The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1770-03-16 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Frestest ADVICES
Friday March 16, 1770
Vol. XIV. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Numb. 700
Weeks since this Paper was publish'd.
[The following is inserted by particular Desire.] From the Craftsman, a Paper lately printed in ENGLAND. Extracts from Mr. Hamilton's Speeches at the Trial of John Peter Zinger, of New-York, Printer.
T HE m---l Writers, (says Mr. D' Anvers) were content, for some Time, with calling upon the secular Arm , and endeavour to intimidate their Opponents with Menaces of Prosecutions, when they found themselves stung to the quick, and had nothing else to say. But at last they have not scrupled to throw off the Mask, and speak out plain; for they not only assert, that the Press stands in Need of some immediate Check; but that the Liberty of it ought not to be reckon'd amongst the Rights and Privileges of Englishmen, because it was not immediately claim'd at the Revolution, nor particularly specify'd in the Bill of Rights; which was certainly defective in several other Particulars, as well as the Press; but this Defect was supply'd toward the latter End of K. William's Reign, when the Licensing Act expired; for tho' an attempt was made to revive it, and the Bill actually pass'd one House, such weighty & solid Reasons were offer'd against it by the other, that it was at last dropt. What therefore can be meant by such Doctrines as I have mention'd, but that all the Advocates for the Liberty of the Press, both antient and modern, were only a Pack of Knaves, Fools, or Madmen?
For this Reason, I am obliged to rise up once more in Vindication of the Press, which concerns the Public much more than myself, or than all the Writers put together.---But, at present, I shall only recommend an excellent little Tract, lately published upon this Subject; I mean, The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer, &c. This poor Man was charged with printing and publishing a false, scandalous and seditious Libel, against the Governor and Administration of that Province; entitled, The New-York Weekly Journal ; and having been harass'd, in an extrajudicial and Arbitrary Manner, by some Persons in Power there, was at last brought upon his Trial, by Information; which it seems, had found its Way into our Settlements abroad.---But he had the Happiness to be try'd by so honest a Jury, and was so gloriously defended by his Counsel, particularly Mr. Hamilton, an old and infirm Gentleman who came from Philadelphia, on Purpose to serve him; that he was acquitted in the most honorable Manner. I shall therefore give the Reader some Extracts from that Gentleman's Speeches.
Having, in several Parts of his Pleading, answered the common Arguments upon these Cases, with great Learning, Judgment, and Probity, he comes at last to the Subject of Innuendo's, which he exposes, with a proper Mixture of Reasoning & Ridicule, in the following Manner.
If a Libel is understood in the large and unlimited Sense, urged by Mr. Attorney, there is scarce a Writing I know, that may not be call'd a Libel; or scarce any Person safe from being call'd to Account, as a Libeller; for Moses, meek as he was, libel'd Cain; and who is it that hath not libel'd the Devil? For, according to Mr. Attorney, it is no Justification to say one hath a bad Name. Echard hath libel'd our good King William; Burnet hath libel'd among many others, King Charles and King James; and Rapin hath libel'd them all.---How must a Man speak, or write, or what must he hear, read or sing; or when must he laugh, so as to be secure from being taken up as a Libeller?---I sincerely believe, that were some Persons to go thro' the Streets of New-York now-a-days and read a Part of the Bible, if it
was not known to be such; Mr. Attorney, with the Help of his Innuendoes, would easily turn it into a Libel.---As, for instance, Is. ix. 16. The Leaders of the People cause them to err; & they, that are led by them, are destroyed. ---But should Mr. Attorney go about to make this a Libel, he would read it thus: The Leaders of the People (Innuendo, the Governor and Council of New-York) cause them (Innuendo the People of this Province) to err; and they are destroyed (Innuendo, are deceived into the Loss of their Liberty) which is the worst Kind of Destruction. ---Or if some Persons should publickly repeat, in a Manner not pleasing to their Betters, the 10th and 11th Verses of the 56th Chapter of the same Book, there Mr. Attorney would have a large Field to display his Skill, in the artful Application of his Innuendoes. The Words are, His Watchmen are all blind; they are ignorant, &c. yea, they are greedy Dogs, that can never have enough. But to make them a Libel, there is, according to Mr. Attorney's Doctrine, no more wanting, but the Aid of his Skill in the right adapting his Innuendo's. As for Instance; His Watchmen (Innuendo, the Governor's Council & Assembly) are blind; they are ignorant; (Innuendo, will not see the dangerous Designs of his Excellency) yea, they (the Governor and Council, meaning) are greedy Dogs, which can never have enough (Innuendo, enough of Riches and Power.) Such an Instance at this seems only fit to be laugh'd at; but I may appeal to Mr. Attorney himself, whether these are not at least equally proper to be applied to his Excellency and his Ministers, as some of the Inferences & Innuendoes in his Information against my Client. Then if Mr. Attorney is at Liberty to come into Court, & file an Information in the King's Name, without Leave, who is secure, whom he is pleased to prosecute as a Libeller? And as the Crown Law is contended for in bad Times, there is no Remedy for the greatest Oppression of this Sort, even tho' the Party prosecuted is acquitted with Honour. And give me Leave to say, as great Men as any in Britain, have boldly asserted, that the Mode of prosecuting by Information (when a grand Jury will not find Billa vera) is a national Grievance, and greatly inconsistent with that Freedom, which the Subjects of England enjoy in most other Cases. But if we are so unhappy as not to be able to ward off this Stroke of Power directly, yet let us take Care not to be cheated out of our Liberties, by Forms and Appearances; let us always be sure that the Charge in the Information is made out clearly even beyond a Doubt; for tho' Matters in the Information may be call'd Form upon Trial, yet they may be, and often have been found to be Matters of Substance upon giving Judgment.
Power may justly be compared to a great River, which, while kept within its due Bounds, is both beautiful and useful; but when it overflows its Banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemm'd; it bears down all before it, and brings Destruction & Desolation wherever it comes. If then this is the Nature of Power, let us at least do our Duty, and, like wise Men, (who value Freedom) use our utmost Care to support Liberty, the only Bulwark against lawless Power, which in all Ages has sacrificed to its wild Lust and boundless Ambition, the Blood of the best Men that ever lived.
