--And while struggling for the noblest Objects, the Liberties of your Country, the Happiness of Posterity, and Rights of human Nature, the Eyes not only of North-America and the whole British Empire, but of all Europe are upon you:--Let us be therefore altogether solicitous, that no disorderly Behaviour, nothing unbecoming our Characters as Americans, as Citizens, and Christians, be justly chargeable to us.
Whoever with a small Degree of Attention, contemplates the Commerce between Great-Britain and America, will be convinced that a total Stoppage thereof will soon produce in Great-Britain such dangerous Effects, as cannot fail to convince the Ministry, Parliament and People, that it is their Interest and Duty to grant us Relief. Whoever considers the Number of brave Men inhabiting North-America will know, that a general Attention to Military Discipline, must so establish their Rights and Liberties, as under God, to render it impossible for an arbitrary Ministry of Britain to destroy them. These are Facts which our Enemies are apprised of, and if they will not be influenced by Principles of Justice, to alter their cruel Measure towards America, these ought to lead them thereto. They however hope to effect by Stratagem what they may not obtain by Power, and are using Arts, by Assistance of base Scribblers, who undoubtedly receive their Bribes, & by many other Means to raise Doubts and Divisions throughout the Colonies, to defeat their iniquitous Designs. We think it necessary for each Town to be particularly careful strictly to execute the Plans of the Continental and Provincial Congresses; and while it censures its own Individuals, counteracting those Plans, that it be not deceived or diverted from its Duty by Rumours, should any take place, to the Prejudice of other Communities. Your Provincial Congresses we have Reason to hope will hold up the Towels, if any should be so lost as not to act their Parts, and none can doubt that the Continental Congresses will rectify Errors should any take Place in any Colony thro' the Subtlety of our Enemies:--Surely no Arguments can be necessary to excite you to the most strict Adherence to the American Association, since the minutest Deviation in one Colony, especially in this, will probably be misrepresented in the others, to discourage their general Zeal and Perseverance, which however we assure ourselves cannot be effected.
Whilst the British Ministry are suffered with so high a Hand to tyrannize over America, no Part of it we presume can be negligent in guarding against the Ravages threatened by the standing Army now in Boston: these Troops will undoubtedly be employed in Attempts to defeat the Association, which our Enemies cannot but fear will eventually defeat them; and so sanguinary are those our Enemies, as we have Reason to think, so thirsty for the Blood of this innocent People, who are only contending for their Rights; that we should be guilty of the most unparsonable Neglect, should we not apprise you of your Danger, which appears to us imminently great, and ought attentively to be guarded against. The Improvement of the Militia in general in the Art Military has been therefore thought necessary, and strongly recommended by this Congress. We now think that particular Care should be taken by the Towns and Districts in this Colony, that each of the Minute Men not already provided therewith, should be immediately equipped with an effective Fire-Arm, Bayonet, Pouch, Knapsack, Thirty Rounds of Cartridge and Ball, and that they be disciplined three Times a Week, and oftner as Opportunity may offer. To encourage these our worthy Countrymen to obtain the Skill of compleat Soldiers, we recommend it to the Towns and Districts forthwith to pay their own Minute Men a reasonable Consideration for their Services:--And in case of a general Muster, their farther Services must be recompenced by the Province. An Attention to discipline the Militia in general is however by no Means to be neglected.
With the utmost Cheerfulness we assure you of our Determination to stand or fall with the Liberties of America; and while we humbly implore the sovereign Disposer of all, to whose divine Providence the Rights of his Creatures cannot be indifferent, to correct the Errors, and alter the Measures of an infatuated Ministry; We cannot doubt of his Support even in the extreme Difficulties which we all may have to encounter. May all Means devised for our Safety by the general Congresses of America, and Assemblies or Conventions of the Colonies be resolutely executed, and happily succeed; and may this injured People be reinstated in the full exercise of their Rights without the Evils and Devastations of a civil War.
Signed by Order of the Provincial Congress.
JOHN HANCOCK, President.
A true Extract from the Minutes,
BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Secretary.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 1.
Sunday Evening we recieved the melancholy News that Mr. Case's Boat, in going home to Haverstraw, last Friday Night over-set, by which Accident Ten of the Passengers were drowned, among them 4 or 5 Women; 6 'tis said a saved.
Between the Hours of 7 and 8, last Thursday Evening, James De Laney, jr. Esq; between this City and Westchester, was stopped by a Foot Pad, but made his Escape without being robb'd:--The next Evening Mr. Thomas Ash, coming into Town was attack'd by 2 Foot Pads, who robbed him of about 7l. in Cash, his Silver Shoe and Knee Buckles, Surtout Coat, &c.
As soon as the above Intelligence was received in Town, his Worship the Mayor, ordered a Party to go in Search of the Robbers, who the next Day came up with and took them. There Names are John Adams, & Henry Hamilton. William Rudman, has also been taken up since as a Party concern'd.
NEW-LONDON, Dec. 2.
The following melancholy Accident happened at Groton, last Monday. After public Training, Mr. Ebenezer Davis of this Town, in discharging a Musket, it split, when a small Sliver from the Barrel entered his Breast, and killed him instantly. He was about 30 Years old, has left a Widow and 2 Children.
