The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-08-12 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the FRESHEST ADVICES Friday Aug. 12, 1774.
Vol. XVIII. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. NO. 929 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
Saturday last arrived at Boston, in 8 Weeks from England, His Majesty's Ship Scarborough, with Dispatches for his Excellency General GAGE; among which are authentic Copies of the two last Acts of Parliament relative to the Massachusetts.
WESTMINSTER, May 20, 1774.
THIS Day his Majesty came to the House of Peers and being in his royal Robes seated on the Throne, with the usual Solemnity, Sir Francis Molineux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, was sent with a Message from his Majesty, to the House of Commons, commanding their Attendance in the House of Peers: The Commons being come thither accordingly, his Majesty was pleased to give the royal Assent to
An Act for the better Regulating the Government of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. And An Act for the impartial Administration of Justice in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
S A L E M, August 9.
THE following is a LIST of GENTLEMEN appointed by His MAJESTY, COUNSELLORS of this Province, agreeable to a late Act of Parliament, viz.
THOMAS OLIVER, Esq; Lieutenant-Governor.
  Thomas Flucker, Esq;  Joseph Green, Esq;    Peter Oliver, Esq;  James Boutineau, Esq;    Foster Hutchinson, Esq;  Andrew Oliver, Esq;    Thomas Hutchinson, Esq;  Josiah Edson, Esq;    Harrison Gray, Esq;  Richard Lechmere, Esq;    Samuel Danforth, Esq;  Joshua Loring, Esq;    John Erving, sen. Esq;  John Worthington, Esq;    James Russell, Esq;  Timothy Paine, Esq;    Timothy Ruggles, Esq;  William Pepperrell, Esq;    Joseph Lee, Esq;  Jeremiah Powell, Esq;    Isaac Winslow, Esq;  Jonathan Simpson, Esq;    Israel Williams, Esq;  John Murray, Esq;    George Watson, Esq;  Daniel Leonard, Esq;    Nat. Ray Thomas, Esq;  Thomas Palmer, Esq;    Timothy Woodbridge, Esq;  Isaac Royall, Esq;    William Vassal, Esq;  Robert Hooper, Esq;    William Browne, Esq;  Abijah Willard, Esq;     John Erving, jun. Esq;  
Yesterday a Number of the above Gentlemen, who reside in this and the neighbouring Towns, met his Excellency the Governor in the Council-Chamber in this Town; when, we hear the following Gentlemen, viz. Foster Hutchinson, John Erving, jun. Harrison Gray, Thomas Oliver, William Pepperrell, Joshua Loring, Thomas Flucker, James Boutineau, and Joseph Lee, Esqrs. were sworn in Members of Council, agreeable to the above Appointment. Some, it is said, declined, or desired Time for Consideration.
It is said the Scarborough has bro't over about 10,000 Sterl. for the Use of his Majesty's Troops on the Boston Expedition.
The 59th Regiment, under the Command of Col. Hamilton, which arrived at Boston last Saturday from Halifax, is, we hear to proceed for this Place, and to encamp on the Neck, at the Eastern Part of the Town.
The Members of the GRAND AMERICAN CONGRESS from this Province (except the Hon. Mr. Bowdoin) are to set out for the City of Philadelphia To-morrow from Boston.----- There is great Reason to hope that the united Wisdom of this Continent, in that august Assembly, will suggest a Plan for settling the present unhappy Disputes between two Parts of a great Empire, to the Honor and Satisfaction of both. Should it fail in this, it is probable that the natural Enemies of the English Nation, while Americans are exercising their martial Genius in Defence of their most important Rights, will improve the Opportunity of sinking Great Britain into the Pit of Slavery which itself has digged for the Colonies.
The Assembly of Pennsylvania have chosen the Honorable Joseph Galloway, Speaker, Samuel Rhodes, Thomas Mifflin, Charles Humphreys, John Morton, George Ross, and Edward Biddle, Esqrs. to attend the General Congress at Philadelphia.
L O N D O N, May 20, 1774.
Mr. FULLER, on the last Reading of the American Bills, said,---"I will now take my Leave of the whole Plan, and will give my Opinion of it.--- You will commence your RUIN from this Day, if you don't repeal that Tax which created all this Disturbance; you will have no Degree of Confidence with the Americans; People won't trust you when your Credit is gone: You may, I dare say, date your RUIN from this Day; and I am sorry to say, that not only this House has fallen into that Error, but the PEOPLE of this Country approve of the Measure. I find the People with for the Measures proposed in the Bill as much as the Majority here; it is not all owing to the JUNTO of a Ministry that these Measures are taken, it is the People at large, who I am sorry to say are misled; they are in an Error, but a short Time will prove the evil Tendency of this Bill.--- I think the Bill before us bears the least Injury of any of the three; but if there ever was a Nation running headlong to its Ruin, it is this."
Colonel BARRE said, "I think it criminal to sit still upon the final Decision of this Question, as I cannot in any Shape approve of this Measure. I think the Persons whom you employ to execute your Laws might have been protected in the Execution of their Duty in a less exceptional Manner than the Bill proposes. Your Army, in that Country, has the casting Voice; and it is dangerous to put any more Power into their Hands.--- Consider how long they will be content with 4d. a Day; I am afraid not long. You have had one Meeting already, you may soon have another; the People of America will receive these Regulations as Edicts from an ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT.
The heaviest Offence they have been guilty of is, that they have resisted that Law which bears such a Cost. I want to know if we, in this Country, had not resisted such arbitrary Laws in ancient Times, whether we should have existed as a House of Commons here this Day? I object much against the Doctrine which I have heard laid down, that the particular Exigency of the Case countenanced the Measure. I do not apprehend the Americans will abandon their Principles; for if they submit, they are SLAVES: I therefore execrate the present Measure in Manner proposed."
May 23. Many Reports having been propagated with respect to the hostile Intentions of the young French King, we can with Pleasure assure the Public, that all the Letters from Paris declare he has given the strongest Assurances to all the foreign Ministers who have condoled him on the Death of his Grand Father, of persevering in the pacific System which prevails in Europe, and repeatedly expressed his Wishes to accommodate Matters between the Court of Petersburg and the Porte.
Letters from Paris mention that the Duke de Choiseul had returned from his Exile in the Country, and paid his Compliments to the new Monarch, but was very coolly received, from which it is supposed the old Ministry have had Address enough to recommend themselves to the Favour of the young King, and will continue in their several Departments.
