The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-12-09 00:00:00

[THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Vol. XIX. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
FRIDAY December 9, 1774.
No. 946 { Weeks since th's Paper was first Publish'd. }
SALEM, December 6, 1774.
Messrs. Printers, Be pleased to insert in your next Paper the following Extract of a Letter from London, dated October 28th, wrote by one of the first Characters, especially for Knowledge, respecting the national Interest, as connected with that of the American Colonies, and you will oblige ninety-nine in an Hundred of your Readers
Your's &c. A. B. N EVER did I feel myself so anxious about public Affairs as at this Moment. Our own Interest is intimately connected with the Perseverance of our American Brethren in their Opposition to the Tyranny of our Government. Should they continue firm, it will be scarcely possible that they should not succeed in preserving their Liberties; and the Preservation of their Liberty ought to be an Object of the last concern to all in this Country; for it is only among them we can hope to find it after Luxury, Dissipation, a servile Parliament, and an overwhelming Load of Debts and Taxes, have completed its Ruin here,--- I cannot help believing that this will be the last Struggle which America will have with us. If they are now steady, and succeed, they will have no Reason to fear any future Attempts to enslave them. But if they now submit, they will be subjected forever, and the only Nursery of Freemen now in the World will be lost. May Heaven Avert such a Calamity!--- I can't indeed imagine a State of worse Slavery than that in which the Colonies would be, were they on this Occasion to submit,---to be not only subject to many hard Restraints in acquiring their Property, but to hold it, after being acquired, at the Discretion of our Rulers; to have no Constitutions of Government of their own, but to have their Laws made and their Governments modelled by a Legislature on the other Side of the Atlantic, which cannot judge of their Circumstances, in which they have no Voice, and all whose Acts are but little more than Echoes to the Will of the Fool or Tyrant who happens to be Minister in this Country---What an abject Condition would this be! The present state of our Parliament is such that it is our own greatest Calamity to be governed by it. How base would it be to wish the Americans involved in the same Calamity? The Mode of Opposition which the Americans are likely to adopt must do them the greatest Service by checking Luxury among them, & obliging them to save the Money they now spend among us in purchasing Superfluities. At the same Time it must essentially injure us; for such are our present Circumstances, that we hang upon the American Trade; and the Loss of it would sink the Revenue, and soon bring on Riots & Insurrections, and a public Bankruptcy. But I am not frightened by these Consequences.--- The Preservation of American Liberty I think of unspeakably more Importance than any temporary Sufferings which can come upon us. I also consider our present State as so corrupt, and our excellent Constitution of Government as so entirely subverted by the unbounded Influence of the Crown, that my only hope arises from the Prospect of a Convulsion (dreadful while it lasts) which shall destroy artificial Wealth and all the Means of Corruption, reduce us to Poverty & Simplicity, overturn the whole present System of Policy, and be followed by the Re-establishment of public Liberty and Virtue.
"I have been concerned to see in the Pennsylvania Instructions to their Deputies a Proposal that, previous to any other Measures, a Memorial or Remonstrance should be presented to our Government. The Colonies have, I think, already sufficiently try'd such Methods as these. Our Government, if consistent, would not receive any Memorial from an Assembly which they consider as illegal.--- It is now too late for Negotiation, nor can it issue in any Good to the American Cause. Vigorous Measures alone can be successful. And some think, that had the Americans fled immediately to the last Refuge, the Quarrel might by this Time have been almost decided; for the present Ministry could not have found Supplies for so horrid a Service, and a Change of Men and of Measures must have soon taken Place.---"
"The Sentiments I have expressed, are those of the greatest Part of my Acquaintance, some of whom are Persons of the first Weight. I chuse to mention this, because I wish the Americans not to direct their Resentment against all indiscriminately in this Country, they may be assured that they have a large Body of Friends here, who, from a Sense of the Rights of Human Nature, detest what has been done against them. Perhaps the most provoking and mean of all the Measures against them is the Quebec Bill, the plain Design of which is to fix a Body of Popish Slaves behind them, subject to the King's Will, who may serve as a Curb upon them.---"
"P. S. The Scarborough, I find is arrived from Boston with Accounts of a very interesting Nature. Nothing that has happened at Boston since the second of September has yet transpired; & the Government takes particular Care to keep the Accounts they have received of what passed on and after that Day, a profound Secret, by not suffering any of the Crew to come ashore, or to hold any Conversation with any Visitors. In the mean Time, the Parliament, which would have expired necessarily in the Spring has been suddenly dissolved; and the whole Nation is now in a great Ferment about electioneering. It is suspected that the Design of Government, in this Case, is to get a new Parliament returned as soon as possible, while the Kingdom is in the Dark, lest the News they have received when known, should encrease the public Clamour, and render it more difficult to get a Parliament they can influence. But we must soon know the whole Truth. Perhaps the Sword has been drawn. Indeed I cannot express how much I feel for you."
BOSTON Thursday, Dec. 1.
Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, in England October 4. "Since the Scarborough Man of War has arrived from Boston, not one of the Men have been suffered to come on Shore, neither are their Friends permitted to go on board. The Ship is anchored at some Distance from any other, and so careful are the Officers to keep every thing secret, that when any Provision is sent on board, they stand on the Side of the Ship to prevent any Conversation passing between the People that carry it and the Crew, from which it's conjectured that Things are worse at Boston than Government are willing the Public should be acquainted with. The Men in the Yards are ordered to work double Tides, to get some Ships
ready for Sea as soon as possible: It is said that they are to relieve the Guardships, which are to come into the Dock to be cleaned and victualled for a long Voyage: By all the Appearance here, we are at the Eve of a War."