The Town of East-Hampton on Long-Island, have laid a Tax upon the Town sufficient to raise 1000, New York Currency, for the support of the industrious Poor in Boston.
A Subscription is also set on Foot in every Parish in the County of Suffolk, on Long Island, to raise Donations for the same laudable Purpose, a Committee appointed in each Parish to receive the same, and Instructions given to collect Grain, Flax, &c. to send to Boston in March next.
At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Providence on Monday the 21st of last Month, it was voted, that the Sum of 125l. be immediately raised there by a Town Tax, for the Support & Animation of their Brethren at Boston, who are suffering in the common Cause.

Continental Congress continu'd.
NEW-LONDON, July 13, 1774.
AT a meeting of the committee of correspondence for this colony.
The hon. Ebenezer Silliman, Esq; Chairman.
THE hon. Eliphalet Dyer, the hon. William Sam'l Johnson, Erastus Wolcott, Silas Deane & Richard Law, Esq'rs were nominated, pursuant to the act of the hon. house of representatives of the said colony, at their session in May last, either three of which are hereby authorized and impowered in behalf of this colony to attend the general congress of the colonies proposed to be held at Philadelphia on the first day of Sept. next, or at such other time and place as shall be agreed on by the colonies; to consult and advise with the commissioners or committees of the several English colonies in America, on proper measures for advancing the best good of the colonies. signed
Ebenezer Silliman, William Williams, Benjamin Payne, Erastus Wolcott Joseph Trumbull, Samuel H. Parsons, Nathaniel Wales, jr. Silas Deane.
HARTFORD, August 1774.
AT a meeting of the committee of correspondence for this colony.
Erastus Wolcott, Chairman.
THE hon. William Sam'l Johnson, Erastus Wolcott, & Richard Law, Esq'rs nominated by this committee at their meeting at New-London, on the 13th of July last, as persons proper to attend the general congress to be held at Philadelphia on the 1st of Sept. next, as by said appointment, being by reason of previous engagements, and the state of their health unable to attend said congress on behalf of this colony; the hon. Roger Sherman, and Joseph Trumbull, Esq'rs were nominated in the place of the aforesaid gentlemen, as persons proper to attend said congress, in behalf of this colony, either of which are impowered with the hon. Eliphalet Dyer, and Silas Deane, Esq'rs for that purpose, signed William Williams, Benjamin Payne, Joseph Trumbull, Nathaniel Wales, jr. Samuel H. Parsons, & Samuel Bishop.
For New-York.
BY duly certified polls taken by proper persons in seven wards it appears that James Duane, John Jay, Philip Livingston, Isaac Low, and John Alsop, Esq'rs were elected, as delegates for the city and county of New-York, to attend the congress at Philadelphia, the 1st day of Sept. next; and at a meeting of the committees of the several districts in the county of West-Chester, the same gentlemen were appointed to represent that county. Also, by a letter from Jacob Lansing, jr. chairman, in behalf of the committee for Albany, it appears that the city and county had adopted the same for their delegates. By another letter it appears the committees from the several districts in the county of Dutchess, had likewise adopted the same as delegates to represent that county in congress, and
the committees of other towns approve of them as their delegates.
By a writing duly attested, it appears, the county of Suffolk in the colony of New-York, have appointed Col. William Floyd, to represent them at the congress.
For New-Jersey.
TO James Kinsey, William Livingston, John Dehart, Stephen Crane, and Richard Smith, Esq'rs each & every of you.
THE committees appointed by the several counties of the colony of New-Jersey, to nominate deputies to represent the same in the general congress of deputies, from the other colonies in America, convened at the city of New-Brunswick, have nominated & appointed and do hereby nominate and appoint, you and each of you deputies to represent the colony of New-Jersey, in the said general congress. In testimony whereof the chairman of the several committees here met, have hereunto set their hands this 23d day of July in the 14th year of the reign of our sovereign lord GEORGE the third, and in the year of our LORD, 1774. signed
William P. Smith, Jacob Ford, John Moores, Robert Johnson, Robert Field, Robert Friend Price, Peter Zabriskie, Samuel Tucker, Edward Taylor, Hendrick Fisher, Archibald Stewart, Tho's Anderson, Abia Brown, Mark Thompson.
For Pennsylvania.
Extract from Votes of the Assembly, Friday, July 22d, 1774. A. M.
THE committee of the whole house taking into their most serious consideration the unfortunate differences which have long subsisted between G. Britain and her American colonies, and being greatly increased by the operation and effect of divers late acts of the British parliament;
Resolved, N.C.D. That there is an absolute necessity that a congress of deputies from the several colonies be held as soon as conveniently may be, to consult together upon the present unhappy state of the colonies, and to form and adopt a plan for the purposes of obtaining redress of American grievances, ascertaining American rights upon the most solid and constitutional principles, and for establishing that union and harmony between Great Britain and the colonies which is indispensably necessary to the welfare and happiness of both.
Eodem die P. M.
THE house resumed the consideration of the resolve from the committee of the whole house, & after some debate thereon, adopting and confirming the same.