The Troops, Fleet, and other Expences incurred by the violent Measures taken with respect to America, will occasion such Expences, that it will be necessary to make a short Prorogation: This will make another Session; in which a Shilling more may be granted on Land Tax; which Grant may pass and the second Session be over before the End of July.
During the Debates in the upper Assembly, on the second Reading of the Bill for the more impartial Administration of Justice in Massachusetts Bay, the Duke of Richmond was very severe on Lord Rochford; on Account of his Change of Principles since his protesting against the Stamp-Act. His Lordship at first did not recollect the Circumstance; but the noble Duke turned to the Journals, ascertained it; apologizing for his Lordship at the same Time, by saying, "a Change of situation not only often produced a Change of Sentiments, but the extreme hurry of a public Department as often occasioned a Laple of Memory."
May 24. A few Days ago died at Hagley, in Worcestershire, aged 125 Years, Mr. John Tice, whom many of the People about Hagley considered as more than human, and some have been strongly persuaded he could never die. He met with many Accidents in the Course of his Life, any of which was enough, in the Minds of the People of Hagley, to have finished a Man who was mortal; among the rest about forty Years ago a Tree fell upon him, which broke both his Legs; of this accident he soon recovered, tho' then of the Age of Eighty-Five. About three Years ago, when he was 122, being seized with a fainting Fit, he fell into the Fire, and being a Cripple, he could not help himself out again; but a Person providentially hearing him struggling, and coming in, found both his Legs in the Fire and burnt off almost up to his Knees-----but as luckily they were wooden Legs, having lost his others by the Fall of the Tree forty Years ago, he escaped, to the Amazement of the whole Village.
House of Commons, May 26, 1774.
The Order of the Day for the second reading of the Bill from the Lords, intitled, An Act for making more effectual Provision FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC, in North-America, being Read, a warm Debate ensued, in which both Parties supported their Opinions with great Ability; but the Question being pressed by the Promoters of the Bill, it was at length put, and the House divided, Ayes 105, Noes 29, and the Bill was committed for Tuesday.
Mr. T. Townsend spoke as follows on the Subject: - - - - "Little did I think, that a Country so large as half Europe, and within the Dominions of the Crown of Great-Britain, was going to have the Romish Religion established in it as the Religion of the State. Little did I think, that so many Thousand Men, entitled and born to the Rights of Englishmen, settling on the Faith of the King's Proclamation, should, contrary to that assurance, contrary to every Idea of the constitution, be subjected to French Papists, and French Laws. Little did I think, when the noble Lord opposite to me, assured us, that the Crown Officers in that Country, the Crown Officers over the way, (Solicitor and Attorney-General) the Sages learned in the Law, the first great Law Officer under the Crown in the other House, nay even the Lord President of the Council, had been consulted and turned their closest Attention to this Subject; little did I think, I say, that any Measure like the present could have been the united Result of so many great, wise, grave, & learned Men. Standing as I do, and astonished as I am, I call upon the noble Lord to Answer, and tell to which of those Sages does the Nation, do the Canadians, stand Indebted for this extraordinary Act of Legislation."
Lord North. The honorable Gentleman has put a string of Questions to me which I am in no way able, nor, if I were, should I look upon myself bound to answer. I know not who drew the Bill up. I know not whether it was the great Lawyer or that Noble Lord. All that I know about the Matter is, that it is a Bill from the other House offered to us for our Consideration, and on which the House is at Liberty to form that Opinion best suited to its Wisdom and Judgment. I know further, that very great and uncommon Pains have been taken to form a Bill least liable to Inconvenience or Objection from any Quarter.
Mr. Dunning. I am well warranted in affirming, and do without reserve affirm, that it is a Bill the most pernicious in its Frame, and destructive of the Principles of the Constitution in its tendency, that ever was introduced into this House. What does it do? It appoints a Legislative Council, under the absolute
Controll and Dominion of the Governor; that Governor equally dependent on those in Power here; that Council to be composed of Papists and Frenchmen; and this is the Government and the mode of Legislation which British Subjects and Englishmen are bound implicitly to obey.
Philadelphia, July 18, 1774.
A Correspondent remarks, that, supposing the British Colonies in America to contain Three Millions of Inhabitants, and that each Inhabitant consumes annually only Thirty Shillings Sterling worth of British Goods, the annual amount of the Trade of the Colonies to Great-Britain is four Millions and an half. And when we add the Profits, which she derives from her exchange of British Goods for those of Russia, Holland and East-India, which she sends to America, the Value of our Imports will appear to amount to near one half of the whole Trade of Great-Britain.
The late Turkish Edict of the Northern Governor, demonstrates in the strongest Manner, that nothing will so effectually defeat the Designs of the Ministry, or so speedily procure a Redress of all our Grievances, as a Non Importation and a Non-Consumption Agreement throughout the Colonies.
New-York, July 28, 1774.
Friday last the Brig Matty, Capt. Cochran, arrived here from Greenock, with about 70 Passengers; and we are told that a large Ship, with 300 Passengers more, was to sail from Greenock in about 14 Days after Captain Cochran, for this Port also.
On Monday Evening the 11th of this Instant, departed this Life, at Johnson-Hall, in his 60th Year, to the inexpressible concern of his Family, and the infinite Loss of the Public, particularly at this critical Juncture, the Hon'ble. Sir WILLIAM JOHNSON, Bart. his Majesty's Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and one of the oldest Council of this Province: He had long laboured under a Complication of Disorders, the Consequences of his former Fatigues and severe Services, in the defence of the Country in general, and this Province in particular. Still persisting in the Execution of all his Faculties, and at the Expense of his health, ease, and domestic Concerns, discharging the laborious Duties of a most troublesome and difficult Department, he though much indisposed, attended and transacted Business with the six Nations, who came lately to Johnson-Hall, on Account of the Murders committed by some of the Frontier Inhabitants of Virginia. The Fatigue and Hurry of Spirits occasioned by the Difficulties he found in accommodating the Affairs, at last obliged him to retire to his Room, where he was immediately seized with a violent Attack, which carried him off in an Hour's Time. To Characters so well known Particulars are needless; the impartial Public well know and enjoy the Fruits of his distinguished Services, whilst Crows have experienced his Benevolence and private Bounty; and his united Talents as a Defender and Improver of this Country, will ever preserve his Name amongst the most distinguished personages of the Age he lived in.
His Remains were decently interred in the Church of his own Building at Johnson-Hall, on Wednesday the 13th, attended by upwards of two Thousand People.