Extract of a Letter from London dated October 4. "The People here now seem to be heartily sick of the Measures that have been taken against your Port and Province, and I hear the Ministry do not know which Way to steer; they are loth to give up their tyrannical Power, but they must if the Colonies are steadfast. The News in your Papers makes all the Court Party look blue. We do not yet know the Contents of General Gage's Express. The Friends of America increase fast. Petitions are forming in all Parts of the Kingdom, in Favour of America. We are all impatient to know the Result of the Congress. If the Colonies are firm for one Year, & neither import nor export, it would establish American Freedom, for this Country cannot support itself without the Colonies."
We have several other Extracts from Letters from London, to the same Purport of the Above.
Extract of a Letter from Providence, Nov. 16. "A very awful Affair happened in this Town last Evening: A Journeyman Barber having indulged himself too freely in drinking, became very abusive in the Street, and attacked a labouring Man, whom he wounded with a Club: This Affray happened the West Side of the great Bridge, near to a Hatter's Shop in which was a young Man at work; who hearing the Noise, armed himself with a Club, and went out to assist the Labourer, and unhappily struck the Barber on the Head, which brought him to the Ground; he was taken up, and carried into a neighbouring House, and had the Assistance of a Surgeon--- but Means were ineffectual, he expired in the Night: --- And this Morning the young Man, who gave the fatal Blow, filled with unutterable Distress, voluntarily resigned himself into the Hands of Justice."
BOSTON, Dec. 5.
LAST Saturday Afternoon the Scarborough Man of WAR, which went Express from hence to England the Beginning of Sept. last, returned hither again, with Dispatches for his Excellency the Governor, the Contents of which have not transpired.--- The Scarborough sailed from Plymouth the 24th of Octo. and, it is said 3 Ships of the Line, viz. the Asia, Boyne & Somerset, with the Hind Frigate, and Falcon Sloop of War, with 500 Marines, on board each of the large Ships, were to sail soon after for this Place. The public Prints to the 18th of Octo. contain little else than Accounts of Preparations and Solicitations from the many Candidates to the Electors in the different Boroughs, Towns, &c. for their Votes and Interest to be elected their Members in the ensuing new Parliament: Upwards of 70 had already been chosen; and, we are told, that when the above Ship came away, the Elections were nearly completed, and that there was a large Majority of the old Members elected again.
Last Week were drove to Town by Mr. Silvanus Howe of Peterham, and sold by Mr. John Robinson of Dorchester, 2 Oxen, supposed to be the fattest and heaviest that ever were raised in New England: The Tallow weighing 464 Pounds; the Amount of the Whole, 3237 Pounds.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman of Veracity in Charles Town, South-Carolina, Nov. 6, 1774.
"A Ship from London arrived here a few Days past with seven Half Chests of Hyson & Bohea Tea; the Owners of the Tea were obliged to go on board and throw it overboard themselves, in Sight of Thousands of Spectators, and they think themselves very happy to come off without corporal Punishment."
We hear that the Electors of the Cities of London & Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, the County of Middlesex & some other Places, have exacted of their Candidates Engagements under their Hands that they will among other Things endeavour a Repeal of the late Acts against America, and it is supposed the Example of the Metropolis will be followed in other Places, some late Pieces that have been published in England have had an extraordinary Effect, in altering the Sentiments of Multitudes with Regard to America.
Five thousand People have embarked at Greenock, since the Month of March for America.
Friday last the Provincial Congress made Choice of the Hon. JOHN HANCOCK, Esq; the Hon. THOMAS CUSHING, Esq; Mr. SAMUEL ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, Esq; and ROBERT TREAT PAINE, Esq; as Delegates to represent this Province at the Continental Congress, to be held at Philadelphia the 10th of May next.
Extract of a Letter from Gosport, (in England) Octo. 13. "ORDERS came down last Night for 300 Marines to get themselves in Readiness to embark for America, and 300 from Plymouth."
"Two Men of War, and a large Body of Marines, are preparing to sail for Boston."
Every Colony now seems to be putting into Execution the Measures recommended by the Grand Congress.
It is reported, that Transports are failed from England to Ireland, in order to take in Troops for Boston.
A List of the Addressors to Hutchinson, with an Account of their "Stations and Relations," with a proper Introduction, was published in the London Gazetteer, of Sept. 24.
Plymouth, Nov. 29. 1774. At a Meeting of a large Number of the most respectable Inhabitants of this Town---it being suggested that Edward Winslow, Esq; who lately in a very insulting and disgraceful Manner deserted from his Office, was about returning Home,
Voted, As the Opinion of this Body, that Edward Winslow, jr. ought not, for the present to be suffered to reside in this Town.
PHILADELPHIA, Octo. 23.
A Gentleman now in this City, who formerly resided in Russia, declared, that if an 100,000 Russians could be bro't to America, and permitted to enjoy for only one Month the liberty of speaking their Sentiments freely upon all Subjects, they would be so transported with this single Privilege, that they would all cheerfully die in defending it. How much more are Americans contending for?
Nov. 23. Before the Departure of the Boston Delegates from
this City, Capt. Joseph Ellis paid into the Hands of the Hon'ble Thomas Cushing, Esq; 534 Dollars, being a Subscription rais'd in Gloucester County, New Jersey; and sent by them for the Use of the besieged Bostonians.
S A L E M, Dec. 6.
Capt. Brown, who arrived here last Sabbath from London, brought Papers to the 18th of October, in which we can find only the few following Articles, worthy of Notice.
L O N D O N, October 15.
YESTERDAY there was a great Levee at St. James's, but no Council; there were present Lord North, Lord Dartmouth, Lord Rochford, Lord Townshend, and several others of the Nobility.