Resolved, N.C.D. That the hon. Joseph Galloway, Speaker, Samuel Rhoads, Thomas Mifflin, Charles Humphreys, John Morton, George Ross, & Edward Biddle, Esq'rs, be, and they are hereby appointed a committee on the part of this province, for the purposes aforesaid; & that they or any four of them, do meet such committees or delegates from the
other colonies, as have been or may be appointed, either by their respective houses of representatives, or by convention, or by the provincial or colony committee, at such time and place as shall be generally agreed on by such committees.
FOR THE THREE COUNTIES.
Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, ON DELAWARE.
THE representatives of the freemen of the Government of the counties of Newcastle, Kent, & Sussex, on Delaware, met at Newcastle, in pursuance of circular letters from the speaker of the house, who was requested to forward the same to the several members of Assembly, by the committees of correspondence, for the several counties aforesaid, chosen & appointed for that, among other purposes by the freeholders and freemen of the said counties respectively: and having chosen a chairman and read the resolves of the said respective counties and sundry letters from the committees of correspondence along the continent, they unanimously entered into the following resolution, viz.
WE the representatives aforesaid by virtue of the power delegated to us as aforesaid, taking into our most serious consideration the several acts of the British parliament, for restraining manufactures in his Majesty's colonies and plantations in North-America---for taking away the property of the colonists without their participation or consent---for the introduction of the arbitrary powers of excise into the customs here....for the making all revenue excises liable without jury, and under the decision of a single dependant judge....for the trial in England of persons accused of capital crimes committed in the colonies....for the shutting up the port of Boston....for new modelling the government of the Massachusetts Bay, and the operation of the same on the property, liberty, and lives of the colonists, & also considering that the most eligible mode of determining upon the premises, and of endeavouring to procure relief & redress of our grievances would have been by us assembled in a legislative capacity, but as the house had adjourned to the thirtieth day of Sept. next, and it is not to be expected that his honor the Governor, would call us by writs of summons on this occasion, having refused to do the like in his other province of Pennsylvania; the next most proper method of answering the expectations and desires of our constituents and of contributing our aid to the general cause of America, is to appoint commissioners or deputies in behalf of the people of this government, to meet and act with those appointed by the other Provinces in general congress: and we do therefore unanimously nominate and appoint Cæsar Rodney, Tho's M'Kean, & George Read, Esq'rs or any two of them deputies on the part and behalf of this government in a general continental congress, proposed to be held at the city of Philadelphia, on the

first monday in Sept. next, or at any other time & place that may be generally agreed on, then and there to consult, & advise with the deputies from the other colonies, and to determine upon all such prudent, and lawful measures as may be judged most expedient for the colonies, immediately and unitedly to adopt in order to obtain relief for an oppressed people, and the redress of our general grievances.
signed by order of the convention, Cæsar Rodney, chairman. [To be continued.]
Richard Champney,
INFORMS his good Customers and others, that in Addition to his former Assortment he has opened for Sale a great Variety of Fall GOODS, which were imported before the 1st day of Dec. which he will sell at his Shop in Queen-Street, as low as can be purchased in any Shop in Town.
BAIZES of all Widths and Colours, scarlet & other colour'd Broad-Cloths, Ratteens, Yorkshire Planes, Duffel Blanketts, Kilmar-nock Caps, striped Swanskin, Sarges, Shalloons and Trimmings of all colours, Lambkins for Surtout Coats, Ravens Duck, Flannels, strip'd and plain Camblets, Cambletens, fine Tabarets, Miffinets, Brilliants, Denmark Lustres, Poplins, Irish Linnens of all Widths, fine and coarse Checks, Dutch Laces, Taffities and Taffity-Perfians, Yard wide Allamodes, Snail-Trimnings, Variety of Ribbands, Sarsenets, Pins, Needles, worsted Caps, green mock-velvet ditto, 20d. 10d. 6d. and 2d. Nails, Powder, Shot, Lead, Gun-Flints, Indigo, all kinds Spices, Snuff by the Bottle or Doz. long and short Whalebone, Florence and Cask Oil, Raisins by the Cask, Sieves by the Doz, Coffee, Chocolate, Loaf and Brown Sugar, Cotton-Wool, Barcelony and Spittlefields black Handkerchiefs, West-India and N.-England Rum, by the Hoghead or Barrel, Molasses by the Hoghead, a few C. Ship Bread, choice clear Pork, warranted of best Quality, Cod & Scale Fish by the Quantity or Retail; Tin Ware made and sold by Wholesale or Retail at the cheapest Rate; fresh Lisbon Lemmons, by the Hundred or Doz. Scotch Pigtail Tobacco.
CHOICE MOLASSES for Retailers, by the Hoghead, Barrel, or less Quantity, TO BE SOLD, By Samuel Gardner,
At his Store on Spring-Hill. Also, An Assortment of IRON HOLLOW WARE, Among which are, Coolers, Dish Kettles, Cart Boxes, large and small Tea-Kettles, two Quart, one Quart, and Pint Skellets; large and small Hand Pots, Hand Kettles; large and small Spiders; large and small Stew-Pans with and without Covers, &c.— Said Gardner would engage to supply Shop-Keepers, Traders and others, with IRON WARE, in large or small Quantities, on the most advantageous Terms. He has also to sell, a Parcel of Leather BREECHES.—The aforesaid Articles may be bought very cheap for ready Money.