I hope to be pardon'd, Sir, for my Zeal upon this Occasion. It is an old and wise Caution, that when our Neighbour's House is on Fire, we ought to take Care of our own. For tho', blessed be God, I live in a Government, where Liberty is well understood, and freely enjoy'd; yet Ex-
perience has shewn us all (I'm sure it has me) that a bad precedent in one Government is soon set up for Authority in another; and, therefore, I cannot but think it mine, and every honest Man's Duty, that (while we pay all due Obedience to Men in Authority) we ought, at the same Time, to be upon our Guard against Power, wherever we apprehend that it may affect ourselves, or our Fellow-Subjects.
I am truly very unequal to such an Undertaking, on many accounts. You see I labour under the Weight of many Years, and am borne down with great Infirmities of Body; yet, old and weak as I am, I should think it my Duty, if requir'd, to go to the utmost Part of the Land, where my Service could be of any Use, in assisting to quench the Flame of Prosecutions upon Informations, set on Foot by the Government, to deprive a People of the Right of remonstrating (and complaining too) of the arbitrary Attempts of Men in Power. Men, who injure and oppress the People under the administration, provoke them to cry out & complain, and then make that very Complaint the Foundation for new Oppressions and Prosecutions. I wish I could say there were no Instances of this Kind. But to conclude; the Question before the Court and you, Gentlemen of the Jury, is not of small nor private concern; it is not the cause of a poor Printer, nor of New-York alone, which you are now trying. No! it may in its Consequence affect every Freeman, that lives under a British Government on the Main of America. It is the BEST CAUSE. It is the CAUSE OF LIBERTY; and I make no doubt but your upright Conduct, this Day, will not only entitle you to the Love and Esteem of your Fellow Citizens; but every Man, who prefers Freedom to a Life of Slavery, will bless and honour you as Men, who have baffled the Attempts of Tyranny; and by an impartial and uncorrupt Verdict, have laid a noble Foundation for securing to ourselves, our Posterity, and our Neighbours, that, to which Nature, and the Laws of our Country, have given us a Right---the Liberty; both of exposing and opposing arbitrary Power, (in these Parts of the World, at least) by speaking and writing the Truth.
This Speech, together with his other Pleadings, had such an Effect upon the Jury, that they took but little Time to consider of their Verdict, and brought in Mr. Zenger Not Guilty; upon which there were three great Huzzas in the Hall, by a crowded Audience.
The Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Assistants of the City of New-York, had such a Sense of the publick Service done by Mr. Hamilton, in this Cause, that they presented him with the Freedom of their Corporation, in a Gold Box of considerable Value; upon which were engraved the Arms of the City, & several Mottos, expressing the Circumstances of that Colony, and the great Services of Mr. Hamilton, which will redound to the immortal Honor of that learned Gentleman.
THIS is to Notify and forbid all Persons from purchasing any Notes of Hand of the Subscriber, given to Benjamin Shepard, Esq; before the Fifth Day of October 1769, as we settled all Accounts, Notes and Demands the Day and Date above-said; and the Reason I had not my Notes taken up, he said they were in an Attorney's Hands, which he the said Shepard promised to take out and deliver to me immediately, yet it is not done, which is the Cause of this Advertisement. David Bowerly.
Nottingham, March 5; 1770.

BOSTON, March 12.
THE Town of Boston affords a recent and melancholly Demonstration of the destructive Consequences of quartering Troops among Citizens in a Time of Peace, under a Pretence of supporting the Laws and aiding Civil Authority; every considerate and unprejudiced Person among us was deeply impressed with the Apprehension of these Consequences when it was known that a Number of Regiments were ordered to this Town under such a Pretext, but in Reality to enforce oppressive Measures; to awe and controul the legislative as well as executive Power of the Province, and to quell the spirit of Liberty, which however it may have been basely oppos'd and even ridicul'd by some, would do honor to any age or country. A few persons amongst us had determin'd to use all their influence to procure so destructive a measure with a view to their securely enjoying the profits of an American revenue, and unhappily both for Britain and this country they found means to effect it.
It is to Governor Bernard, the Commissioners, their confidants and coadjutors, that we are indebted as the procuring cause of military power in this capital---The Boston Journal of Occurrences, as printed in Mr. Holt's York Gazette, from time to time, afforded many striking instances of the distresses brought upon the inhabitants by this measure; and since those journals have been discontinued, our troubles from that quarter have been growing upon us: We have known a Party of Soldiers in the face of day fire off a loaded musket upon the inhabitants, others have been pricked with bayonets, and even our magistrates assaulted and put in danger of their lives, when offenders brought before them have been rescued; and why those and other bold and base criminals has yet escaped the punishment due to their crimes, may be soon matter of enquiry by the representative body of this people---It is natural to suppose that when the inhabitants of this town saw those laws which had been enacted for their security, and which they were ambitious of holding up to the soldiery, eluded, they should more commonly resent for themselves---and accordingly it has so happened; many have been the squabbles between them and the soldiery; but it seems their being often worsted by our youth in those rencounters, has only serv'd to irritate the former---What passed at Mr. Gray's rope-walk, has already been given the public, and may be said to have led the way to the late catastrophe---That the rope-walk lads when attacked by superior numbers should defend themselves with so much spite and success in the club way, was too mortifying, and perhaps it may hereafter appear, that even some of their officers were unhappily affected with this circumstance: Divers stories were propagated among the soldiery, that serv'd to agitate their spirits; particularly on the sabbath, that one Chambers, a sergeant, represented as a sober man, had been missing the preceding day, and must therefore have been murdered by the townsmen; an officer of distinction so far credited this report, that he enter'd Mr. Gray's rope-walk that sabbath; when required of by that gentleman as soon as he could meet him, the occasion of his so doing, the officer reply'd, that it was to look if the sergeant said to be murdered had not been hid there; this sober sergeant was found on Monday unhurt, in a house of pleasure---The evidences already collected shew, that many threatenings had been thrown out by the soldiery, but we do not pretend to say that there was any preconceived plan, when the evidences are published, the world will judge---We may however venture to declare, that it appears too probable from their conduct, that some of the soldiery aimed to draw and provoke the townsmen into squabbles, and that they then intended to make use of other weapons than canes, clubs or bludgeons.
Our readers will doubtless expect a circumstantial account of the tragical affairs on Monday night last; but we hope they will excuse our being so particular as we should have been, had we not seen that the town was intending an enquiry & full representation thereof.
On the evening of Monday, being the 5th current, several soldiers of the 29th regiment were seen parading the streets with their drawn cutlasses and bayonets, abusing and wounding numbers of the inhabitants.