It is reported that Lord Percy is killed in the Attack upon Boston.
Octo. 17. A Letter from Chatham, dated the 12th Inst. says,--- "A Detachment of Marines, consisting of 150 Men, exclusive of Officers, among whom is Major Pitcairn, is ordered to march from hence to Portsmouth, to be embarked in the Ships now fitting out at that Port for Boston."
Octo. 18. A Letter from Rome, dat. Sept. 22, mentions that his Holiness the POPE, died there a few Days before; and that from some Circumstances which appeared after his Death, 'twas suspected he was poisoned.
By Letters from Boston of the 30th of August, we are informed, that a Detachment of 200 Soldiers seized 315 Barrels of Gun Powder and 2 Field Pieces, upon Cambridge-Island, about four Miles from Boston.
At the close of the Poll this Day, for the City of Westminster, the Numbers were as follows:
  Lord Percy - - - 4101  Lord Mahon - - - 1907    Lord Clinton - - - 3800  H. Cotes, Esq; - - - 104    Lord Mountmorres 2047   
We are assured the Accounts published in some of the Papers, of there having been a Disturbance at Bolton, in which Lord Percy was killed, is totally void of Foundation; and only calculated to alarm his Friends and abate the Zeal of the Electors of Westminster which they have so nobly shewn in his support.
This Day the Sheriffs will hold a Common Hall and declare Aldermen Sawbridge, Hayley, Oliver and the Lord Mayor duly elected Members for this City, and return them accordingly.
The State of the Poll last Saturday at Bristol was as follows:--- For Mr. Cruger 1160, Mr. Burke 903, Mr. Brickdale 690, and Lord Clare 76.
Col. Barre is again chosen Member for Calne, in Wilts.
L O N D O N, October 18.
YESTERDAY Morning a Messenger arrived at Lord Rochford's Office with Dispatches from Lord Stormont, his Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, which were forwarded by a Messenger to Kew, his Majesty not coming to Town Yesterday as was expected.
On Saturday Night some Instructions, which had previously passed the Great Seal, were sent from Lord Rochford's Office for Falmouth, to be forwarded from thence to several of the Governors in North-America.
As the late King of France, through his extreme Generosity, has charged his pension List with considerable Sums to several Courtiers, who were otherwise very well provided for, it is affected that all Pensions of above 1500 Livres will be stopped.
Letters from Jamaica mention, that a formidable Fleet had lately failed from the Havannah, under Pretence of putting a stop to a clandestine Trade which the Dutch at St. Eustatia carries on with the Inhabitants of New-Spain; but it being suspected that they were bound to a different Quarter, a Frigate was dispatched to reconnoitre their Course, and follow them till they put into some Port.
We hear that Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Glynn will go to Brentford on Thursday Morning next at Eight, with the Lord Mayor from the Mansion-House, and that many respectable Freeholders will accompany them.
ELECTION PARAGRAPHS.
IT is determined that a noisy empty Colonel, who vociferates daily on the hustings, shall perform the part of Noll Bluff some time this Winter, under the Direction of that supporter of Despotism, David Garrick, Esq; who on Friday last was the first Poll on the Books for Percy and Clinton.
Nothing can equal the Politeness and warm Affection between the Bagnio Duchess and Lord North, at whose House in Downing Street, her Grace spent the greatest part of Saturday Night; the By-Standers were in doubt which most to applaud, the graceful Ease of the coarse Peeres, or the charming Eloquence of the blub-bering Lord; but they are full of Hopes, that by their Means Corruption and Venality may be established in Westminster on the Ruins of manly Freedom, and public Spirit.
Now is the Spirit of Liberty aroused to the destruction of Arbitrary Power, Menaces and Bribes. Mountmorres and Mahon must soon triumph over their Enemies, and the Enemies of public Freedom.
Yesterday's Poll in Covent-Garden must convince the venal Sons of Slavery that Englishmen are not to be bound in Chains, but that they live to true Happiness, by being free and independent.
The Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital have been told, by Authority, to vote for Percy and Clinton, on pain of being immediately struck off the List, though this Annuity is an old national Establishment for those poor old Soldiers, who have spent their Lives in the Service of their Country.
The Court Agents at the present Westminster Election have declared their Creatures, House-Keepers of 40s. a Year, good Votes, and that they would keep them from the Poor's Rate.--- This is no Bribery nor unjust Influence.
The polite Health among our Loyalists, at present is, The royal Dozen, alias the King, Queen, and ten Children.
Octo. 1. There have been but two Instances since the Accession of his late Majesty, of a Parliament being dissolved before the Expiration of seven Years, viz. in 1746 and the present Year.

Continental Congress.
Monday, September 5th, 1774.
A Number of the DELEGATES chosen and appointed by the several COLONIES and PROVINCES in NORTH-AMERICA, to meet and hold a CONGRESS at Philadelphia, assembled at the Carpenters-Hall.
P R E S E N T,
From New-Hampshire,
Maj. JOHN SULLIVAN, Col. NATHANIEL FOLSOM.
From Massachusetts,
The Hon'ble THOMAS CUSHING, Esq; Mr. SAMUEL ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, ROBERT TREAT PAINE, Esquires.
From Rhode-Island,
The Hon'ble STEPHEN HOPKINS, Esq; The Hon'ble SAMUEL WARD, Esq;
From Connecticut,
The Hon'ble ELIPHALET DYER, Esq; The Hon'ble ROGER SHERMAN, Esq;
For the City and County of New-York, and other Counties in the Province of New-York.
JAMES DUANE, JOHN JAY, ISAAC LOW, PHILIP LIVINGSTON, Esquires.