Messieurs Philip Livingston, John Alsop, Isaac Low, James Duane, and John Jay, were last Week unanimously elected by the different Wards of this City, as Delegates to represent them and the County at the ensuing Congress, to be held at Philadelphia the 1st of September next. They have publickly express'd their present Opinion to be, that a general Non-Importation Agreement faithfully observed, would prove the most efficacious Means to procure a Redress of our Grievances.
Boston, Aug. 8.
Last Tuesday Morning came to Town from Marblehead, 12 Cart-Loads of good Salt Fish, also a Quantity of Oil, being the generous Donation of our sympathising Brethren of that Place. The above Provisions having been judged by the Revenue Officers not to be "Victuals, * [the Word in the Port-Bill] for the necessary Use and Subsistence of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston," it was therefore not permitted to be brought into this Port 'Coastwise.'---The Benefaction of Rice from South-Carolina, has, since it's Arrival, remained there in the same Predicament; but, we hear, that it is now allowed to be an Article of Food, and not solely of Merchandise, and may be brought in by Water; also that Permission is given for launching the Vessels that are on the Stocks here; which Liberty, for some Time past, has been refused.
* Victuals, signifies any Subsistence or Things necessary to live upon, as Meat and Provisions. See Dict. Arts & Sciences, also Bailey, Johnson, Dyche, Entick, &c. &c. &c.
Since our last arrived here from the Southward, General LEIGH, a Gentleman who has sustained several Important military Trusts, and is a great Friend to American Liberty.
Yesterday arrived the Tamar Man of War from Halifax. Extract of a Letter from one of the first and best of Men in a distant Colony to his Friend in Boston.
"You and your worthy fellow-Sufferers would receive a Glimpse of Joy amid your Distresses to know with what Sympathy the Inhabitants of this Province consider your Case.--- What never happened before, has happened now. The COUNTRY PEOPLE have so exact a Knowledge of Facts and of the Consequences attending a Surrender of the Points now in question, that they are, if possible, more zealous than the CITIZENS who lay in the direct Line of information. Doubt not that every Thing bears a most favourable Aspect."
"May God Almighty bless you, and my beloved Brethren in Boston and Massachusetts-Bay. My Heart is full. The Time will come, I hope, when I may congratulate them on a more stable Security of their Liberty than they ever yet have enjoyed."
"Our COUNTRY PEOPLE appear to me to be very firm. They look to the last Extremity with Spirit. It is right they should---if they will submit their Resentment to the Guidance of Reason."

To the INHABITANTS of the different COLONIES IN AMERICA.
“When Danger is added to the calamity of the Times, he who shall communicate his Sen- timents on public Affairs with Decency and Frankness, merits Attention & Indulgence, if he may not aspire to Approbation or Praise.”
QUINCY.”
A T a Time when a corrupting & design- ing Ministry are making use of every Device to bring you to a Submission to their oppressive and arbitrary Yoke, it behoves every Friend to America to exert his Efforts, be they small or great, for the preservation of his Country from such Acts of Tyranny, as if tamely acquiesced in, must reduce the Freemen of this happy land to a state of Vassalage and Slavery, as perfect and com- plete as any Country ever experienced.
A determined & fixed Resentment to these Measures hath taken Root in the breast of every American, from New-Hampshire to South-Carolina, and the propriety of a Con- gress of Delegates from every Province, ap- pointed by the Representatives, appears to all a Measure most likely to effect the great and salutary Ends, which we so much wish for. As large Committees from the vari- ous Counties of this Province are shortly to meet in this City, to consult and deliberate on the most proper Instructions to be hand- ed to such Delegates, as your Representa- tives may constitute, some Considerations, offered at this Time by an Individual, may not perhaps be deemed improper or imper- tinent.
Much has been said, and you have been repeatedly told, of the absolute necessity of being closely united; you have been cau- tioned and warned of the dreadful Effects of a Dis-union; I again recommend to you, above every other Consideration, an Adher- ence to its Importance.
It is to be lamented, that your Sentiments with regard to the mode of Redress, should continue so various. You are all embarked in the same grand Cause—in the same bark, it is a common cause—the preservation of one is the preservation of all—divided Re- solutions, while they strengthen your En- emies, they will weaken the Efforts of your warmest Advocates. Remember that, in whatever Manner you combat, your whole Strength should not at once be exhausted— your Struggle may be permanent. That Side which can, with the least Detriment, hold out the longest, may be assured in the End of being crowned with Success.—If then you are wise enough to fall on such Measures, as without great Inconvenience you can pursue for a Continuance, you need not fear attaining the Summit of your Wishes. But if, on the contrary, the Measures we ad- opt, should be hasty, inconsiderate & rash, the result of an heated Violence and ungo- vern'd Zeal, there is great danger they may be such, as a British Ministry might take the Advantage of, and diminish the force of the only Mode you have now left to extri- cate your country from its present Difficul- ties.
Reflections have been thrown out in our public Papers by an Author, under the Sig- nature of “A younger Brother,” which seem calculated as well to make Parties and Di- visions among yourselves, as to asperse the Characters of the Merchants in this City, who have, on Occasions heretofore, cheer- fully sacrificed their Interest in support of their Liberties, when rival Ports, on the one hand and on the other, were taking Advan- tage of their public Spirit, and raising For- tunes at the Expence of their Patriotism.— Another Author, or perhaps the same, who calls himself “Anglus Americanus,” with Motives not more praiseworthy than the former, undertakes to abuse disingenuously every Person, who shall recommend Pru- dence and Moderation. These he brands with the Epithet of “worse than tyrannical Invaders of our Rights.” You cannot, my Countrymen, but be convinced of the ex- pediency of great Moderation and Prudence at so critical a Period. Men, who would inculcate different Sentiments, deserve re- buke—but forgive and pity their weakness.
If you observe in some an over-heated
Passion, let it not excite your Animosity. Perswade that Rage to subside, and Reason will take the Helm. Eradicate from your Hearts all Discord, Party or Distinction.— Unite with one Heart, and with one Hand, to recover by your Union, what you have lost for want of it. Plant in your Constitu- tion the Tree of Liberty, “water & nourish it, cherish its Branches.” Destroy everything that would supplant or abuse it. The abuse of Liberty has poisoned the Minds of too many, and has almost established Tyranny upon its Ruins.