A few minutes after nine o'clock, four youths, named Edward Archbald, William Merchant, Francis Archbald, and John Leech, jun. came down Cornhill together, and separating at Doctor Loring's corner, the two former were passing the narrow alley leading to Murray's barrack, in which was a soldier brandishing a broad sword of an uncommon size against the walls, out of which he struck fire plentifully. A person of a mean countenance armed with a large cudgel bore him company. Edward Archbald admonished Mr. Merchant to take care of the sword, on which the soldier turned round & struck Archbald on the arm, then pushed at Merchant and pierced thro' his cloaths inside the arm close to the arm-pit and grazed the skin. Merchant then struck the soldier with a short stick he had, and the other person ran to the barrack, and bro't with him two soldiers, one armed with a pair of tongs the other with a shovel: he with the tongs pursued Archbald back thro' the alley, collar'd and laid him over the head with the tongs. The noise bro't people together, and John Hicks, a young lad, coming up, knocked the soldiers down, but let him get up again; and more lads gathering, drove them back to their barrack, where the boys stood some time as it were to keep them in. In less than a minute 10 or 12 of them came out with drawn cutlasses, clubs & bayonets, and set upon the unarmed boys and young folks, who stood them a little while, but finding the inequality of their equipment dispersed.---On hearing the noise, one Samuel Atwood, came up to see what was the matter, and entered the alley from dock-square, heard the latter part of the combat, and when the boys had dispersed he met the 10 or 12 soldiers, aforesaid rushing down the alley towards the square, and asked them if they intended to murder people? They answered Yes, by G-d, root and branch! With that one of them struck Mr. Atwood with a club, which was repeated by another, & being unarmed he turned to go off, and received a wound on the left shoulder which reached the bone and gave him much pain. Retreating a few steps, Mr. Atwood met two officers and said, Gentlemen, what is the matter? They answered you'll see by and by. Immediately after, those heroes appeared in the square, asking, where were these boogers? where were these cowards? --- But notwithstanding their fierceness to the naked men, one of them advanced towards a youth who had a split of a raw stave in his hand, and said damn them here is one of them; but the young man seeing a person near him with a drawn sword and good cane ready to support him, held up his stave in defiance, and passed by him up the little alley by Mr. Silby's to King-street, where they attacked single and unarmed persons till they raised much clamour, and then turned down Cornhill-street, insulting all they met in like manner, and pursuing some to their very doors. Thirty or forty persons, mostly lads, being by this means gathered in King-street, Capt. Preston, with a party of men with charged bayonets, came from the main guard to the commissioners house, the soldiers pushing their bayonets, crying, Make way; They took place by the custom-house, and continuing to push to drive the people off, pricked some in several places; on which they were clamours, and, it is said, threw snow-balls. On this, the Captain commanded them to fire, and more snow-balls coming, he again said, Damn you, Fire, be the consequence what it will! One soldier then fired, and a townsmen with a cudgel struck him over
the hands with such force that he dropt his firelock; and rushing forward aimed a blow at the Captain's head, which graz'd his hat and fell pretty heavy upon his arm: However, the soldiers continued the fire, successively, till 7 or 8, or as some say 11 guns were discharged.
By this fatal manœuvre, three men were laid dead on the spot, and two more struggling for life; but what shewed a degree of cruelty unknown to British troops, at least since the house of Hanover has directed their operations, was an attempt to fire upon or push with their bayonets the persons who undertook to remove the slain and wounded!
Mr. Benjamin Leigh, now undertaker in the Delph manufactory, came up, and after some conversation with Capt. Preston, relative to his conduct in this affair, advised him to draw off his men, with which he complied. The Dead are,
Mr. Samuel Gray, Rope-maker, killed on the Spot, the Ball entered his Head and broke the skull.
A Mollatto Man, named Attucks, who was born in Framingham, but lately belonging to New-Providence, and was here in order to go for North-Carolina, killed on the Spot, two Balls entering his Breast.
Mr. James Caldwell, Mate of Capt. Morton's Vessel, killed on the Spot, two Balls entering his Breast.
Mr. Samuel Maverick, a promising Youth of 17 Years of Age, Son of the Widow Maverick, and an Apprentice to Mr. Greenwood, Joiner, mortally wounded, a Ball went through his Belly, and came out at his Back: He died the next Morning.
A Lad named Christopher Monk, about 17 Years of Age, an Apprentice to Mr. Walker, Shipwright; Mortally wounded, a Ball entered his Side & came out at his Back; apprehended he will die.
A Lad named John Clark, about 17 Years of Age, whose Parents live at Medford, and an Apprentice to Capt. Samuel Howard of this Town; Mortally wounded, a Ball entered just above his Groin & came out at his Hip, on the opposite Side, apprehended he will die.
Mr. Edward Payne, of this Town, Merchant, standing at his Entry-Door, received a Ball in his Arm, and shattered some of the Bones.
Mr. John Green, Taylor, coming up Leverett's Lane, received a Ball just under his Hip, & lodged in the under Part of his Thigh, which was extracted.
Mr. Robert Patterson, a Seafaring Man, who was the Person that had his Trousers shot thro' in Richardson's affair, wounded; a Ball went thro' his Right Arm.
Mr. Patrick Carr, about 30 Years of Age, who work'd with Mr. Field Leather-Breeches-maker in Queen-Street, wounded, a Ball enter'd near his Hip and went out at his Side.
A Lad named David Parker, an Apprentice to Mr. Eddy the Wheelwright, wounded, a Ball enter'd in his Thigh.
The People were immediately alarmed with the Report of this horrid Massacre, the Bells were set a ringing, and great Numbers soon assembled at the Place where this tragical Scene had been acted; their Feelings may be better conceived than expressed; and while some were taking Care of the Dead and Wounded, the Rest were in Consultation what to do in those dreadful Circumstances. But so little intimidated were they, notwithstanding their being within a few Yards of the Main-Guard, and seeing the 29th Regiment under Arms, and drawn up in King-Street; that they kept their Station and appear'd as an Officer of Rank express'd it, ready to run upon the very Muzzles of their Muskets. The Lieutenant-Governor soon came into the Town-House, and there met some of his Majesty's Council and a Number of Civil Magistrates; a considerable Body of the People immediately entered into the Council-Chamber, and express'd themselves to his Honor with a Freedom and Warmth becoming the Occasion. He used his utmost Endeavours to pacify them, requesting that they would let the Matter subside for the Night, and promising to do all in his Power that Justice should be done, & the Law have its Course: Men of Influence and Weight with the People were not wanting on their part to procure their Compliance with his Honor's Request,---by representing the horrible Consequences of a promiscuous and rash Engagement in the Night, and assuring them that such Measures should be entered upon in the Morning, as would be agreeable to their Dignity, and a more likely way of obtaining the best Satisfaction for the Blood of their Fellow-Townsmen. The Inhabitants attended to these Suggestions, and the Regiment under Arms being ordered to their Barracks which was insisted upon by the People, they then separated & returned to their Dwellings by One o'Clock. At 3 Caps. Preston was committed, as were the Soldiers who fired, a few Hours after him.