TO BE SOLD, By John Moore,
At the SHOP or STORE where JACOB SHEAFE formerly kept, near the Long Wharfe, Portsmouth,
A Large Assortment of Paper Hangings, Whips, Mens Hatts, Stockings, Carpeting, Holland Tyles for Chimnies,—Pails, Wood Boxes, Corn-Measures, JACOB'S LAW DICTIONARY. Onions, &c. Good Allowance made to those that purchase to sell again.
Also, Wants Employment a middle aged Man to be as a Clerk, who writes well, understands Accounts and Book-keeping, &c.—Would be willing to go abroad as Supercargo to the West-Indies, Old-England, or to any other Parts, as wanted, and agreed on. Apply at said Shop.
TO BE SOLD on board the Sloop Orley, WILLIAM FROST, Master, laying at the Long Wharfe, Portsmouth, the following Articles, viz. Choice Connecticut CYDER, PORK, FLOUR, SHIP-BREAD, RYE, and a few Barrels of BEEF; which will be sold cheap for CASH, as he intends to sail sometime next Week.
Imported in the last SHIPS from LONDON, And TO BE SOLD
By John M c Master,
ON SPRING-HILL, PORTSMOUTH,
A Large Assortment of English and Scotch Goods, suitable for all Seasons, which will be sold by Wholesale and Retail, on such Terms as must appear reasonable to every Judge of the different Articles.—A large Assortment of new-fashioned SILKS, plain, flowered and brocaded—Irish LINNENS of all Wedths.—Broad CLOTHS, from 5s. to 28s Lawful Money per Yard.—Guns; Felt and Castor HATS of most Sorts—and a large Assortment of Silver WATCHES.—with many other Articles too tedious to mention.
N. B. To be sold at the above STORE, a large Assortment of RIBBONS, at the Sterling Cost, with Charges.
CASH given for FLAXSEED, at the above SHOP.
§ Fitz-William. §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Town of FITZ WILLIAM, in the County of Cheshire, and Province of New Hampshire, at a legal Meeting of said Proprietors held on the thirteenth Day of April 1774, at Fitz-William, voted Four shillings to be raised on each Lot liable to pay Proprietors Taxes in said Town; and I have received a Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Proprietors Assessors to collect the same, with an additional TAX formerly voted by said Proprietors, to pay the Minister's yearly Salary of five Shillings and three Pence one Farthing; I do hereby notify the Proprietors of Fitz-William to pay the above said Taxes it being nine Shillings and three Pence one Farthing in the whole, to me the Subscriber on or before the first Tuesday in January next at my House in Fitz-William, or their Lands will be advertised for sale as the Law directs. Dated at Fitz-William the 5th Day of December 1774. Celeb Winch Collector.
[—RUNAWAY BOY—]
RUNAWAY from his Master Mr. Jonathan Collings of Scarborough, an Apprentice named James Coalbroth, a thick well set Fellow about 18 Years of Age, short light Hair. Had on light colour'd Clothes. Whoever shall apprehend said Runaway, and convey him to his Master at Scarborough, shall have three Dollars Reward and no Charges paid by Jonathan Collings. Scarborough Nov. 19. 1774.
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE, On the First Monday in January next, at the Dwelling House of the late Mr. Samuel Clarke, deceas'd, in Lee, in the County of Strafford,
All the Household Furniture, and other Moveables belonging to the Estate of the said deceas'd.—They will be sold by PAUL GILES, Administrator to said Estate; the Sale to begin at ten o'Clock before Noon. Conditions of Sale to be known at Time and Place of Sale. PAUL GILES, Administrator. Lee, December 12, 1774.
FALMOUTH Nov. 29, 1774.
STOLEN last Night, from the Subscriber's Store in said Falmouth, sundry Goods, among which are several Pair Womens fattia Shoes—a few reading or burning Glasses—some Penknives, Locks, Chizzels, and coloured Thread.—If any Person will discover or apprehend the Thief, so that he may be brought to Conviction, he shall have a Reward of TWENTY DOLLARS paid him by SAMUEL FREEMAN. It is hoped that Pedlars will (at all Times) be taken due Care of.
LOST the beginning of November last, a white Leather PURSE, in Portsmouth, with some Dollars and small Pieces of Silver in it, and a Pair of Temple Spectacles. Whoever finds them, and will bring them to the Printer, shall have two Dollars Reward.
WARRANTED
Choice French Indigo, Lambs and Sheeps Wool, By the Dozen, or smaller Quantity—To be Sold By JOSEPH BASS in Portsmouth.
§ Chichester. §
Rocking. THE Proprietors of CHICHESTER, are hereby Notified, to meet at the House of Lieutenant Jonathan Leavitt, Innholder in Hampton, on Tuesday the 20th Day of December next, at One o'Clock Afternoon.—1. To chuse a Moderator.—2. To see if said Proprietors will commence an Action of Ejectment or other real Action against the Proprietors of Barnstead or any claiming under them for entering upon any Lands within the Bounds of Chichester, in order to ascertain and settle the Lines between Chichester and Barnstead; and whether they will raise Money for such Purpose.—3 To see if the Proprietors will vote and empower one or more Agents for settling the Bounds between Chichester and Barnstead by Action or otherwise, as they may judge proper—and to vote on all other Matters or things they may then think necessary. Nov. 29, 1774. By Order of the Select Men, JOHN MOULTON, Proprietors Clerk.