In your Struggles, divest not yourselves of that dependance on Great-Britain, which it is your Interest and Happiness to secure and maintain. She is the Guardian of the At- lantic, through which your Fleets must pass and repass, to convey to distant Regions the produce of your Soil, and make such Re- turns as may suit your Interest, convenience or necessity.—In this Ocean have your Fleets been protected, and again may you look with Assurance of protection from the same Hand, whenever a foreign Power may attempt to invade you. The Manceuv- res of one Ministry should not throw you in- to a State of Desperation. You have warm Advocates in the British Senate—by a guar- ded Conduct at the present Juncture, their number will be augmented.
Great-Britain hath constitutionally no yoke even for her Enemies, she surely can have none for her Children in America, who in- herit all the Rights, Privileges and Immu- nities, as if they had been born within the Realm. A Minister hath attempted to de- prive you of this Inheritance. I dare to predict, he will experience the Mortification of a Disappointment, and that the Period of his Fall is near at hand. But then, my Coun- trymen, it requires your deepest Considera- tion, it demands your united Wisdom. One ill judged Step may protract the wished for Reconciliation, render the Event more un- certain, and your Liberties more dangerous. Let your Resolves be such, as no Friend to your Constitution can reasonably object to. If you err, it is better to err through Cau- tion than Temerity. If your Resolves on trial, should appear too precipitate you can- not retract with Honor—if too relaxed, it is easy to add to their Force. This will be an Evidence of the increase of your Love for the Cause.
Some may say that Boston is now suffer- ing in the common cause, and that it is ne- cessary something be immediately done to restore her. What can be done? You would not certainly take up Arms, & oppose Force to Force. You answer by no Means;— neither will you, I hope, enter into such Resolutions, that a Ministry, possessed of a perfect Knowledge of your Situation, would know you cannot abide under. Would an experienced Commander think he had ob- tained an Advantage, when by distressing his Enemies, he had ruined his own Army?
A Non-Importation of British Goods, and a Non-Exportation to Great-Britain and the West-Indies, have been by some proposed, and by some adopted. I fear this Plan has been dictated rather by an heated Zeal, than by approved Reason and Moderation. Be- fore we go so far, I would recommend, as the most firm and prudent Step that can be taken, that as soon as the Congress be con- vened, they unite in a dutiful, firm and spi- rited Address to the Throne, with a Re- monstrance to both Houses of Parliament, and endeavor to obtain a Redress of Griev- ances through that mode, which of all others is the most constitutional, and on that Ac- count most likely to be productive of the accomplishment of your Wishes. First know the Fate of such Address and Remonstrance; and then I should think it worthy your Con- sideration, whether it would not be well that these should be accompanied by circular Letters from the Merchants here, to the Merchants and Manufacturers in the differ- ent Towns and Counties in England, re- questing their Aid and Assistance in the re- dress of our Grievances.—This had a very happy Effect in repealing the Stamp-Act. If these Measures may de- lay the Relief of Boston (which I believe
would not be the Case) let the Colonies raise a Sum to make up her Loss. This will be evincing that we look on the Suf- ferings of that Port, as the suffering of the whole Continent. Many dangerous Con- sequences might ensue your going to too great Lengths at a Time when the English Nation has conceived an Idea of your be- ing in a state of Rebellion.
If the Nation, exasperated at your Con- duct should countenance the Ministry in any persecuting Scheme—what if they should declare you totally independent of her, and withdraw her Protection from you. The Consequence will be, that you must fight your own Battles alone. This would be a Yoke, that neither you nor your Children could endure—It would reduce you to a Si- tuation of all Men the most pitiable. You must then be at the Expence of forming and maintaining an Army and Navy, for the Defence and Security of this wide extended Coast. A Navy not proportioned to your A- bility, but proportioned to the Strength of the most potent maritime Powers in Europe.— This Expence would be more galling and oppressive than submitting to the prerogative of a British Parliament. It indeed you take a short sighted Survey, and limit the Prospect to America, you will see no Cause to dread the Effects of a War; but you are to extend your Views still further—you are to look for the Disturbers of your Tranquility from an- other Quarter. It is against your European Enemies that you must proportion your de- fensive Powers; if they are not formidable enough to oppose, you can expect no Effect from them. Your capital Cities and prin- cipal Towns are situated on navigable Water; poor indeed and defenceless are your Forti- fications; the Ships of War have free Access to them, & give you the Choice, either peace- ably to submit to your Invader, or suffer your stately Piles, reared by your Ancestors, to meet the Conflagration, and be buried un- der their own Ashes. You must then retire into the Wilderness, & live like savage Men with savage Beasts, while your Enemies, Mas- ters of the Coast, would in a little Time be possessed of the inland Country, in spite of every Opposition. Thus would America, if left to herself, and deserted by Great-Britain, fall under some Power, or be divided among the different States in Europe, who would forever be contending for a Superiority and involve this whole Continent in eternal War and Bloodshed. Not long then would your Independence exist.
What if England should give up Canada to the French? This has been urged by a mi- nisterial Writer, as the most sure Method that can be invented, to reduce the other Colonies to a State of Dependence on Great- Britain. We are surrounded on almost every Side by Canada, as Portugal is by Spain, in- habited by your natural Enemies, bound by their Religion to oppose you, whose Perfidy and Treachery you want no instances to e- lucidate,—in alliance with the savage Na- tions, whose Glory and Delight are in hu- man Slaughter. These united would oblige you at a vast Expence, to protect your Fron- tiers from their Hostilities. A Ministry then disposed, taking the Advantage of your in- testine Commotions, might with little Dif- ficulty insult and distress you, lay Taxes on you, and if found not willing to comply, force you to Obedience. The giving up Ca- nada is of great Importance; but, say they, it is better to loose that Part than the Whole, and let a rival Empire raise itself up to de- molish this. Should this not be, and should we continue, by inflammatory Publications and irritating Measures, to instil into the A- mericans a Spirit of Resentment and Disloy- alty against our Parent Country, we may pro- gress so far, that nothing short of a civil War will be the Consequence—The distant Idea of which presents to the View of an A- merican such a Scene of accumulated Horror and Barbarity, that our Hearts, I trust, must revolt at the Possibility of it.