Tuesday Morning presented a most shocking Scene, the Blood of our Fellow Citizens running like Water through King-Street, and Merchants Exchange the principal Spot of the Military Parade for about 18 Months past: Our Blood might also be track'd up to the Head of Long Lane, and through other Streets and Passages.
At eleven o'Clock the Inhabitants met at Faneuil-Hall, and after some animated speeches becoming the occasion, they chose a Committee of 15 respectable Gentlemen to wait upon the Lieutenant Governor in Council, to request of him to issue his Orders for the immediate removal of the troops.
The Message was in these Words: THAT it is the unanimous opinion of this meeting that the inhabitants and soldiery can no longer live together in safety; that nothing can rationally be expected to restore the peace of the town, and prevent further blood and carnage, but the immediate removal of the troops; and that we therefore most fervently pray his Honor that his power and influence may be exerted for their instant removal.
His Honor's Reply, which was laid before the Town then Adjourned to the Old South Meeting House, was as follows: Gentlemen,
I AM extremely Sorry for the unhappy differences between the inhabitants and troops, and especially for the action of the last evening, and I have exerted myself upon that occasion that a due
enquiry may be made, and that the law may have its course. I have in council consulted with the commanding officers of the two regiments who are in the town. They have their orders from the General at New-York. It is not in my power to countermand those orders. The Council have desired that the two regiments may be removed to the Castle. From the particular concern which the 29th regiment has had in your differences, Col. Dalrymple, who is the commanding officer of the troops, has signified that that regiment shall without delay be placed in the barracks at the Castle, until he can send to the General and receive his further orders concerning both the regiments, & that the main guard shall be removed, and the 14th regiment so disposed and laid under such restraint that all occasion of future disturbances may be prevented.
The foregoing Reply having been read and fully considered---the question was put, Whether the Report be satisfactory? Passed in the Negative, (only 1 dissentient,) out of upwards of 4000 Voters.
It was then moved and voted John Hancock, Esq; Mr. Samuel Adams, Mr. William Molineux, William Phillips, Esq; Dr. Joseph Warren, Joshua Henshaw, Esq; and Samuel Pemberton, Esq; be a Committee to wait on his Honour the Lieut. Governor and inform him, that it is the opinion of this Meeting, that the Reply made to a Vote, of the Inhabitants presented his Honor in the Morning, is by no Means satisfactory; and that nothing less will satisfy, than a total and immediate removal of all the Troops.
The Committee having waited upon the Lieut. Governor agreeable to the foregoing Vote, laid before the inhabitants the following vote of Council received from his Honor.
His Honor the Lieut. Governor laid before the Board a vote of the town of Boston, passed this afternoon, and then address'd the Board as follows:
"Gentlemen of the Council, "I lay before you a vote of the town of Boston, which I have just now received from them, and I now ask your advice what you judge necessary to be done upon it."
The Council thereupon express'd themselves to be unanimously of opinion, "that it was absolutely necessary for his Majesty's service, the good order of the town, and the peace of the province that the troops should be immediately removed out of the town of Boston, and thereupon advised his Honor to communicate this advice of the Council to Col. Dalrymple, and to pray that he would order the troops down to Castle William." The committee also informed the town, that Col. Dalrymple, after having seen the vote of Council, said to the committee, "That he now gave his word of honor that he would begin his preparations in the morning, and that there should be no unnecessary delay until the whole of the two regiments were removed to the Castle."
Upon the above report being read, the inhabitants could not avoid expressing the high satisfaction it afforded them.
After measures were taken for the security of the town in the night by a strong military watch, the meeting was dissolved.
The 29th regiment have already left us, and the 14th regiment are following them, so that we expect the Town will soon be clear of all the troops.---The wisdom and true policy of his Majesty's Council and Col. Dalrymple the commander appear in this measure---Two regiments in the midst of this populous city; and the inhabitants justly incensed: Those of the neighbouring towns actually under arms upon the first report of the massacre, and the signal only wanting to bring in a few hours to the gates of this city many thousands of our brave brethren in the country, deeply affected with our distresses, and to whom we are greatly obliged on this occasion---No one knows where this would have ended, and what important consequences even to the whole British empire might have followed, which our moderation and loyalty upon trying an occasion, and our faith in the commander's assurances have happily prevented.
Last Thursday, agreeable to a general request of the inhabitants and by the consent of parents and friends, were carried to the Grave in succession, the bodies of Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Crispus Attucks, the unhappy victims who fell in the bloody massacre of the Monday evening preceding!---
On this occasion most of the shops in town were shut, all the bells were ordered to toll a solemn peal, as were also those in the neighbouring towns of Charlestown, Roxbury, &c. The Procession began to move between the hours of 4 and 5 in the afternoon; two of the unfortunate sufferers, viz. Messrs. James Caldwell & Crispus Attucks, who were strangers, borne from Faneuil Hall, attended by a numerous train of persons of all ranks; and the other two, viz. Mr. Samuel Gray, from the house of Mr. Benjamin Gray, (his brother) on the North side the Exchange, and Mr. Maverick, from the house of his distressed mother, Mrs. Mary Maverick in Union street, each followed by their respective relations and friends: The several hearses forming a junction in King-street, the theatre of that inhuman tragedy! proceeded from thence thro' the main street lengthened by an immense concourse of people so numerous as to be obliged to follow in ranks of six, and bro't up by a long train of carriages belonging to the principal gentry of the town. The bodies were deposited in one vault in the middle burying ground. The aggravated circumstances of their death, the distress and sorrow visible in every countenance, together with the peculiar Solemnity with which the whole funeral was conducted, surpasses description.
A military watch has been kept every night at the town-house and prison, in which many of the most respectable gentlemen of the town have appeared as the common soldier, & night after night have given their attendance.
A servant boy of one Manwaring the tide-waiter from Quebec, is now in goal, having depose'd that himself, by the order and encouragement of his superiors had discharged a musket several times from one of the windows of the house in King street, hired by the Commissioners and custom-house officers to do their business. In more than one other person swore upon oath, that they apprehended several discharges came from that quarter.---It is not improbable that we may soon be able to account for the assassination of Mr. Otis some time past; the message by Wilmot, who came from the same house to the infamous Richardson before his firing the gun which kill'd young Snider, and to open such a scene of Villainy acted by a dirty Banditti as must astonish the public.