From the County of Suffolk, in the Province of New-York,
Colonel WILLIAM FLOYD, Esq;
From New-Jersey,
JAMES KENSEY, WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, JOHN DEHART, STEPHEN CRANE, RICHARD SMITH, Esquires.
From Pennsylvania,
The Hon. JOSEPH GALLOWAY, Esq; SAMUEL RHOADS, THOMAS MIFFLIN, CHARLES HUMPHREYS, JOHN MORTON, EDWARD BIDDLE, Esquires.
From New-Castle, Kent & Sussex, on Delaware, CÆSAR RODNEY, THOMAS M'KEAN, GEORGE READ, Esquires.
From Maryland,
ROBERT GOLDSBOROUGH, WILLIAM PACA, SAMUEL CHASE, Esquires.
From Virginia,
The Hon. PEYTON RANDOLPH, Esq;
PRESENT, the Second DAY, Col. RICHARD HENRY LEE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, PATRICK HENRY, RICHARD BLAND, BENJAMIN HARRISON, EDMUND PENDLETON, Esq'rs.
From South-Carolina,
HENRY MIDDLETON, JOHN RUTLEDGE, CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN, THOMAS LYNCH, EDWARD RUTLEDGE, Esquires.
The CONGRESS proceeded to the choice of a PRESIDENT, when the Hon. PEYTON RANDOLPH, Esq; was unanimously elected.
Mr. CHARLES THOMPSON, was unanimously chosen Secretary.
The Gentlemen from the several Colonies produced their respective Credentials, which were read and approved as follows.
For Province of New-Hampshire.
A T a meeting of Deputies appointed by the several towns in this province held at Exeter, in the county of Rockingham, 21st July 1774, for the election of Delegates on behalf of this province, to join the General Congress proposed, Present 85 Members.
The Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; in the Chair.
Voted, That Major JOHN SULLIVAN, and Col. NATHANIEL FOLSOM, Esq'rs.
be appointed and impowered as Delegates on the part of this province to attend and assist in the General Congress of Delegates from the other colonies at such time and place as may be appointed, to devise, consult & adopt measures, as may have the most likely tendency to extricate the colonies from their present difficulties, to secure & perpetuate their rights, liberties and privileges, and to restore that peace, harmony and mutual confidence which once happily subsisted between the parent country and her colonies.
Attested,
J. Wentworth, Chairman.
FOR THE Province of Massachusetts-Bay.
In the House of Representatives,
June 17th, 1774.
T HIS house having duly considered, and being deeply affected with the unhappy differences which have long subsisted and are increasing between G. Britain and the American Colonies, do resolve, That a meeting of committees from the several colonies on this continent, is highly expedient and necessary, to consult upon the present state of the colonies and the miseries to which they are, and must be reduced, by the operation of certain acts of parliament respecting America, and to deliberate and determine upon wise and proper measures to be by them recommended to all the colonies for the recovery and establishment, of their just rights and liberties, civil and religious, and the restoration of union and harmony between Great-Britain and the colonies, most ardently desired by all good men. Therefore resolved, That the Hon. James Bowdoin, Esq; The Hon. Thomas Cushing, Esq; Mr. Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Robert Treat Paine, Esq'rs. be and they are hereby appointed a committee on the part of this province for the purposes aforesaid, any three of whom to be a Quorum; — to meet such committees or delegates from the other colonies as have been or may be appointed, either by their respective houses of Burgesses or representatives, or by convention, or by the committees of correspondence appointed by the respective houses of assembly; in the city of Philadelphia, or any other place that shall be judged most suitable by the committee, on the first day of September next, and that the speaker of the house be directed in a letter to the Speakers of the houses of Burgesses or Representatives in the several colonies to inform them of the substance of these Resolves.
Attested, Samuel Adams, Clerk.
For Rhode-Island.
B Y the Hon. JOSEPH WANTON, Esq; Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in chief of and over the English colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations in New-England, in America,
To the hon. Stephen Hopkins, Esq; and to the hon. Samuel Ward, Esq; Greeting.
WHEREAS the general assembly of the colony aforesaid, have nominated and appointed you the said Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward, to represent the people of this colony in a general Congress of representatives from this and the other colonies, at such time and place as should be agreed on by the major part of the committees appointed or to be appointed by the colonies in general: I do therefore hereby authorize, impower & commissionate you the said Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward to repair to the city of Philadelphia, it being the place agreed on by the major part of the colonies, and there, in behalf of this colony, to meet and join with the commissioners or delegates from the other colonies, in consulting upon proper measures to obtain a repeal of the several acts of the British parliament, for levying taxes upon his Majesty's subjects in America, without their consent, & particularly, an act lately passed for blocking up the port of Boston; and upon the proper measures to establish the rights and liberties of the colonies upon a just and solid foundation agreeable to instructions given you by the General Assembly.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said colony, this tenth day of August, in the year of our Lord 1774, and the 14th of the reign of his most sacred Majesty GEORGE the third, by the grace of GOD, King of Great Britain, and so forth. Signed
J. WANTON.
By his Honour's command, Henry Ward, Secr'y.
For Connecticut.
In the house of Representatives of the colony of Connecticut, June 3d, 1774.
WHEREAS a congress of commissioners from the several British colonies in America is proposed by some of our neighbouring colonies, and tho' necessary, and whereas it may be found expedient that such congress should be convened before the next session of this assembly:
Resolved, By this house that the committee of correspondence be, and they are hereby impowered, on application to them made, or from time to time as may be found necessary, to appoint a suitable number to attend such congress or convention of commissioners or committee of the several colonies in British America; and the persons thus to be chosen shall be, and they are hereby directed in behalf of this colony, to attend such congress, to consult and advise upon proper measures for advancing the best good of the colonies; & such conferences from time to time to report to this house.