If none of these should be adopted may we venture to consider, that if the Parliament should give up the Right of taxing the Co- lonies for the Purpose of raising a Revenue— should repeal the Tea-Act—restore Boston—

and only claim a Right to the Regulation of Trade—take you upon the Ground you have given up—and tax you on the Principles you have granted them—are you better then than now? Have not your political Writers, with one Voice exclaimed—Place us in the same happy Situation we were in before the Era of the Grenville Administration, then were we happy—contented—free. A mutual Confidence and mutual Love, united us in one firm Bond of Amity and Love.—Our Trade threw—Our Cities flourished—the Interest of the one was the Interest of the other—taught by the kind Indulgence of G. Britain to us, we honored—we loved—we revered—we almost adored her.—But a Monster in the Shape of human Form first invented, first forged Chains for the most loyal and loving Subjects his Majesty had on Earth. Suppose then they take you at your Word—they claim no Privileges to tax you, but what acts, before the Administration of Grenville will give them Precedent for;—will your Situation be one Tittle better than now? You have given them Liberty to prevent the Building a Slitting-Mill; and on these Principles they may tell you, you are not to use a Spinning-Wheel. Can any System be formed to keep you more dependant? An Act laying a Duty on the Productions of foreign Countries, and this Act acknowledged constitutional, gives them a Right to lay Duties on what you send to foreign Countries. An Act laying a Duty on Coffee from our own Islands, and this acknowledged constitutional, gives them a Right to lay Duties on the Flour you send there.—How can you now call in question their Authority to keep them in force? Our Advocates have given up this Right, and the Plaudits bestowed on their Works, have established them as political Creeds, from one End to the other of the Continent.
A Resolution to stop your Exportations to the W. Indies, I could wish to have explain'd. What Security are you to have that Vessels bound to Portugal, may not bear away to the West-India Islands, and what Method can you take to remedy this Evil? Or, if it could be remedied while the Breach between Great-Britain and her Colonies continues so wide, is it not rational to suppose, that they would prohibit your sending Produce to any other Part of the World? So that to stop Exportation to the West-Indies would be to stop all Trade.
A Non-Importation from Great-Britain I would be glad to see suspended, till we hear whether the Remonstrances of our Congress have the desired Effect. The less any Trade is obstructed, the better. It is this Trade, which has enriched us, which has made us flourish, which has raised our Merchants to Oppulence & Independence, raised the landed Interest to its present value, kept up the Price of our Country Produce, brought about a happy intercourse of Exchange for the Toil of the Farmer, made a Demand for Ship-Building, and given a Vent for our Iron. It is a political and mercantile Maxim, "that commerce is that alone by which a Nation supports its Head." Lord Bacon tells you, "If Merchants flourish not, a Kingdom will have empty Veins, and flourish little." Fenelon tells you, "trade alone has made our landed Estates valuable." Beauv tells you, "after all the Machinations and Intrigues of Politics which can be pursued, Experience has and ever will evince, that a tenacious Regard to our commercial Rights has and ever will prove the grand Pillar of a State." Pofflethwait tells you, "Commerce is as necessary to the very Existence of a State, as Rain or Sunshine to a Plant when Nature requires them.—Commerce is that alone by which a Nation is rendered of Consequence, and makes it formidable with foreign Powers.—Commerce alone increases Population, and Empire has ever, & ever will follow it."
I would not my Countrymen, that Trade be carried on at the Hazard of our Liberties. Valuable as Trade is, and however necessary it may be to the Existence of a State, our Rights, our Liberties must be supported. But at present they are indefinite, they are undetermined and unascertained.
A Line must be drawn before it can be trespassed on. The Colonies claim Exemption from Taxation—the Parliament claim the Right. I want the important Contest settled on real constitutional Principles, that we may transmit to our Children Liberties, possessed by an indisputable Title—a Right, which cannot be taken away by Sophistry or by Force.
If Deputies could be appointed by a Congress from the various Colonies, to settle this Matter on the other Side the Water, every Purpose might be answered. This would be a constitutional mode, and the only one to fix it on a lasting Basis, that can be suggested. If you still think some Agreement must be come into, I would recommend a Stoppage of every Article, which pays a Duty either on Importation or Exportation.—It signifies little if the Tea-Act is repealed, while others more destructive continue in Force. And not to import dry Goods, & at the same Time import Articles to establish Precedents of Taxation, when we claim Exemption, is to me highly absurd.
These Hints are submitted to the Consideration of the Public—many others might be urged; but I desist. They are the Sentiments of an Individual, who only prays your Attention to the Magnitude and Consequence of the Case. He assures you he feels himself warmly attached to the Cause; he knows too well the dreadful Calamity of a tame Submission; and if there be any among you, deaf to the Cries of the Watch, and blind to the Danger which impends, he wishes to rouse them from their Supineness, to see and avert the Blow.
Philadelphia July 12, 1774. BRUTUS.
Tyre Iron for Cart-Wheels, To be sold by DANIEL PEIRCE, at his Shop in King-street, where may be had a Good Assortment of ENGLISH and WEST-INDIA GOODS, as cheap as at any Shop in Town.—Also, long and short PIPES by the Dozen,—SIEVES, Sieve Bottoms, and Reims by the Dozen, &c.
Portsmouth, Aug. 4, 1774. TO BE SOLD, near the State-House, in Portsmouth, at the House of Mr. Airmet, PAPER-HANGINGS, fine Carpets, Whips, Men's Hose, Men's Hats, Folio Account-Books, ruled Alphabets, Psalters, Spelling Books, Primers, Copy-Books, Pocket-Books, Writing-Paper and Post dit. Memorandum Books, Slates and Slate-Pencils, Black red and yellow Sealing-Wax, Tipes and Frames for marking of Linnen, &c. by J. MOORE.
§ Gunthwaite. §
Province of New Hampshire, Aug. 1, 1774. PURSUANT to a Vote of the Proprietors of Gunthwaite, authorizing and empowering their Clerk to call a Meeting, upon Application to him, of more than one sixteenth Part of said Proprietors, and such Application being made; the Proprietors are hereby notified and warned to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Wednesday the 31st. Inst. at 4 o'clock P. M. then and there to Act upon the following Matters and Things. 1st. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To receive and settle Accounts from the Treasurer and Collectors. 3. To receive and settle Accounts for cutting out and clearing Roads, and other Services done for the Propriety. 4 To consider of, and agree upon Measures to compleat the Settlement of the Township, according to the Charter. 5. To consider what further Sum may be necessary to be raised by a Tax on the Propriety, and in case any Tax should be levied, to chuse Assessors and Collectors for that Purpose. 6. To consider and determine on some convenient Mode of paying his Majesty's Quit Rents, that now are, or hereafter may become due. 7. To consider of and transact any other Matters that shall be for the Benefit of the Propriety. SAMUEL ROGERS, Pro. Clk.