It is supposed that there must have been a greater Number of People from Town and Country at the Funeral of those who were mas-

sacred by the Soldiers, than were ever together on this Continent on any Occasion.
A more dreadful Tragedy has been acted by the Soldiers in King-Street, Boston, New-England, than was some time since exhibited in St. George's Field, London, in Old England, which may serve instead of Beacons for both Countries.
Had those worthy Patriots, not only represented by Bernard and the Commissioners as a Faction, but as aiming at making a Separation between Britain and the Colonies, had any thing else in Contemplation than the preservation of our Rights, and bringing things back to their old Foundation---What an Opening has been given them?
Among other Matters in the Warrant for the annual Town-Meeting this Day is the following Clause, viz. "Whether the Town will take any Measures that a publick Monument may be erected on the Spot where the late tragical Scene was acted, as a Memento to Posterity, of that horrid Massacre, and the destructive Consequences of Military Troops being quartered in a well regulated City."
Capt. Preston strongly denies his giving any orders for the Party to fire.
It is said some Vessels are now taking up here in order to transport the 14th Regiment to New-York.
BOSTON-COAL, Monday, 12th March.
Messieurs EDES & GILL,
PERMIT me thro' the channel of your paper, to return my thanks in the most publick manner to the inhabitants in general of this town---who throwing aside all Party and Prejudice, have with the utmost humanity & freedom, stepped forth as advocates for truth, in defence of my injured innocence, in the late unhappy affair that happened on Monday night last: And to assure them, that I shall ever have the highest sense of the justice they have done me, which will be ever gratefully remembered, by, Their much obliged and most obedient humble servant, THOMAS PRESTON.
A Gentleman in Carolina, in a Letter to his Friend in Boston, in Answer to one inclosing the last Budget of Letters from Governor Bernard, &c. has the following Passage.
"We have no Processions, no Noise, but I hope every Thing is operating here, as well as in every other Part of the Continent, to bring about the Events so generally wished for; I pray God to hasten them. Bernard and his Associates, will want an H---ll as much hotter for them, than for common Sinners, as Nebuchadnezzar's fiery Furnace was, and two Eternities Continuance there."
S A L E M, March 13, 1770.
The 5th of April is to be observed as a Day of public Fasting & Prayer, throughout the Province of Massachusetts-Bay.
The 1st Instant, Captain Glover, who arrived at Cape Ann last Week from Lisbon, took off of a Wreck, Capt. Richard Davis, & 7 Men, belonging to New-London, whose Vessel had been dismasted 9 Days before, and her Sails and Rigging all torn to Pieces.
A flaunt Whig , who is a true Lover of his native Country, desires that the following Paragraphs may be inserted.
So enraged are the People at the late horrid Massacre in Boston, that, it is thought, if a proper signal should be given, not less than Fifteen Hundred Men from this Town and Marblehead, would turn out, at a Minute's Warning, to revenge the Murders, and support the Rights of the insulted and much abused Inhabitants of Boston.
It is hoped that the Inhabitants of each Town not only in this Province, but throughout America, will pass Votes and Resolutions expressive of the greatest Abhorrence and Detestation of the late bloody Massacre, and of their Readiness, at all Times, to support their Rights as Men, Christians and British Subjects; and also, if the Tyranny of A-----n requires it, to sacrifice their Lives in extirpating a profligate, licentious and blood-thirsty soldiery, stationed among us with the avowed Intention of rendering ineffectual the present Struggles for preserving all that is dear and valuable. If this Spirit don't prevail on the present extraordinary, melancholly Occasion, in vain (with Respect to us) did our Ancestors quit their native Land, and encounter numerous Perils and Dangers in settling this Country, to enjoy the Blessings of Freedom, and to transmit the same to their Posterity.
Never did Tory Principles , as they are called, appear in such glaring odious Colours as at this Time. For Men to talk of the late barbarous Murders without any apparent Sentations of Sorrow or Resentment, betrays their want of common Humanity: but their discovering manifest Signs of Pleasure at the late Executions of military Cruelty, and a Desire to justify the Murderers, is really shocking to human Nature; and if their Hearts corresponds with their Actions, they certainly merit the severest Vengeance of Almighty God.
A WHIG.
P O R T S M O U T H, March 16.
Captain Nathaniel Sherburne, of this Town, we hear, died at the Granades about 6 Weeks ago, of a Fever.
We are certified from Atkinson, in this Province, that a young Woman of that Place, under 20, inspired with the noble principles of Liberty and Patriotism, has spun a few Days since, in the space of two Days, upwards of 287 Knots of good Cotton Yarn, at the rate of about 35 Knots per Pound: the last of the two Days, she spun 147 Knots and some odd Threads, which is equal to upwards of 27 seven noted Skeins; and by computation the length of the Threads spun in two Days exceeds thirteen Miles.
Happy, thrice happy, for our Country! if the Females in general were inspired with this noble Spirit of Industry and economy; as it would be the most happy Means to rid our Colonies from Slavery; and then THEIR SONS would be THE SONS OF LIBERTY.
M rs FOWLES,
AND some of my Neighbours who happen'd to meet at the Tavern to'ther Night, read over your last Week's Paper, and were greatly delighted with all the News about New-York, and Mr. M c Dougal, and the shooting of Boys and breaking Windows at Boston, which are no doubt all very clever, for they are People who our Folks lay are very Wits and learned too!----- but these Things are nothing to the Matter, that I, and our Neighbourhood want to enquire about-----Mess rs Printers, there is a Gentleman, who writes in your Paper charmingly about Learning and Education, Oh! if our great Folks had but a little of it, or if you please a little more of it, (so we should be sure they had some) then perhaps we might not have Occasion to ask of your Correspondent, Mr. "Foresight," whither he is endowed with "Insight" too, and if he is, we beseech of him to tell us poor Farmers and Tradesmen, what was done in the biggest and most publick House in Portsmouth; between the 9th of January and 3d of February, besides expending above One Thousand Dollars; for us poor Souls to pay--- If Mr. Foresight added to Insight is also blessed with Second-Sight, we shall be heartily obliged, if he will inform us, whether if that same great House should be inhabited again the latter End of this Month, we shall have One Thousand Dollars more to pay---for--- Oh! Mr. Foresight in the Name of good Learning and Education, do tell us for---what---And you will oblige above Ten Thousand Taxables, who are now inclin'd to believe you'll answer, for----- Nothing.