True extract and copy from the journal of the house, Attested, William Williams, Clerk, [To be continued.]

FALMOUTH, Massachusetts Bay, Nov. 21. 1774.
REPORT being spread that Doctor Abiather Alden of Biddeford had employed his Ship, commanded by Capt. John Stackpole in carrying Timber to build Barracks for Troops sent into this Province to enforce arbitrary and cruel Acts of the British Parliament; the People in the neighbouring Towns for many Miles round met at Saco River in a peaceable and quiet Manner, to enquire into that Grievance, and after being met, chose a Committee of respectable Persons belonging to Gerham, Buxton, Biddeford, Pepperhillborough, and Cape Elizabeth, Before which Committee Doctor Alden and his Captain appeared, & were by the Committee treated with the greatest Decency and Civility. The Committee conducted them to the Body where the Doctor made the following Declaration,
WHEREAS the Select Men of Biddeford and Pepperhillborough, attended by two Justices of the Peace, being alarmed by the expected Consequences of a prevailing uneasiness in the Minds of People, occasioned by a Report that I had sent Lumber by Capt. Stackpole, for the use abovementioned, I therefore at the Request of said Select Men, Justices, &c now present, declare that I have not sent any Boards or other Timber to said Barracks, and that I never will send any, or in any Manner try to enforce said Acts, or give any Aid or Countenance thereto, against the Minds of my Countrymen.
ABATHER ALDEN.
October 18, 1774.
The Confession before the Committee, and afterwards before the Body is as follows,
WHEREAS I have uttered many Words out of Town and in, countenancing arbitrary Acts of Parliament, which has given Offence to the Body now assembled, I do hereby express my sincere Penitence therefor, and promise on Oath, not to be guilty of any Thing of that Kind for the future.—And whereas I asked sundry Persons to sign a Paper to the Board of Commissioners, therein insinuating myself to be a Tory, I hereby declare I am sorry therefor, and that I will never be guilty of any Thing of that Kind for the future, nor do any Thing against the just Rights of my Country.
ABATHER ALDEN.
This Declaration being sworn to before a Magistrate, and the Doctor on his Knees, asking Pardon of the Public for the Offence he had given in expressing his Mind too favourably to said Acts of Parliament, was by the Body generously acquitted without the least personal Injury.
And Capt. Stackpole then present made and swore to the like Declaration, respecting carrying Boards and Timber and was acquitted in like Manner.
The Business of the Day thus being over, the Body retired, carrying with them the Thanks as well of the People on Saco River, as all other Friends to American Liberty, for the zealous, firm, and yet quiet and manly Measures they had pursued for the Good of their Country.
Falmouth Nov. 21, 1774.
Confessions that are made public in this Manner, ought to have a Reward sent with them, according to the Ability and Consequence of the Person confessing, otherwise they will be apt to degenerate into Formality.
Mr. Printer.
WHEREAS there has lately been inserted in your Gazette, an Advertisement for an OX strayed or stolen from one Capt. Samuel Langdon of Portsmouth, with a Reward of Twelve Dollars for the Thief or Thieves, and as I understand the said Langdon has very industriously apply'd himself, together with others to the Tanners of the Town of Portsmouth, to know whether the Subscriber or any under him by any Ways or Means disposed of a Hide of the Mark of which the said Ox had, which may give the Public Reason to suspect I was the Aggressor; this is therefore to inform all People, Nations, Languages and Tongues, That I abhor and detest any low, mean Action, or Machination of any Kind or Nature whatsoever; and hold them in as much detestation as the worthy Gentleman above named. N. B. The Ox we since learn was stolen by two Villains, one of Portsmouth, the other of the Parish of Rye, and was killed in the said Parish.
SAMUEL CATE.
Portsmouth, Dec. 3. 1774.
FALMOUTH Nov. 29. 1774.
STOLEN last Night, from the Subscriber's Store in said Falmouth, sundry Goods, among which are several Pair Womens satin 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.
THE SALE OF LANDS IN PIERMONT for the Payment of TAXES; is adjourned to the second Tuesday in January next at the House of Capt. Zechariah Foss, Innholder in Portsmouth at three o'Clock Afternoon.
§ Chichester. §
Rocking THE Proprietors of CHICHESTER, are hereby Notified, to meet at the House of Lieutenant Jonathan Leavitt, Innholder in Hampson, on Tuesday the 20th Day of December next, at One o'Clock Afternoon, —1. To choose 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 Purposes.— 3. To see if the Proprietors will vote and impower 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.
WARRANTED
Choice French Indigo, Lambs and Sheeps Wool,
By the Dozen, or smaller Quantity To be Sold By JOSEPH BASS in Portsmouth.
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 whatsoever that shall be contracted by her. Moses Bickford of Rochester.
ALL PERSONS that have any DEMANDS against the Estate of SATCHEL CLARKE, late of Stratham, deceased 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.
LOST the beginning of November last, a white Leather PURSE, in Port m'uth, 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.
Strofford, J. Rochester, 30th Nov. 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.
AT THE
Hatt and Beaver in Queen-street PORTSMOUTH,
ALL sorts of Beaver, Beaveret, Castor and Felt HATTS are made and sold by JOHN BECK, who has to sell at the lowest Rates, a General Assortment of ENGLISH HATTS, from 28 s. down to 21. 6d. Among which are, Black Ruff Hatt for Children.—White Riding ditto for Women—Also, A good Assortment of Hatters Trimmings, such as black Linnen, Linings of all Kinds.—Yellow Holland and brown glazed ditto—Large Gimp Loops and Buttons.—Coarse ditto of all Kinds used here.—Chaping and Looping of all Kinds.—HATTERS and others who want any of the above Articles, may be supplied on the most reasonable Terms; and those who send shall be as well used as if present to choose for themselves.