§ Leavitts-Town. §
NOTICE is hereby given to the Proprietors of Leavitts Town, that their Rights or Shares of Land are offered to the Amount of Five Dollars on a Right, and that unless they pay the same to me the Subscriber by the First of January next, at my Dwelling House in North Hampton, their Rights of Land will be advertised for Sale at public Vendue in the New Hampshire Gazette, as the Law directs. JOHN DEARBORN, Collector. North Hampton, December 7th, 1774. Strefford. J. Rochester, 30th November 1774.
§ Rochester. §
WHEREAS many of the Proprietors and Owners of Lands in Rochester, are delinquent in part or the whole of the Tax on said Lands for the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, laid by an Act of Court, therefore unless the Tax is paid by or in Behalf of the Owners of said Lands to me 20th Day of December next (which is One half Penny per Acre per Annum) their Lands will be immediately advertised for Sale, as the Law directs, By JONATHAN DAME.
ALL PERSONS that have any DEMANDS against the Estate of SATCHEL CLARKE, late of Stratham, deceas'd intestate, are once more desired to bring in their Demands against said Estate, on or before the last Wednesday of December next, in order that the same may be speedily paid. JOHN CLARKE, Administrator. Portsmouth Dec. 1, 1774.
Stolen in Wells the 29th of Nov.
Last, a dark brown, almost black MARE, about seven Years old, trots and paces well; had on a new set of Shoes, a Pe'm on one Eye, has been galled on one Shoulder and Thigh, where the Marks may be seen; the Property of Paul Dudley Woodbridge of York—Whoever will apprehend the THIEF, and secure him, so as he may receive his Desert, and the MARE returned, shall have Ten Dollars Reward, or the Mare without Thief, shall have two Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by Paul Dudley Woodbridge.
GEORGE GAINS
Has for Sale a HOUSE 2 Stories high, with a Gambrel Roof, with a small Garden fronting on a good Street, not far from his Estate. Also COFFIN FURNITURE of all Sorts, to be sold by him as usual.
TO BE LET A very convenient Dwelling House,
Fronting on King Street, commodious for a large Family especially if in Trade, with a good Stable, &c. For further Particulars, enquire of GEORGE GAINS
Ten Dollars Reward
Is offered to any Person who will apprehend and secure either James Danerley, Thomas Clarke, Joseph Kelly, Jonathan Fisk, or Mary Foster, who broke out of His Majesty's Goal in Amherst, in the County of Hillsborough, in the Province of New Hampshire, on the Night of the 15th of last Month, provided they are reconveyed to His Majesty's Goal in said Amherst; the said Persons have been particularly already described in an Advertisement in this Paper. BENJAMIN WHITING, Sheriff of said County, will pay the above Reward.
L O S T
Last Saturday Night, A Moses BOAT 14 Feet long, between Cape Ann and Portsmouth Harbour.—Whoever will take up said Boat, and bring her to Portsmouth, shall be well rewarded for their Trouble, Enquire of the Printer. Portsmouth, Dec. 8.
THE Subscriber do hereby forewarn any Person or Persons to trust Priscilla Bickford my Wife, to the Value of one shilling old tenor on my Account, solemnly protesting that I will not pay any Debt whatever that shall be contracted by her. Moses Bickford of Rochester.

IN PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.
Cambridge, Dec. 1. 1774.
WHEREAS by the rigorous operation of the Boston Port Bill, the Metropolis of this Province and the neighbouring Town of Charlestown have been brought into a most distressful State, many of the Inhabitants being deprived of their Subsistence, and reduced to the cruel Alternative of quitting their Habitations, or perishing in them by famine, if they had not been supported by the free and generous Contributions of our Sister Colonies, even from the remotest Parts of this Continent.
Resolved , That the grateful Acknowledgements of this Congress be returned to the several Colonies for having so deeply interested themselves in Behalf of said Towns under their present Sufferings in the common Cause; and that the Congress consider their Donations not only as unexampled Acts of Benevolence to this Province in general, which has also greatly suffered, and of Charity to those Towns in particular, but as convincing Proofs of the firm Attachment of all the Colonies to the glorious cause of Liberty, and of their fixed Determination to support them in the noble stand they are now making for the Liberties of themselves and of all America.
Signed by Order of the Provincial CONGRESS, JOHN HANCOCK, President.
IN PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, Cambridge, December 5. 1774.
RESOLVED , That the Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia on the 5th of Sept. last, and reported by the Hon. Delegates from this Colony, have with the Deliberation due to their high Importance been considered by us, and the American Bill of Rights therein contained, appears to be formed with the greatest Ability & Judgment; to be founded on the immutable Laws of Nature & Reason, the Principles of the English Constitution, and respective Charters and Constitutions of the Colonies; and to be worthy of their most vigorous Support, as essentially necessary to Liberty. Likewise the ruinous and iniquitous Measures, which in violation of these RIGHTS at present convulse and threaten Destruction to America, appear to be clearly pointed out, and judicious Plans adopted for defeating them.