Merry-Meeting-Bay, near Gilmanstown, March 3.
N. B. I hope the Spelling is right, for I got a young Man to correct it, who is preparing himself to learn Indian at Dartmouth-College, and can travel special well in the Woods, and he ant discourag'd at all because there are no Roads.
Evil be to him---that Evil thinks.
TO BE SOLD Cheap for CASH, Choice West-India RUM and MOLASSES , by the Hogstead, Barrell or smaller Quantity. A few Barrells of BROWN SUGAR , and Philadelphia FLOUR : Also a good Assortment of ENGLISH GOODS , By SAMUEL GRIFFITH , Or, RICHARD CHAMPNEY .
‡ Canterbury. ‡ THE Proprietors of Canterbury in the Province of New Hampshire, are hereby Notified, to meet at the Meeting House in said Canterbury, on Thursday the Fifth Day of April next, at One of the Clock P. M. to transact the following Matters, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To sell so much of the Common Land in said Canterbury as will defray the Charges of a Law Suit already pursued to final Judgment and Execution, between the Proprietors of said Canterbury, and Chichester, and also to defray the Charges of a Law Suit now depending between the Proprietors of said Canterbury and Chichester, upon a Review of the former Case.
Stephen Gerrish, } Select Men Archelaus Moor, } for Thomas Clough, } Canterbury
STOLEN from Joseph Sias , Esq; of Lee, last Night, a large Red MARE, coming in Four Years old, a small Spot of White in her Face, paces pretty fast, and shot all round. Whoever shall take up said MARE, and the THIEF, so that he may be brought to Justice, and convey said Mare to me, shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by Joseph Sias. Lee, March 10, 1770.
It is supposed that one Stephen Noise of Hampshire stole the above MARE, as he was seen upon her this Day at Capt. Sanders's of Ambury in the Massachusetts.
NOTICE is hereby given , That the HOUSE, WARE HOUSE, and WHARFE that belong'd to Nathaniel Seargant, late of New-Castle, Physician, deceas'd, Intestate, will be Sold by Public Vendue at the House of Alcock Stevens, in said Newcastle, on Monday the second Day of April next, at three of the Clock Afternoon. The above Estate is pleasantly situated; the House large and commodious, well finished, a large Garden.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Capt. John Ayers , junr. late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Henry Sherburne, junr. of said Portsmouth, Administrator on said Estate, in order for Settlement. March 12th, 1770.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Ephraim Dennet , Esq; late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Lydia Dennet, of said Portsmouth, Administratrix on said Estate, in order for Settlement.
Nath l Sheaff Griffith Clock and Watchmaker in Portsmouth near the Parade, HEREBY informs his Customers and others, that he continues carrying on his Business as usual, and has now by him all sorts of materials for Clocks and Watches, and those who Employ him, may depend on being faithfully and punctually served, --and cheaper than by any other Watchmaker. He has the best of clarified Oyl, for Clocks and Watches, which prevents their stoping in cold Weather.
PURSUANT to a Licence from the Hon the Judge of Probate, &c. for the Province of New Hampshire, will be exposed to Sale by publick Vendue to the highest Bidder, on Monday the sixteenth Day of April next, at the Dwelling House of Mr. Eliphalet Giddings, Innholder in Exeter, the Real Estate that belonged to Doctor Eliphalet Hale, late of said Exeter, deceased, consisting of a large Dwelling House, and about twenty Acres of Mowing and Tillage Land, with a good Barn and Garden thereon, and a good Well, in Exeter aforesaid, and about Five Acres of Salt Marsh adjoining to Exeter River, which are to be sold by Eliphalet Hale, Administrator of said Estate, for the payment of the Debts & Charges due therefrom. The Sale to begin at Three of the Clock Afternoon, when and where the Conditions of Sale may be seen. Exeter, March 12. 1770. Eliphalet Hale, Administ r .
§ Barnstead. §
To the Proprietors of the Township of BARNSTEAD, in the Province of New Hampshire. YOU are hereby Notified to meet at the House of Mrs. Sarah Hoyt, Innholder at Newington, on Tuesday the 27th of this Instant, at Two o'Clock, P.M. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To chuse all needful Officers for the Propriety this current Year. Delinquent Proprietors are hereby Notified, that unless they pay their Arrears, at, on or before the 27th of this Instant March, so much of his or their Common Lands in said Barnstead, will be sold at Public Vendue as will pay the Taxes due thereon, with the Charge of advertising. Per Order of the Propriety, RICHARD DOWNING, Proprietors Clerk. Newington, March 7, 1770.
§ East-Town. §
Province of New Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given, that a Meeting of the Proprietors of a Tract or New Township of Land, commonly known and called EAST TOWN, granted to Lieut. John Ham, Gerham Downs and others, by the Purchasers of John Tufton Mason, Esq; his Right, to be held at the House of Mr. Ephraim Hanson, in Dover, on Monday the 19th Day of March next, then and there to vote and act on the following Articles, viz. 1. To choose a Moderator to regulate said Meeting. 2. To see if the proprietors, at said Meeting, will choose an Agent or Agents to wait on the Honorable Grantors, to see if they will give the Grantees a longer Time, or lengthen out the Charter, so that the Grantees may compleat the Settlement of said Tract or Township. 3. As it may be necessary that said Meeting may be adjourned after said Agents are chosen, to a proper Time, to hear the Report of said Agents, for what Instructions or Conditions said Grantors may propose to said proprietors of said Township; and at the Adjournment of said Meeting to hear said Report thereon, or any Thing thereon, or to act and vote any Matter relating to the said Grantors proposals, or any other Matter relating to the carrying on the Settlement of said Township, as the said Grantees may then think needful. And all the proprietors are desired to attend at Time and Place. By Order of the Assessors, JOHN GAGE, junr. proprietors Clerk. Dover, Feb. 20. 1770.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A Petition having been presented to the GENERAL ASSEMBLY, by RICHARD JENNESS, Esq; of Rye, in behalf of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Deerfield, in said Province, shewing that the said Inhabitants had passed a Vote to erect a Meeting House and Parsonage House, as well as to determine the bigness of said Houses, and the Place where to set them; but that by Reason of the heavy Expence they are at to support their public Roads, they find themselves unable to go on with said design, and therefore praying that an Act may be passed to lay a Tax of Two Pence, per Acre for seven Years, on all the Lands in said Parish for the Purpose aforesaid: These are therefore to Notify all Persons concern'd, that they may be heard on said Petition on the third Day of the sitting of the General Assembly, after the first Day of March, to shew Cause why the Prayer thereof may not be granted. GEO. KING, Dep. Secretary. Portsmouth, Feb. 1, 1770.