SIX Months longer being allowed to us the Subscribers Commissioners, appointed by the Hon. Judge of Probate of Wills, &c for the County of Grafton, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Alexander Phelps, Esq; late of Lime, in said County, deceased, Represented Insolvent, Notice is hereby given, that we will attend said Business at the House of Capt. Aaron Stearns, Innholder in Hanover, in said County, on the last Monday of this and the second Monday of the five following Months, from one to Four o'clock Afternoon of said Days. Boza Woodward, Hanover, Nov. 14, 1774. Aaron Stearns.
Wanted,
A careful PERSON that will undertake to attend the LIGHT HOUSE at FORT WILLIAM and MARY.—Any Person that has a Mind to undertake the same, may know the Terms by applying at the Secretary's Office.
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 HATTS 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.
BROKE OUT OF HIS MAJESTY'S GOAL in Amherst, in the County of Hillsborough, and Province of New-Hampshire, on the Night of the 15 th instant, the following Persons viz. James Danery, a Prisoner for committing an Assault and Battery; Thomas Clarke, for aiding and assisting one Joseph Kelly to make his Escape from prison; Jonathan Fisk and Mary Foster, both convicted of the Crime of Adultery.—said Danery is a tall, well set fellow, near six Feet high, dark short Hair, had on a blue short Jacket; light coloured Waistcoat, and a short coloured Breeches. Fisk is about five Feet ten Inches high, thin favour'd, dark Hair tied behind, had on a cloth coloured Coat and Breeches.—Fisk is about five Feet nine Inches high, well set, had on a light cloth coloured Serge Coat; Red Waistcoat, and new leather Breeches.—And the said Mary Foster is about five Feet four Inches high, black Hair and black Eyes; wore a red Calamanco Gown, and a red quilted Petticoat.—Whoever will apprehend and secure the above mentioned Persons, or either of them, so that they are reconveyed to his Majesty's Goal in said Amherst, shall be entitled to a Reward for each of them; Also, Whoever will give Information of any Person or Persons that aided or assisted the above mentioned Prisoners in making their Escape as aforesaid, so that he or they are legally convicted thereof, and brought to condign Punishment, shall receive TWENTY DOLLARS Reward. And all Masters of Vessels, and others are cautioned against concealing, harbouring, entertaining, or carrying away any, or either of said Prisoners, as they will thereby be liable to the Penalty of the Law.
BENJAMIN WHITING Sheriff of said County. Amherst Nov. 16th 1774.
WE the Subscribers being appointed by the Hon. JOHN SHERBURNE, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c for the County of Rockingham, Commissioners to receive and examine the Claims of the Creditors to the Estate of Sarah Weed, late of Poplin, in said County, deceased, Represented Insolvent, and six Months from the 20th instant being allowed for that Service, this is to give Notice, that we will attend that Business at the House of Lieut. Benjamin Bean, Innholder in Raymond, on the last Tuesday of November next, and the four next following Months from two to five o'clock, P. M.
Raymond, Octob. 31, 1774. } John Dudley, Samuel Fellows } Commissioners
THESE are to give Notice to all Persons who have Demands against the Estate of ENOCH CLARKE, late of Greenland, Innholder, deceased, intestate, to bring in their Demands to MARY CLARKE, who is Administratrix of his Estate.—And all Persons Indebted to said Estate, are requested to settle and make Payment to said Administratrix, as she is determined to settle the Estate as soon as possible. Greenland, Nov. 15, 1774.
MARY CLARKE, Administratrix of said Estate.
Whereas Ruth, the Wife of me the Subscriber has for a long time behaved in such a Manner, that I am under a Necessity of forbidding any Person trusting or giving her any Credit on my Account, as I am determined not to pay any Debts of her contracting. Joseph Bickford;
Newington, November 23d, 1774.
ALL Persons Indebted to John Bryce, late of Greenland, Merchant, or Robert Ferguson, late of said Greenland, Merchant, are requested to settle the same immediately with the Subscriber, otherwise their Notes and Accounts (which are now in his Hands) will be put in Suit without further Notice.
RICHARD CUTTS SHANNON, Attorney to said Bryce and Ferguson. Portsmouth, Nov. 2. 1774.

BOSTON, December 6.
THE late grand continental Congress at Philadelphia, among other of their Proceedings, prepared an Address & Petition to his Majesty (which will not be published till it is presented to him) Copies of which Petition, &c. and of a Letter to the Colony Agents in London, were directed to be delivered to each of the Speakers of the Provincial Assemblies, in America, to be by them transmitted to the said Agents in London, who are desired to request the Assistance and Support of such Noblemen and Gentlemen as were favourably disposed towards the British American Colonies, in order to get the said Address and Petition presented, &c. and then cause it to be published. The following is a Copy of the Letter to the Agents.
GENTLEMEN, Philadelphia, October 26, 1774 WE give you the strongest Proof of our Reliance on your Zeal and Attachment to the Happiness of America and the Cause of Liberty, when we commit the enclosed Paper to your Care.
We desire you will deliver the Petition into the Hands of his Majesty, and after it has been presented, we wish it may be made public through the Press, together with the List of Grievances.--- And as we hope for great Assistance from the Spirit of Virtue and Justice of the Nation, it is our earnest Desire, that the most effectual Care be taken, as early as possible, to furnish the trading Cities and manufacturing Towns throughout the united Kingdoms, with our Memorial to the People of Great-Britain.