TO BE SOLD
A HOUSE in good repair, At the South End, opposite Deacon Langdon's, has a good Garden adjoining, in which is a fine Spring, never dry. Very convenient for a Trader or Tradesman. a long Credit, with good Security will be taken. Enquire of the Printer, or Robert Harrod, at said House.
Richard Champney,
Informs his Customers & others,
That he has just open'd a fresh Assortment of most Kinds of English and Hard Ware GOODS, which he will sell at his Shop in Queen Street, as low as can be purchased in any Shop in Town.
—Among which are,—
A Good Assortment of Sarges—Shalons—Buttons, Twist, Buckrams, Sewing Silks, Threads, Tammies, Calamancoes, 3 4ths, 7 8ths, and yard wide Irish Linnens—Callicoes, Chinces, Patches,—A good Assortment of plain and figured Ribbands—Dutch Laces—Black & white plain Gauze—Sattins,—Sarsnetts—Lawn Aprons and Handkerchiefs—plain Lawns and Cambrick—Linnen, Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs—black Barcelona Handkerchiefs pr. Dozen—Bengalls—narrow and wide Bindings—Garterhgs, Pins, Tapes, Combs of all sorts—white, black blone and blond Laces—Silk and Cotton Stay Laces, Cheiveaux de Frize—Tassies, and Tassity Persians—Wide and narrow Allamode,—Fans, Necklaces, lb. Beads,—Black, white color'd, silk & worsted Mitts,—Men's and Women's black and white Lamb Gloves—and all Kinds of Mourning—Testaments, Plalters, Primmers,—All kinds of Spices—Best French Indigo pr Pound—Chinces and Lawns,—Single and double Flint Wine Glasses—Delph Bowls—A great Variety of black, white and yellow Shoe and Knee Buckles—Penknives, Scissars, Cuttoes, Case Knives and Forks—Brass Cocks—A compleat Assortment of Desk Furniture—Chest and Cubbard Locks—Spikes and Nails, Gimblets, Tap Borers, Chests and H Hinges, Bellows, Iron Candlesticks,—Cotton and Hemp Chaulk Lines,—Slates and Pencils—Brass and Leather Ink-Pots—Powder, Shot, and Gun Flints—Raifons, Oatmeal—Snuff by the Bottle—Coffee, Pepper, Allspice, Ginger, Log-Wood, Red-Wood, Allum, Loaf and brown Sugars, Whale Bone, Oil by Flask or Gallon; Cotton-Wool.
At his Store on the Long Wharf, may be had, West-India & New England Rum, Molasses by the Hogshead or Barrel, superfine and common Flour by the Barrel, brown Sugar pr. Barrel—Excellent common and clear Pork pr. Barrel, New-York Gammons—brown Bread pr. Cask, Lemmons pr. Box—All the above Articles by retail at very low Prices for Cash only.—All Kinds of Tin Ware made and sold by wholesale or retail at his Shop.
[ Wilton. ]
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HILLSBOROUGH ss. WHEREAS the Proprietors or Grantees of the Township of No. 2, formerly so called, now WILTON, at their legal Meetings called for that Purpose, on the 26th of August 1761, and the 25th of November, 1761, voted to raise eleven shillings and two Pence sterling Money on each original Right in said Town, to hire preaching; and said Taxes on a Number of Lots in said Town remain unpaid; these are to notify said delinquent Grantees or Owners of said Lots, that so much of their Lands as will pay their proportionable Part of said Taxes, together with incidental Charges, will be exposed to Sale on Wednesday the 24th Day of August next at ten o'clock in the Forenoon, at the House of Mr. Richard Tayler, Innholder in Wilton, unless paid to me before said Day. JOHN CRAM Collector. Wilton July 5, 1774.
ALL Persons Indebted to the Estate of ICHABOD CANNEY, late of Madbury; deceased, are requested to make payment as soon as may be to Moses Canney, the Executor of his last Will: And all to whom said Estate is indebted may call and receive their just Demands. Madbury July 25th, 1774;

BOSTON, August 3. Wednesday 7 o'clock as 11 Persons were crossing a River in New-Stratford in Connecticut, in a Canoe, it overset, by which Accident four of them were unfortunately drowned.
On the 4th ult. a Grenadier, on Centruy behind the Jesuits College in Quebec, shot himself with his own Fuse.
It is said his Majesty has given his royal Assent to the Bill for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec; also to another Bill for the better quartering of Troops in America.
It is likewise said, that more Men of War and Troops are soon expected from England.
His Excellency the Commander in Chief has been pleased to promote the Right Hon. Earl Percy, and Col. Pigott, to the Rank of Brigadier-Generals.
On Saturday arrived here 3 Transports, from Halifax, having on board a Company of Artillery, and the 59th Regiment, under the Command of Lieut. Col. Ocho Hamilton.
Yesterday arrived in this Harbour, the Transports from New-York, having on board his Majesty's Royal Regiment of Welch Fusiliers, under the Command of Col. Barnard. They are to land To-Morrow, and encamp on Fort Hill.
Almost all the Southern Papers are filled with the Proceedings of Counties and Towns, in making Preparation for the continental Congress.
A Letter from a Gentleman at Pownalborough, on Kennebec River, dated the 20th ult. says, "We had on Thursday last a most violent Tempest of Wind, Thunder, Rain & Hail; at Winthrop it demolished whole Acres of the tallest Woods, without leaving a single Tree standing: The Storm was attended with Midnight Darkness, the Ground covered several Inches deep with large forked Hail Stones, and several People had their Crops entirely destroyed."
Another Supply of 350 Barrels of Rice, was ready to be shipped the 11th ult. at Charlestown, South-Carolina, for the Use of the Sufferers in this Town, and may be soon expected.
At a Meeting of the Freeholders & other Inhabitants of the Town of BOSTON, duly qualified & legally warned, in public Town Meeting, assembled at Faneuil Hall on Tuesday the 26th Day of July, Anno Domini, 1774, at Ten o'Clock, Forenoon.
VOTED, That a printed Copy of the following Letter to our Brethren in the several Towns and Districts in the Province be forthwith signed by the Town Clerk, and transmitted by the Committee of Correspondence in the Name and Behalf of this Town.