This is to desire all those that are Indebted to the Estate of John Leavitt , late of Hampton, deceas'd, to make immediate Payment: Also all those that have any Demands on said Estate, to bring in their Claims as soon as may be to me the Subscriber, Administrator on said Estate. Jonathan Leavitt. Hampton, March 7, 1770.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to Alexander Welch by Notes of Hand endorsed by William Scott of Rochester, are desired to make speedy Payment, to said Welch, or depend upon being sued.
BLANKS of most sorts, and a variety of BOOKS, Pamphlets, &c sold at the Printing Office near the State House.
CUSTOM HOUSE Piscataqua 25. Feb. Inward Entries, FROM. Sloop Dispatch, Zebulon Wiggins, Turks Island. Schooner Sea Cow, Robert Moore, Barbades & St. Martins. Schooner Liberty, Andrew Breeding, Virginia. Schooner Grey Hound, Abraham Trefethen, Ditto. Outward Bound, NONE. Clear'd for Departure, FOR. Brig Conway, Edward Wiggleworth, West-Indies. Sloop Molly, Ezekiel Stearns, Ditto. Brig Irish Gimblet, George Turner, Ditto. We are obliged to omit many Articles to make Room for the late dismal Transactions in Boston.

Thomas Martin,
At his Store in Portsmouth, sells at the lowest Cash Price, the following Articles, viz.
GREEN and Bohea Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Loaf and Brown Sugar, Raisins, Currants, Almonds, Anchovies, Capers, Pepper, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Allspice, Oatmeal, Hair Powder, Poland and common Starch, Crown Soap, Florence Oil, Flour, Rice, Mustard, Salt, Salt-Petre, Ginger, West India and New-England Rum, Molasses, Spermaceti Candles, Redwood, Logwood, Fustick, Copperas, Alum, Rosin, Pressing Paper, Clothiers Cards, Wool Cards—Red Lead, white Lead, Spanish Brown, Spanish Yellow, Whiting, Brimstone, Powder, Shot, Bar and Sheet Lead, Cotton, 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. 20d. 24d. 30d. 40d. Sheathing, drawing, pump, scupper, clapper & shoe Nails, 8 by 10, 7 by 9 and 6 by 8 Crown Glass, Hammers, Gimblets, Hinges, Files, Cod and Mackerel Lines, Cod, Mackerel, Pollock and small Hooks, Bunting, Sail, Bolt-Rope and other Needles, Papers and Pound Pins, Twine, Time Glasses, Oznabrigs, Ticklinburg, China, Glass, Iron and Stone Ware, Bellows, Heaters, Corks, Pipes, Playing Cards, Whalebone, Warming Pans, Knitting Needles, Thimbles, Hair Combs, Ivory and Horn Combs, Spring Knives, Knives and Forks, Table Spoons, Tea Spoons, Tea Tongs, Sieves, House and Hearth Brushes, Mops, Scrubbing Brushes, Flax, Shoe Brushes, Shoe Buckles, Iron Dogs—Kersies, Broad Cloths, German Serges, Barcelona Handkerchiefs, Hats, Irish Linnens, Cotton & Linen Checks, Tammies & Shalloons, Calamancoes, Patches, Fans, Breeches Patterns, Stockings, Camblets, Men's and Women's Leather Shoes, Lynn Shoes, Tapes, Sewing Silk, Threads, Taffeta, Alamoce, Sattin, Cloak Silk, Worsted and Mill'd Caps, Buttons, Twist, Knee Straps, Fustians, Long Lawn, Cambric, Lawn, Gauzes, Bedticks, Laces and Stay Laces, Bar Iron, &c. &c. &c.
§ Saville. §
PURSUANT to a Vote of the Proprietors of SAVILLE, impowering the Clerk of said Propriety, to call a Meeting of the Proprietors when he shall find it necessary. This is therefore to Notify said Proprietors to meet at the House of Capt. Zechariah Foss in Portsmouth, on Friday the 22d Day of March Instant, then and there to act upon the following Matters. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To see what the Proprietors will do about the Five 100 Acre Lots which were given as an Encouragement to five Settlers who have not fulfilled the Conditions; as also to regulate the Pitches of the first fifteen Settlers. 3. To see if the Proprietors will appoint some suitable Person to go on the Spot and see that the Settlers are actually on by the first Day of May, or their Pitches to determine and end. 4. To appoint another Collector in the Room of Capt. Oliver Corey, who is out of the Province; also to see that the second Division of Lots is compleated. 5. To receive the Report of any Committees, and to do any other Matter that may regard the Settlement of the Township.
JOHN WENDELL, Clerk. Portsmouth, March 7. 1770.
Ruth Jones
Hereby informs the Public, that She intends to open a SCHOOL the 20th of March ensuing, in Pitt Street, where she will endeavour to Teach young Misses all the various Arts and Branches of NEEDLE WORK , namely, Needle Lace Work, Needle Work on Lawn, Flowering with Crael, working Pocket Books with Irish Stitch, drawing and working of Twilight, making of Letters, and plain Sewing, &c. Learning young Children to Read.
§ Leavitt's-Town. §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHEREAS Application has been made unto me the subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for said Province of New-Hampshire, by the Proprietors or Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of the Rights or Shares of Land in the Township of Leavitt's Town, in said Province, to notify and call a Meeting of the Proprietors at said Township, to be held at the Dwelling House of Capt. Josiah Robinson, Innholder in Exeter, in said Province, on Wednesday the 28th Day of March Instant, at two of the Clock, Afternoon, to come into the following Measures, and pass the following Votes, viz.—To choose all necessary Officers. To open and clear a Road from Phillips Town, (now called Stanford) to said Leavitt's Town, and what Roads are wanted in said Leavitt's Town; and also a Road from said Leavitt's Town, to his Excellency's Seat in Wolfborough, in said Province; and how many Families they will indent with to move and settle in said Leavitt's Town, and what Consideration they will give to each Family for making said Settlement. To chuse Agents to prosecute those who have not fulfilled the Bonds they gave to make a Settlement in said Township the Year past, and also prosecute those who are indebted to said Proprietors by Notes of Hand or otherways; and to choose a Committee to call upon the Assessors and Collector to account for the Sums of Money they have assessed and received of said Proprietors. To grant and raise by Tax what Money is further wanted to defray the Charges of clearing Roads and settling said Township. To settle and agree upon some particular Method for calling Proprietors Meetings for the future; and to establish and confirm the Transactions of any former Meetings, if the Proprietors shall see fit. And to chuse a Committee to wait on the Honorable Grantors, and inform them what has obstructed and hindered the Fulfilment of the Settlement of said Township, and how far the Grantees have proceeded towards fulfilling the Grant of said Township, and see if said Grantors will give a longer Time to said Grantees to fulfil said Grant, and employ some of the Inhabitants of said Leavitt's Town to fall ten Acres of Trees upon the School Lot for the Benefit of a School. InConsequence of which Application, I do hereby notify the said Proprietors of Leavitt's Town, to meet together at the Time and Place aforesaid, for the Purpose aforesaid.