We doubt not, but your good Sense and Discernment will lead you to avail yourselves of every Assistance that may be derived from the Advice and Friendship of all great and good Men, who may incline to aid the Cause of Liberty and Mankind.
The Gratitude of America expressed in the enclosed Vote of Thanks, we desire may be conveyed to the deserving Objects of it, in the Manner that you think will be most acceptable to them.
It is proposed that another Congress be held on the 10th of May next at this Place, but in the mean Time we beg the Favour of you, Gentlemen, to transmit to the Speakers of the several Assemblies, the earliest Information of the most authentic Accounts you can collect, of all such Conduct and Designs of the Ministry or Parliament, as it may concern America to know.
We are with unfeigned Esteem and Regard, Gentlemen, &c.
By Order and in Behalf of the Congress, HENRY MIDDLETON, President.
To Paul Wentworth, Esq; Doctor Benjamin Franklin, William Bollen, Esq; Doctor Arthur Lee, Thomas Life, Esq; Edmund Burke, Esq; Charles Garth, Esq;
The Congress also prepared a Letter to the People of the Colonies of St. John's, Nova-Scotia, Georgia, East and West Florida, who had not Deputies to represent them in the Congress. Of this Letter the following is a Copy.
GENTLEMEN, Philadelphia Oct. 22, 1774. "THE present critical and truly alarming State of American Affairs, having been considered in a general Congress of Deputies from the Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware; Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina; with that Attention, and mature Deliberation, which the important Nature of the Case demands; they have determined for themselves, and the Colonies they represent on the Measures contained in the enclosed Papers; which Measures they recommend to your Colony to be adopted with all the Earnestness, that a well directed Zeal for American Liberty can prompt.
So rapidly violent and unjust has been the late Conduct of the British Administration against the Colonies, that either a base and slavish Submission, under the Loss of their antient, just and constitutional Liberty, must publicly take Place, or an adequate Opposition will be formed.
We pray God to take you under his Protection, and to preserve the Freedom and Happiness of the whole British Empire, By order of the Congress. HENRY MIDDLETON, President.
The following is a Letter from our worthy Brethren of Durham in the Province of New-Hampshire; we have receiv'd many others from the Towns in this and the other Colonies, breathing the same Sympathy, Generosity and Regard for Liberty, which the public Papers have not had Room for, though they are all carefully preserved and may shortly for the Honor of America be made public. "Durham in New-Hampshire, Nov. 21, 1774.
GENTLEMEN, WE take Pleasure in transmitting to you by Mr. Scammel, a few Cattle, with a Sum of Money; which a Number of Persons in this Place, tenderly sympathizing with our suffering Brethren in Boston, have contributed towards their Support."
"With this, or soon after, you will receive the Donations of a Number in Lee, a Parish lately set off from this Town; and in a few Days, those of Dover, Newmarket and other adjacent Towns."
"What you herewith receive comes not from the Opulent but mostly from the industrious Yeomanry in this Parish. We have but few Persons of affluent Fortunes among us; but those have most cheerfully contributed to the Relief of the Poor of your Metropolis."
"This is considered by us not as a Gift, or an Act of Charity, but of Justice---as a small Part, of what we are in Duty bound to communicate, to those truly noble and patriotic Advocates of American Freedom, who are bravely standing in the Gap between us and Slavery---defending the common Interest of a whole Continent---and gloriously struggling in the Cause of Liberty."
"Upon you the Eyes of all America are fixed---upon your invincible Patience, Fortitude and Resolution (under God) depends, and all that is dear to them and their Posterity.---May that superintendant, gracious Being, whose Ears are ever open to the Cries of the Oppressed, in answer to the incessant Prayers of his People, defend our just Cause.---Turn the Councels of our Enemies into Foolishness.---Deliver us from the Hands of our Oppressors; and make those very Measures, by which they are endeavouring to compass out Destruction, the Means of fixing our invaluable Rights and Privileges, upon a more firm and lasting Basis."
While with the most painful Sensations we reflect: that prior to the Commencement of the Evils which now surround us, fu-pineness, and Inattention to our common Interest had so far prevailed, as almost wholly to sink in Luxury and Dissipation, the Inhabitants of these colonies; we are bound to acknowledge the divine Wisdom & Goodness, which by these Calamities roused us from our Lethargy, and taught us to defend those inestimable Liberties which otherwise must have been forever lost to us and our Posterity; and to evince his determination to save America, directed the Attacks of our Enemies to that Quarter, where the Virtue and Firmness of the Inhabitants, could brave the Shafts of Military Tyrants, and set at Defiance the Threats of an exasperated and despotic Minister.
We are pleased to find, that the Methods by which the Ministry sought to divide have happily united us;---and by every new Act of Oppression, more and more strengthened the Union. And we can, with Truth, assure you, Gentlemen, that in this Quarter we are engaged, to a man, in your Defence, and in Defence of the Common Cause.---We are ready to communicate of our Substance, largely as your Necessities require; and with our Estates to give our
Lives; and mingle our Blood with yours, in the common Sacrifice to Liberty: and since we have no Asylum on Earth, to which we may fly, before we will submit to wear the Chains of Slavery, a profligate and arbitrary Ministry are preparing for us, we are determined upon an Emigration through the Gate of Death, in hope of inheriting the fair Land of Promise, and participating with our Fore-Fathers, in the glorious Liberties of the Sons of God."
"That Heaven may support you, under your distressing Circumstances, and send you a speedy and happy Deliverance from your present Troubles, is the earnest Prayer of Gentlemen, your cordial Friends, and very humble Servants."
JOHN ADAMS, JOHN SULLIVAN, || Committee. PORTSMOUTH.