Friends and Brethren, OUR public Calamities have for a Series of Years been increasing both in Number and Weight. We have endeavoured under all our public Misfortunes to conduct as good Citizens in a COMMON CAUSE. Being stationed by Providence in the front Rank of the Conflict, it hath been our Aim to behave with Vigilance, Activity and Firmness; to warn our Brethren of approaching Danger, to encounter with becoming Spirit the Trials of our Patience, hath been our Aim and our Duty. Our Friends and generous Countrymen have given us Reason to think we have not altogether failed in our honest Endeavours in the way of this Duty.
Two Acts of Parliament, altering the Course of Justice, and annihilating our once free Constitution of Government, are every Day expected.
When we consider the Conduct of our late worthy House of Representatives, relative to our Superior Court Judges and their Impeachment of the Hon. Peter Oliver, Esq; for his accepting a Salary from the Crown in his Office of Chief Justice; & when we consider the uniform Spirit & Conduct of the several Grand Juries thro' the Province, touching the same Grievance, since that Impeachment; we cannot but suppose the aforementioned Acts will bring on a most important and decisive Trial.
You, Gentlemen, our Friends, Countrymen and Benefactors may possibly look towards us at this great Crisis. We trust that we shall not be left of Heaven to do any Thing derogatory to our common Liberties, unworthy the Fame of our Ancestors, or inconsistent with our former Professions and Conduct.
Though surrounded with a large Body of Armed Men (who, having the Sword, have also our Blood in their Hands) we are yet undaunted; we trust in the GOD of our Fathers, & we feel the animating Support of a good Cause; but while suffering a DOUBLE Weight of Oppression, and exasperated by a Military Camp in the very Bowels of our Town, our Minds are not more in a temperature to DELIBERATE than our Bodies in a Situation to MOVE, as the Perils and Exigences of the Times may probably demand.
To you, Gentlemen, our Brethren and dear Companions in the Cause of GOD and our Country, we apply; from you we have received that Countenance and Aid, which have strengthened our Hands, & that Bounty which hath occasioned Smiles on the Face of Distress: To you, therefore, we look for that Wisdom, Advice and EXAMPLE, which giving Strength to our Understanding, and Vigour to our Actions, shall, with the Blessing of GOD, save us from Destruction.
Looking up to Heaven, and, under the divine Direction, to our Brethren in the Country and on the Continent for Aid and Support, and with earnest Prayers for a happy Issue out of our great Troubles.
We are, Your FRIENDS and BRETHREN, THE INHABITANTS OF BOSTON. By Order of the Town.
York July 1, 1774. THIS Day the Remains of THOMAS BRAGDON, Esq; were respectfully interred amid a large Concourse of respectable Persons from this and the neighbouring Towns. He was much improved and very useful, in transacting the common Business of the Town and Parish, where his Prudence, Moderation and sound Judgment, gained him universal Esteem. For about twenty Years at different Times, (and when the Aspect of our public Affairs were dark and difficult) he served as a Member in the General Court, where firmly attached to the Interest of his Country, unawed by Power, unbaised by Parade, Affection or Riches, he gave his Opinion of Men and Measures with an open Plainness, almost peculiar to himself. And what he might be said to want in Elocution, Fancy, Address & Education, were fully supplied by Integrity, Stability, Honesty and good Judgment. Having by Precept and Example in every Station of Life inculcated true Religion and Piety, with Patience and Resignation, fully satisfied with Life, and in a sure and certain Hope of Happiness hereafter, he left this transitory State to the great Grief of his Family and surviving Acquaintance June 28th 1774, in the 73rd Year of his Age.
HARTFORD, (Connecticut) July 26. We hear from New-Milford, that on Wednesday Morning, the 6th Instant Mr. Gaius Talcott, of that Place cut his own Throat with a Razor in such a Manner that he died instantly. He was ab ut 37 Years of Age of a reputable Family---was Grand Son to the late Governor Talcott, and by profession a Quaker.---He has been to Appearance a Man of great Fortitude, and Steadiness of Mind, and his Conduct till that Time had been very exemplary.
He has left a sorrowful Widow, and 2 Children, to mourn for a Husband and a Parent, deprived of Life in the most awful Manner. The Jury of Inquest brought in Suicide, in a state of Lunacy. The Lord in Mercy preserve our Reason, and succour us when tempted.
PORTSMOUTH, August 12.
Last Wednesday Morning Col. NATHANIEL FOLSOM, and Major JOHN SULLIVAN, Esquires, the two Gentlemen appointed on the Part of this Province, for the CONGRESS, set out from their Seats at Exeter and Durham, for Philadelphia. They were escorted as far as the Province Line by 150 Gentlemen, who there took leave, and the Delegates went on in high Spirits, with their Servants only.
MARRIED last Sunday Evening Mr. Benjamin Chadbourn, to Miss Polly Walker, both of this Town.
MARRIED At Hampton, last Saturday, Captain JOHN HAY, to Miss CATHERINE FARNHAM, third Daughter of DANIEL FARNHAM, Esq; of Newbury-Port.
At Falmouth, Samuel Gooding, to the Widow Mary Jones, a Couple, said to be endowed with Qualifications fit to render a Marriage Life happy.
DIED suddenly Mrs. Cullam of this Town.
   CUSTOM HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, Inward Entries FROM.     Sloop Speedwell, Jesse Hoyt, New-Haven.   Schooner Speedwell, Thomas Jones, St. Martins.   Brig Industry, Joseph Newman, Guadaloup.   Brig Two Brothers, William Stickney, St. Lucen.   Brig Charming Molly, Ebenezer Recker, St. Kitts.   Brig Irish Oak, Epes Greenough, Ditto.   Brig Sally, Samuel Andrews, Demerary.   Brig Diana, Jeremiah Pearson, Cadiz.   Schooner Two Friends, Paul Jenkins, Newfoundland.   Schooner Polly, James Tilestone, ditto.   Sloop Sally, John Willis, New-Haven.   Clear'd Outwards   Sloop Orley, Peter Beyea, New-Haven.   Sloop Dove, Samuel Cooklin, New-York.   Brig Land Packet, Joshua Moore, Newfoundland.   Brig Sally, Samuel Andrews, Demerary.   Brig William, Daniel Evans, West-Indies.  
[Fifty DOLLARS Reward.]
TAKEN, stolen, and carried away from the Dwelling-House of the Subscriber on the Night of the ninth of August Instant in GOLD and SILVER, contained in two Bags, viz. one made of Oznabrigs, the other being part of a white Thread Stocking, the Sum of ONE HUNDRED & SIXTY POUNDS Lawful Money. Whoever will apprehend the Thief or Thieves, so that they are convicted and brought to Punishment, shall receive FIFTY DOLLARS as a Reward. SAMUEL PENHALLOW.