Resolved , That the most grateful Acknowledgements are due to the truly honorable and patriotic Members of the Continental Congress, for their wise and able Exertions in the Cause of American Liberty: And this Congress in their own Names, and in Behalf of this Colony, do hereby with the utmost Sincerity express the same.
Resolved , That the Hon. JOHN HANCOCK, Hon'ble THOMAS CUSHING, Esq's Mr. SAMUEL ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, and ROBERT TREAT PAINE, Esq's; or any three of them, be, and they hereby are appointed and authorized to represent this Colony, on the 10th of May next, or sooner if necessary, at the American Congress to be held at Philadelphia; with full Power with the Delegates from the other American Colonies, to concert, agree upon, direct and order such farther Measures, as shall to them appear to be best calculated for the Recovery and Establishment of American Rights & Liberties, and for the restoring Harmony between Great-Britain and the Colonies.
And whereas it is of the utmost Importance that the salutary Association of the Continental Congress be effectually executed; and the Plans of Foes to America defeated, who, aided by a Tyrannical Power, intend to import Goods, Wares and Merchandise prohibited by the Association, which may clandestinely be vend as Goods imported before the 1st of Dec. Instant, by Assistance of such Merchants & Traders as to this Intent shall basely prostitute themselves; and it will be extremely difficult to distinguish between Goods imported before the said 1st of Dec. and such as after said Day shall, in Violation of the Association, be imported and secretly dispersed throughout the Colony;
And whereas it is expressly recommended by the Continental Congress "to the Provincial Conventions, and to the Committees in the respective Colonies, to establish such farthe Regulations as they may think proper, for carrying into Execution their Association."
Resolved , That from and after the 10th Day of Octo. next, it will be indispensably necessary that all Goods, Wares or Merchandise, directly or indirectly imported from Great-Britain, or Ireland, Molasses, Syrups, Paroles, Coffee or Picmento, from the British Plantations, or from Dominica; Wines from Madeira or the Western Islands, and foreign Indigo, should cease to be sold or purchased in this Colony, notwithstanding they have been imported before the 1st Day of Dec. aforesaid; unless the Acts and Parts of Acts of Parliament (particularly enumerated in a Paragraph of the American Congress Association subsequent to the 14th Article) shall be then repealed. And it is hereby strongly recommended to the Inhabitants of the Towns and Districts in the Colony that from & after the said 10th of Octo. they cease to sell or purchase, and prevent from being exposed to Sale, within their respective Limits, any Goods, Wares, Merchandise, &c. above enumerated, which shall at any time have been imported into America, whether before or after the first of December aforesaid; unless said Acts of Parliament shall be then Repealed.
And it is likewise strongly recommended to the Committees of Inspection (which ought immediately to be chosen, agreeably to the said Association, by each Town and District in the Colony, not having already appointed such Committees) that they exert themselves in causing the Association as thereby directed, to be strictly executed. And that after the said 10th Day of Octo. (unless the Acts of Parliament aforesaid are repealed!) they apply to all the Merchants and Traders in their respective Towns & Districts, and take a full Inventory of all the Goods, Wares & Merchandise aforesaid in their Possession, whether they shall have been imported before or after the 1st of Dec. aforesaid; requiring them to offer no more for Sale, until said Acts shall be repealed, and if any Merchant, Trader or others, shall refuse to have an Inventory taken, or shall offer for Sale after the said 10th of Octo. any such Goods, Wares or Merchandise: It is expressly recommended to the Committees aforesaid, that they take the Goods into their Possession to be stored at the Risk of the proper Owners until the Repeal of the Acts aforesaid, and publish the Names of such refractory Merchants, Traders or Purchasers, that they may meet with the Merits of Enemies to their Country. And the Towns and Districts throughout the Province are also advised, that they by no Means fail vigorously to assist and support their Committees, in discharging this as well as the other Duties of their Office, and to cause this Resolution to be executed by every Measure which they shall think necessary.
Signed by Order of the Provincial CONGRESS. JOHN HANCOCK, President.
A true Extract from the Minutes,
BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Sec'y.
BOSTON Dec. 12.
Several Parcels of Sheep, which were on the Point of being shipped from Rhode Island, were stopped last Week, in Compliance with the Association of the Congress; some of the Sheep were on board.
We learn from undoubted Authority, that Lord Dartmouth, Secretary of State, has wrote a Letter to the Governors upon this Continent, informing them that his Majesty has the't fit by his Order in Council dat. the 19th of Octo. to prohibit the Exportation from Great-Britain of Gun-Powder or any Sort of Arms or Ammunition; and has signified to them his Majesty's Command that they do take the most effectual Measures for arresting, detaining & securing any Gun-Powder, or any Sort of Arms or Ammunition, which may be attempted to be imported into the Province over which they respectively preside, unless the Master of the Ship, having such Military Stores on board, shall produce a Licence from his Majesty or the Privy Council for the Exportation of the same from some of the Ports of Great Britain.
We hear the Glasgow Man of War, from Halifax, is ashore on the Rocks near the Light-House.
On Saturday last, the Provincial Congress at Cambridge, having finished the Business necessary to be immediately dispatched, dissolved themselves:---Previous to which they passed the following Resolve.