HANOVER, Tuesday Nov. 22. As Mr. Nathaniel Kendrick with another Man were felling a Tree near his House, the Tree appearing to be breaking near the Skerf, Mr. Kendrick ran in to notify his Family, as they would be exposed, but the Tree breaking quick, fell on him about 4 paces from his Door, broke his Back, and Shoulers to pieces, and he expired in about an Hour.
Mr. Porter, who has faithfully perform'd the Task of Riding from Portsmouth to Dartmouth COLLEGE, gives Notice, That he intends to Ride but once more, unless the Persons who have taken NEWS PAPERS, pay him off immediately, as two Years are now compleated.
   CUSTOM-HOUSE, Piscataqua, Dec. 8.   Inward-Entries FROM.     Sloop Friendship, Eleazer Goodwin, Maryland.   Schooner Polly, William Wyer, Philadelphia.   Sloop Lively, Abner Lowell, Ditto.   Sloop Mary, Benjamin Rogers, New-York.   Sloop Orley, William Frost, New-Haven.   Brig Abigail, John Wheelwright, Antigua.   Sloop William and John, Seth Clark, Montserrat.   Schooner George, Samuel Smallcorn, Grenada.   Sloop Revenge, Benjamin Donnell, St. Kitts.   Brig Joseph, Jonathan Boardman, Turks-Island.   Clear'd Outwards FOR.   Sloop Lively, Abner Lowell, Virginia.   Sloop Phoenix, Joseph Stacey, Jamaica.   Ship Nancy, Abraham Brown, Ditto.   Ship Sally, John M'Fedzean, Ditto.   Ship Betsey, Thomas Cartwright, Dominica.   Ship Polly, Tobias Lear, West-Indies.   Ship Joanna, John Hart, Ditto.   Snow Industry, Shadrack Hodgdon, Ditto.   Brig Industry, William Willcomb, Ditto.   Brig Polly, William Nichols, Lisbon.   Brig Irish Oak, Edward Butler, West Indies.   Ship Peggy, Peletiah Jones, Antigua.  
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.
The Particulars of which, will be in our next.
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 Accompts 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.
A good ASSORTMENT of STATIONARY, JUST IMPORTED, And is to be SOLD at the SHOP of ALFORD BUTLER, opposite Messieurs Williams and Stanwood, in Queen-Street, viz.
WRITING PAPER of most Sorts,---as DEMY, thick and thin POST.---best FOOLSCAP---common and best POT---LETTER PAPER gilt and plain---ACCOUNT BOOKS---QUILLS,---INK POWDER,---best CAKE INK, SEALING-WAX,---WAFERS, &c.--- At the same Place, a good and neat Assortment of BOOKS in various Branches of LITERATURE--- with large and small BIBLES, --- SCHOOL BOOKS, SPELLING BOOKS, --- PSALTERS, --- PRIMMERS, --- BONNET BOARDS, --- CARTRIDGE PAPER, --- and NEW ALMANACKS for 1775. BOOK BINDING of all Sorts gilt and plain perform'd with Neatness, and at the cheapest Rate at the same Place.
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.
[RUNAWAY BOYS, 10 Dollars Reward.] RAN AWAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, the 20th Day of November last two Apprentice BOYS, one named Samuel Smith, who is in the 20th Year of his Age, about five Feet three Inches high, thick set, round Shoulderd, red Hair'd, and freckled Faced---when he stoops, looks as if his Back had been broke---he wore and carried away with him a light colour'd homespun Coat with Basket Buttons, an English Fustian Coat with yellow wash'd Buttons, a Jacket with a large Forebody and a Camb'et Back, a striped Damascus Jacket, a pair of brown Velvet Breeches, and sundry other Cloaths, in some of which he had no Property, particularly a white Holland Shirt, much too large for him.---Whoever will take up the said Smith, and convey him to me, or will secure him in any of his Majesty's Goals in New Hampshire or the Massachusetts Bay, and send me Word thereof, shall have Eight Dollars Reward and all necessary Charges paid him.--- THE other, named Noah Marsh, he is about Five Feet 4 Inches high, has dark Hair, and is of a pale Complexion, he wore and carried off a dark Bearskin Coat, with Brass Buttons, an English Fustian Coat with wash'd Buttons, a large Jacket with the Back of a different Colour from the Forepart, and a dark colour'd Jacket, the Warp and Filling different, and sundry other Things. Whoever will take up the said Marsh, and convey him to me, shall have a Reward of two Dollars and all necessary Charges paid by me--- As it is suppos'd he was incited away by the said Smith, if he will return to his Duty, he shall be kindly received and forgiven by THEOPHILUS GILMAN. Exeter, Dec. 6th. 1774. N.B. It is suppos'd they are gone Eastward, and will seek Employment at the Blacksmith's Business.--- All Persons are hereby caution'd against employing, concealing, or carrying off said Boys. T G.
Stolen in Wells the 29th of Nov.
Lost, a dark brown, almost black MARE, about seven Years old, trots and paces well; had on a new Sitt of Shoes, a Fe'm on one Eye, has been galled on one Shoulder and Thigh, where the Mark 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.
Leavitts-Town.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Proprietors of Leavitts Town, that their Rights or Shares of Land are assessed 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 advertis'd for Sale at public Vendue in the New Hampshire Gazette, as the Law directs. JOHN DEARBORN, Collector. North Hampton, December 7th, 1774.
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 Kingstreet, commodious for a large Family especially if in Trade, with a good Stable, &c. For further Particulars, inquire of GEORGE GAINS
LOST
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.
Ten Dollars Reward
Is offered to any Persons who will apprehend and secure either James Darcley, 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.