Portsmouth, August 10th, 1774.
§ Piermont. §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of Piermont, in the Province of New Hampshire, have been legally notified to pay me several Assessments on their Rights and Lots in said Town, and many of them being yet delinquent in whole or part, such Delinquents are hereby Notified, that so much of their Land in said Town will be sold at public Vendue on the second Monday in September next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, at the House of Captain Zechariah Foss, Innholder in Portsmouth, as will pay said Tax, with incidental Charges. The Names of the delinquent Proprietors with the Sums due are as follows, viz.
   Theod. Atkinson Esq; 3 6 Samuel Greely 3 6   Richard Wibirt, Esq; 2 8 John Goffe Esq; 5 8   Daniel Warner Esq; 3 6 Ezekiel Worthen 5 8   Jos. Newmarch Esq; 2 8 Jonathan Church 5 8   James Nevin Esq; 5 8 Robert Tempie Esq; 6 6   T. Atkinson jr. Esq; 3 6 Timothy Biddle Esq; 3 6   Noth. Barrel Esq; 3 6 George Jeffery Esq; 2 8   Henry Sherburne Esq; 2 8 Wiseman Clegget Esq; 3 6   Wm. Parker Esq; 3 6 Leveret Hubbard Esq; 2 8   T. W. Waldron Esq; 2 8 Thomas Packer Esq; 5 8   Peter Gilman Esq; 3 6 Sam l Wentworth Esq; 6 6   Benjamin Stevens 3 6 Hall Jackson Esq; 3 6   Samuel Barr, Esq; 3 6 Rob t Auchmuy Esq; 2 8   John Page Esq; 3 6 Charles Paxton, Esq; 3 6   Sam l Emerson, Esq; 3 6 M. H. Wentworth Esq; 2 8   Joseph Wright Esq; 3 6 John T. Mason Esq; 2 8   Joseph Blanchard Esq; 3 6 George Levius 6 6  
RICHARD JENNESS, Collector.
Rye, August 10. 1774.
RUNAWAY from me the Subscriber on Monday Morning the 8th of August, a Negro man named Boston, had on a homespun striped Jacket and brown Homespun Breeches, a Pair of Calf Skin Pumps, with large Brass Buckles in them and blue Yarn Stockings. Said Negro is about twenty Eight Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, thickset and well proportioned. Whoever will take up said Runaway, and convey him to me, shall have five Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by me. NOAH RICKER.
All Masters of Vessels and others are hereby forbid to harbour or conceal said Runaway, upon the Pains and Penalties of the Law in such Cases.
Berwick Aug 9, 1774.
Choice Stone Lime
To be sold by JACOB SHEAFE, junr. in Portsmouth.
To be sold, a LOT of Intervail, in New Hopkinton, the Property of the Reverend Dr. HAVEN of Portsmouth. Enquire of the Printer.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Cheshire, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the Proprietors of the Town of Alstead, in said County, that the Vendue for the Sale of Proprietors Lands in said Alstead, at the House of Mr. Oliver Shephard, Innholder in said Alstead, on March the 9th 1774, now stands adjourned to the 13th Day of September next, at Nine o'Clock in the Morning, at the House of said Shephard. July 19, 1774. Abiahm Kingsbury, Collector.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Cheshire, ss. WHEREAS the LOT of Land in Alstead, No 3, in the 3d Range, was adverti'd for Sale to pay the Proprietors TAX, by a Mileage of £ 3 8s, which would have been £ 8 4s. And one Lot and one half more omitted by Reason of the Owner's promising to pay the Taxes on them, viz. the East half of Lot No 4 in the 1st Range; and Lot No 4 in the 3d Range; these are therefore to Notify the Owners of said Lots, that so much of said Lots will be expi'd to Sale at a public Vendue, at the House of Mr. Oliver Shephard, Innholder in Alstead in said County, as will pay the Taxes they are set at, with the incidental Charges, on the 13th Day of September next, at Nine o'Clock in the Morning: The East half of Lot No. 4, in the 1st Range, £ 0 10 Lot No. 4 in the 3d Range, £ 3 8 No 3 in the 3d Range, £ 8 4 ABIAHAM KINGSBURY, Collector. Dated in Alstead, July 18th, 1774.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all PERSONS Indebted to the Estate of ELIZABETH WIBIRD, late of Portsmouth, Widow, deceas'd, to make speedy Payment to the Subscriber, Administrator on said Estate, or they may expect to be sued without further Notice. JOHN PENHALLOW, Administrator. Portsmouth, Aug. 9. 1774.
Wanted, an ingenious Lad, about 14 Years of Age, from the Country, to serve as an APPRENTICE to the PAINTER'S BUSINESS, Enquire at the Printing Office.
Wanted to live in a small Family a SERVANT MAID, who can be well recommended, for which good Wages will be given. N. B. A Country GIRL would be most acceptable. Enquire at the Printing Office.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to the Estate of JOHN ALLEN, late of Kittery, Mariner, deceas'd, are desir'd to settle the same with Furbur Allen, Administrator; and also to receive any Balance that may be due from said Estate, Represented Insolvent. FURBUR ALLEN, Administrator.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Strafford, ss. § Rochester, August 8, 1774. § THE PROPRIETORS or OWNERS of Land in Rochester, that are dispos'd to pay their TAX on said Land in Labour for the Year 1774 on the Roads in said Town, are Notified to meet the Committee at the House of Mr. Daniel Rogers, Innholder in said Town, on the last Tuesday in August, or the first Tuesday in September, or any Day in said Weeks after Tuesdays, at six o'Clock in the Morning each Day, with each Man a good Ax or Hoe---And those not so dispos'd, are desir'd to pay the Money soon to the Subscriber, to prevent their Lands being adverti'd for sale at the Law direEt. By Order of the Committee, JONATHAN DAME, Collector.
The SUBSCRIBER being determined as soon as he can settle his Affairs to remove into the Country, takes this Method to request the Favour of all Persons who have any Accounts open with him to settle the same as soon as possible: And all who are in Arrears for Rates during the time of his being Collector of the same, are desir'd to pay the same immediately, or they will be proceeded against at the Law direEt. GEORGE DAME.
N. B. Said DAME has a very convenient new two Story Dwelling House, with a Barn and Garden, situated near the Market, which he would sell cheap for C A S H. Portsmouth Aug. 1, 1774.