"THAT it be and it is hereby earnestly recommended to the several Towns and Districts in this Province that each of them do forthwith elect & depute as many Members as to them shall seem necessary and expedient to represent them in a Provincial Congress to be held at Cambridge on the 1st Day of Feb. next ensuing, to be chosen by such only as are qualified by Law to Vote for Representatives in the General Assembly, and to be continued by Adjournment as they shall Cause until the Tuesday next preceding the last Wednesday in May next and no longer, to consult, deliberate, and resolve upon such further Measures, as, under God, shall be effectual to save this People from impending Ruin, and to secure those inestimable Liberties derived from our Ancestors, and which it is our Duty to preserve for Posterity."
Since our last arrived here from England the Asia Man of War of 74 Guns, and the Boyne of 70; the former with 500 Marines on board, which are this Week to land and go into Barracks, that are preparing for their Reception.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.
Extra of a Letter from Williamburg, Nov. 12.
"The Virginians are very warm in the American Cause.----- Capt. Easton of the Virginian arrived a few Days ago at York, who had Two Chests of Tea on board: The Committee of that County had a Meeting, and determined that the Tea should be destroyed, and the Ship to depart the Country for London, in 20 Days, without taking any Thing on board.---The Tea was accordingly hove overboard; and I make no Doubt but the Ship will be obliged to return to London in Ballast."
From a London Paper, of Sept. 15.
I HAVE hitherto, though strongly tempted, abstained from Writing in the public Papers upon the subject of Engl sh Liberties, because I plainly see that the Inhabitants of this Country are ripe for Slavery, and that even the Pen of a JUNIUS is incapable of inciting them to a proper Exertion of their legal Powers in support of their invaluable Rights. My present Effort to rouse them is the Effort of Despair. A future Age will certainly be astonished at the Tameness with which the insatuated People of England have suffered themselves to be deprived of those constitutional Bulwarks, which were erected by their patriotic Ancestors, as guards against the Encroachments of arbitrary Power.
The Loss of these has already been deplored, and Slender is our Hope of their Recovery.
It is my present Purpose to hold forth an Image of that further Despotism which we are doomed to submit to, as it is delineated in that horrible Act of the late Session of Parliament, intitled,--- An Act for the better regulating the Government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
According to this Act, the Governor may appoint the Judges of the inferior Courts of common Pleas and of Oyer and terminer, and remove them at his Pleasure.
In England the King appoints the Judges of the Court of common Pleas, and at present they may not be removed, unless by Address of both Houses of Parliament.
According to this Act, the King, contrary to the late Practice in the Province, nominates all the Members of the Council.
The Governor is also authorized to appoint the SHERIFF without the consent of Council; and, with the consent of the said Council, has a Power of removing him when he pleases.
In England the SHERIFF is nominated by the King, but at present is not removable at Pleasure.
According to this Act, the Governor may, without consent of Council, appoint the chief Justice & Judges of the Superior Court of the Province; and the King under his sign Manual, may remove him at his Pleasure.
In England, the King appoints the chief Justice and Judges of the Court of King's Bench; but at present they may not be removed, unless by Address of both Houses of Parliament.*
The Act also provides that in all causes Jurors, contrary to the former Usage, shall be nominated and returned only by the Sheriffs.
Let us now state the Case of an Englishman living under such a Constitution as the preceding, and by his general Deportment become obnoxious to the ruling Powers.
After what we have seen attempted in the case of Mr. Wilkes, it is not incredible to suppose that a Scheme should be laid for his Destruction.
The Persons who compose the Administration of the Day command the Sheriff to nominate and return such Jurors as may be depended upon in their Work of Blood.
The Sheriff refuses; but after a few Changes a Sheriff is found who engages to be obsequious to their Will.
An honest Judge, who by some Mistake, has been admitted into Office, gives a proper Caution to the Jury, and the Culprit is acquitted.
A more obsequious Judge is substituted in his Place. The next Attempt succeeds. A Jury, packed by a Sheriff, removable at Pleasure, and directed by a Judge under the same Circumstances, finds any given Culprit guilty of any given Crime.
If this be a just Representation of the Case, and I defy any the most profligate of the -----'s Friends to contradict me, how precarious is the Tenure by which every Englishman, residing in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, holds his Liberty and Life!
The Inhabitants of this Island behold the unworthy Scene without Emotion!-----
* This Security for our Liberties was affected at the Revolution: before that auspicious Era, all the Judges of England were removable at the Pleasure of the Crown. Many have been taught to suppose that we are indebted to the present King for this Alteration in Favour of Liberty, but they have been deceived; the Act passed at his Instance at the Commencement of his Reign, was only an Act to enable the Judges to keep their Places in case of a Demise of the Crown, i. e. An Act which prohibits their Removal at that Moment when the Prince, because newly seated in the Throne, is most disposed to listen to the Voice of his People.
PORTSMOUTH.
WHEREAS the GRAND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS have recommended the INCREASE OF SHEEP, it is earnestly desir'd, that our BRETHREN in the Country will in future kill only their very FAT SHEEP, and will likewise use all Means in their Power to preserve and increase their FLOCKS. And it is also hoped that the INHABITANTS of this Town will not encourage a MARKET for MUTTON of a different Kind.