NOAH EMERY, Just. Peace. Exeter, March 8th 1770.
* Leavitts-Town. *
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHEREAS at a Meeting of the Proprietors of LEAVITT'S TOWN, so called, in said Province, held at the Dwelling House of John Leavitt, Innholder in North Hampton, in said Province in February last by Adjournment, it was moved, Whether the Meeting should then be dissolved or further adjourned? and it was then and there voted by a great Majority, and for the greater Certainty determined by a Poll, that the said Meeting should be adjourned to the First Monday in May next at the same Time and Place: Not withstanding this was legally and fairly translated, it appears by an Advertisement dated at Exeter February 27, 1770, signed by Noah Emery, Esq.; Justice of the Peace; that Application had been made to him by the Proprietors or Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of the Rights or Shares in said Township, to call a Meeting of said Proprietors to be held at Exeter the 28th of March then next for the Purposes declared in the said Advertisement. This Application I presume has been made by the minor Party out voted at the said Meeting in February last about the Adjournment, and seems to be a Contrivance of Obstinacy to obtain the Ends of that Party against the Majority, and not to submit to their Determination, and must inevitably throw all the Proceedings and Steps taken by the Propriety to carry on the Settlement, into Confusion. This is a Method intirely new, and if it should be indulged, will put an End to all corporate Acts, as well as to the authentic Transactions of these Communities called Proprieties, so necessary for the Settlement of New Townships:
THIS is therefore to desire the said Proprietors to consider what must be the Consequence of holding the Meeting proposed to be held on the said 28th Day of March aforesaid, whether it can be legal, and have any Effect but to create Disputes; and whether they are willing to involve themselves in Chicanery and Controversy, which may cost each of them as much as a Proprietor's Share there is worth, as well as to render their Title precarious and uncertain, which perhaps was the View of those at the Bottom of this Motion.
JOHN LEAVITT, Moderator. North Hampton, March 8th 1770.
Garden Seeds
Warranted to be the last Years Produce, and just imported from LONDON, to be sold by
JOHN ADAMS,
In Queen Street, Portsmouth, viz.
EARLY Charlton, early golden
Hosper, large and dwarf Marrowfat Peas, blue Roundvials, Ledman's dwarf, Spanish Moratter, and crooked Sugar Peas.—Large Windsor, speckled dwarf, and early yellow dwarf Beans.—Stratburgh Onion, White Spanish; Silver Skin; and Red Onions; early Yorkshire, early Dutch, early Battersea, Sugar Loaf, and large Winter Cabbage.—Green Savoy, early and late Cabbage.—Green, Marble, Tenn'sail and Cabbage Lettuce.—Red Beet.—Parsnip.—Early yellow and Orange Carrot.—Early and late Turnip.—double and single Parsley.—White Mustard.—Round Spinage.—Early and late Cucumber.—Celery.—London Radish.—Asparagus.—Thyme.—Sweet Marjoram, Broom, double & single pepper Grass; Hyssop; Sage; Rosemary; Lavender; Herds Grass and Clover, and sundry other Sorts, &c. &c.
§ Middle-Town. §
NOTICE is hereby given to the several delinquent Proprietors of Middle-Town, so called, in New Hampshire hereafter mentioned, that their respective Rights of Land in said Town will be exposed to Sale at Public Vendue on Thursday the 29th Day of March next, at the House of Mr. Ephraim Hanson, Innholder in Dover, at three o'Clock, P. M. agreeable to a Law of said Province, unless prevented by their paying the several Taxes assessed on their respective Rights, as the Balance is hereafter mentioned, and set forth viz.
  John Toker £ 9 5 0   Benjamin Mason 8 19 0   Samuel Clements 7 12 0   Ephraim Wentworth 5 19 0   John Ham, jun. 10 0 0   Richard Philpot 6 8 0   John Bickford 8 0 0   Dover, Feb. 20, 1770. John Kille, Collector 
[ Lime. ]
APPLICATION having been made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace by more than one sixteenth part of the Proprietors of L I M E , in the Province of New-Hampshire, to notify a Meeting of the Proprietors to transact the following Matters. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. a Proprietors Clerk, Treasurer, Assessors, Collectors and necessary Committees. 3. To inspect and examine the Transcripts or Records of former Meetings, To confirm such Votes as shall appear consistent and necessary for quieting and securing the several resident Proprietors, and for the effectual and peaceable Settlement of the Town. 4. To receive, examine, and pass upon such Accounts as may then be exhibited. 5. To grant, and raise such Sums of Money by Tax as may be thought necessary for defraying the Charges of renewing the Charter allotting out the Town clearing Roads, building Mills, and to promote the Settlement of the Town. 6. To consider and Vote in what Manner to lot out the Remainder of the Town. 7. To determine upon a Method for calling Proprietors Meetings for the future. In Compliance with the above Request, I do hereby notify said Proprietors to meet at the House of Mr. Jonathan Sumner in said Lime, on Tuesday the 15th Day of May next, at 2 o'Clock, P. M. then and there to act upon the premises.
H. WENTWORTH, Just. Peace. Portsmouth, 22d Feb. 1770.
ALL Persons having any Demands against the Estate of Orlando Bagley, late of Kingston, Gentleman, deceased, Intestate, are desired to bring in their respective Claims to Jacob Gale of said Kingston, who is Administrator of said Estate, and all Persons indebted to the said Estate are desired to make speedy payment. Kingston, Feb. 23 1770.
TO BE LETT.
A commodious Dwelling-House well Finished, with a Shop, pleasantly situated on Spring Hill, near the Market: Also a good Wharfe and Warehouse adjoining the same, very convenient for a Merchant, or any Person in Trade. For further Particulars, enquire of the Printers;
perpl. x & P. 1770 C-1e see Loks to L