We hear the People in this Province, thinking the POWDER at New-Castle, not safe, have removed it to a Place of more security: Mr. PRINTER,
I should be glad you would insert the following in your useful Paper, You'll oblige your Humble Servant THOMAS THOMPSON.
I AM an entire Stranger to many Laws of this Country, and therefore would be much obliged to some of your Correspondents, to consider the following Bill of Costs, and inform me what Part of those Charges (as I suppose they are just) goes to the Poor of the Town. A Mate in my Employ Mr. W. Swan, as I am hereafter taught to believe, transgressed the Sabbath by bending four Sails in order to get the Ship ready for Sea. A Gentleman in Town of a tender Conscience, came to me in the public Street & told me, my People had committed a Breach of Sabbath, and he had lodged a Complaint before Samuel Penhallow, Esq; for which Affront in the public Street, I curs'd him very heartily; for which he lodged a Complaint against me for two Oaths and three Curses, as charg'd in the Bill; and against the said Swan for transgressing the Lord's Day: And in order to put me to Expence, (and Money in the Justices and Constables Pockets) summoned nine or ten Witnesses to prove what we never denied. It seems to be a very despotic Way of proceeding in this Country fam'd for Liberty, particularly the Informant, that is chose by the Town to moderate in public Meetings. But in my Case he acted as an Irritator not a Moderator.
N. B. I think I am over-charg'd for swearing, as I did it all at one and the same Time; and therefore cannot be call'd a second Offence. I hope those freeborn Sons that are so nobly contending for Liberty with Great-Britain, will not suffer her to be trampled on here, but teach Justices to know they are not Demi-Gods.
Portsmouth, December 12, 1774.
JUSTICES COURT before SAMUEL PENHALLOW, Esq; Thomas Hart, Gentleman, Complainant. William Swan Respondent. Warrant 3f. Officers Service, Summons and Attendance 13f. Entry and Judment 29f. Filing and Taxing 6d. Nine Subpenas 1s. Fine for Transgression Lord's Day 5f. Pafs'd in Court £. 1 5 4.
Thomas Hart, Gentleman, Complainant. Thomas Thompson, Mariner Respondent. Warrant 3f. Officers Service and Attendance 4f. Entry, &c. 29f. Taxing and Filing 6d. Fine for Cursing and Swearing 16f. Pafs'd in Court. Attest SAMUEL PENHALLOW, J. Peace. £. 1 6 3.
Portsmouth Nov. 16, 1774.
Charge of Publishing, 9f.
Dear Hearts, don't curse & swear, for you see it's very Chargeable.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Piscataqua, Dec. 14.
Inward Entries FROM. Brig Joseph, Jonathan Boardman, Turks-Island. Brig Charming Molly, Ebenezer Recker, st. Kitts. Brig Rainbow, Nathaniel Giddings, Ditto. Schooner Non Pariel, Robert Follet, Antigua. Schooner Pearl, Joseph Dearing, Montserrat. Schooner Sally, Moses Hale, st. Eustatia. Sloop Polly, William Noyes, Martinico.
Clear'd Outwards FOR.
Schooner Greyhound, Abraham Trefethren, Virginia. Schooner Endeavour Richard York, Barbados. Schooner Falmouth, Ephraim Perkins, West-Indies. Sloop Betsey and Polly, James Johnson, Ditto. Sloop Juno, Joseph Harris, Ditto. Brig Live Oak, Hopley Yeaton, Ditto. Snow Marquis of Kildare, George Tufner, Ditto. Ship Nelson, Isaac Nelson, Ditto. Ship Dispatch, Edward Sargent, Ditto. Ship Maria, Elijah Hall, Ditto. Ship Thetis, James Shores, Ditto.
Stolen or Strayed,
From Mr. CALEB BREWSTER's Pasture, a large dark HORSE, with a white Main, sixteen Hands and an half high, — Whoever will bring him to the Printer shall be handsomely Rewarded — Likewise taken from the Corner of a House in Deer Street, a good half Barrel Bra's KETTLE with a large Iron Bail, a Piece broke out the Rim about 5 or 6 inches. Whoever will bring it to the Printer, shall be handsomely Rewarded.
Portsmouth, December 14, 1774.
Just Publish'd, (Price nine pence L. M.) THE WONDER OF WONDERS! Or, the Wonderful Appearance of an Angel, Devil and Ghost,
To a GENTLEMAN in the TOWN of BOSTON, in the Nights of the 14th, 15th, and 16th of October last. Sold by WILLIAM APPLETON in Portsmouth.
A valuable Mare to be shot for, On Monday the 26th of this Instant, at two o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the House of Mr. Thomas Seavy's in Long Lane in Portsmouth. Tickets at 3s. to be had at Mr. Garland's at Rye, and at Mr. Ebenezer Dearing's at Portsmouth.
A PIG came to the House of Mark Loud in Portsmouth about a Fortnight ago — the Owner may have him again, by applying to said Loud.
Relhan Meeting stands adjourn'd to the third Monday in January next, at the House of Capt. Zechariah Foss in Portsmouth, 3 o'clock Afternoon.
Warrantes and Quitclaim Deeds, Justice Writs, Shipping Papers, Bail Bonds, &c. Sold at the Printing Office.