The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1775-01-06 00:00:00

THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Vol. XIX. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
FRIDAY January 6, 1775.
No. 950 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
Province of New-Hampshire. A PROCLAMATION, By the GOVERNOR.
WHEREAS several Bodies of Men did, in the Day Time of the 14th, and in the Night of the 15th of this Instant December, in the most daring and rebellious Manner invest, attack, and forcibly enter into His Majesty's Castle William & Mary in this Province, and overpowering and confining the Captain and Garrison, did, besides committing many treasonable Insults & Outrages, break open the Magazine of said Castle and plunder it of above One hundred Barrels of Gunpowder, with upwards of 60 Stand of small Arms, and did also force from the Ramparts of said Castle and carry off sixteen Pieces of Cannon, and other military Stores, in open Hostility and direct Oppugnation of His Majesty's Government, and in the most atrocious Contempt of his Crown and Dignity;
I DO, by Advice and Consent of His Majesty's Council, issue this Proclamation, ordering and requiring in his Majesty's Name, all Magistrates and other Officers, whether Civil or Military, as they regard their Duty to the KING and the Tenor of the Oaths they have solemnly taken and subscribed, to exert themselves in detecting & securing in some of his Majesty's Goals in this Province the said Offenders, in Order to their being bro't to condign Punishment; And from Motives of Duty to the KING and Regard to the Welfare of the good People of this Province: I do in the most earnest and solemn Manner, exhort and injoin you, his Majesty's liege Subjects of this Government, to beware of suffering yourselves to be seduced by the false Arts or Menaces of abandoned Men, to abet, protect, or screen from Justice any of the said high handed Offenders, or to withhold or secrete his Majesty's Munition forcibly taken from his Castle; but that each and every of you will use your utmost Endeavours to detect and discover the Perpetrators of these Crimes to the civil Magistrate, and assist in securing and bringing them to Justice, and in recovering the King's Munition; This Injunction it is my bounden Duty to lay strictly upon you, and to require your Obedience thereto, as you value individually your Faith and Allegiance to his Majesty, as you wish to preserve that Reputation to the Province in general; and as you would avert the dreadful but most certain Consequences of a contrary Conduct to yourselves and Posterity.
GIVEN at the Council Chamber in Portsmouth the 26th Day of December, in the 15th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of GOD, of Great Britain, France & Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the Year of our Lord CHRIST, 1774.
J. WENTWORTH, By His Excellency's Command, with Advice of Council. THEODORE ATKINSON, Sec'y. GOD SAVE THE KING. SALE M. January 3, 1775.
By Capt. Sinclair, who arrived at Marblehead last Wednesday, in about 40 Days from Falmouth, we have the following Advices.
L O N D O N, October 25. LORD N-h went down to Kew on Saturday last, being worn out with the Chagrin of Office, and made the Offer of a formal Resignation of his Places, which his M--- refused to accept, at so critical a Period, commanding his Lordship to continue the Business of Office, till it was more convenient for the Affairs of the State to admit of such a Declaration. They write from Gibraltar, that the Dey of Algiers had declared War against the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
By the last Letters from America we have the melancholy Account of the burning of the Town of Boston; and that this Fire had been occasioned by a general Skirmish between the Army and the Inhabitants, in Consequence of the General's issuing Press Warrants to man those Ships which are short of Complement, through a violent epidemical Distemper. The General is now encamped on Boston Common, and the Country are hourly expected to give them a general Attack.
Octo. 27. The following is an authentic Information of the net Imports from America into the Port of Bristol from August 1, 1773. to August 8, 1774. inclusive, which are as follows, viz. 102388 Bushels of Wheat; 31682 Dito of Indian Corn; 22646 Dito of Barley; 15432 Dito of Oats; 14720 Barrels of Flour, and 2000 Bushels of Beans; besides many Thousand Bushels of Wheat which have arrived since.
Saturday's Proclamation, prohibiting the Exportation of Gunpowder, it is said, was occasioned by Intelligence received from Sheffield and Birmingham, of amazing Quantities of Fire Arms, &c. being nearly ready to be sent to America, in Consequence of an Order received from thence some Time since.
We are informed, that in the Course of the next Sessions a Motion will be made for discharging the Arrears of the Civil List, on Account of the increase of the Royal Family.
October 29. The Letters received on Friday from Boston, dated the 21st of September, are of the most alarming Nature. They assert that the Inhabitants of Boston, and of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, are now in Arms. They have put themselves into constant Exercise, and observe the most regular Discipline. The Governor (General GAGE) alarmed to the last Degree at this state of Things, sent to New York for more Troops, but the People of New York refused to furnish Transports to convey the Troops. These Steps have been taken without waiting for the Deliberations of the Congress. It is very strange, and must very soon excite more than Astonishment, that those Men are continued in Office, who have bro't the public Affairs to this horrid Situation.
Extract of a Letter from St. Omer's, October 25. Smuggling between France and North-America goes on apace at present. All the Manufactures at Lyons, Nyme, and Nantz, work Night and Day to load American Ships. This you may depend on as real Truth. A French Officer of my particular Acquaintance, just come hither with his Regiment from Brest and Port l'Orient, assures me that French India Goods rose 20 per Cent in one Day at Port l'Orient, by the Arrival of some American Ships in that Port."
The Delivery of all Letters from America on Government Account, is conducted with the utmost Secrecy: Three different Packets, by the Way of Holland, are said to have been received in the space of ten Days.
We are informed that two English Captains in the Navy refused the Command of the Scarborough, for the Service against Boston, saying, they understood they were only to be employed against the natural Foes of the Country, and not against the natural Friends. However, a hungry Swiss Scotchman took the Ship with much Avidity. They are the Men for any King that will pay them.
Nov. 3. The Proclamation against sending Guns and Gunpowder out of this Kingdom will be of very little Use or Effect, because the Americans will certainly procure whatever Quantity of them they want from Holland, France and Spain; and if Orders were given to stop and seize such Ships as were laden with the above Commodities by those Nations, it would bring on an immediate War with them: An Event which the present Ministry dare not hazard with any foreign Power, though they assume Courage sufficient to send Fleets and Armies to cut the Throats of our American Brethren.
No less than ten Acts of Parliament have been made to terrify and persecute the Americans, since the Accession of George III.
What Walpole had Sense to decline, and Pitt had Virtue and Firmness to refuse, has been invariably pursued by all the Ministers of the present Reign, the alienating the Americans from the Crown of England.
Lord Burleigh said to Queen Elizabeth, "Win your Subjects' Hearts, and you may soon gain their Hands and Purse." The present high tory Scotch Doctrine is, take the People's Purse, and never mind their Hearts, for you have all you want.
Orders were sent off to Ireland on Tuesday Night for all the Ships of War now lying in Corke Harbour, which are fit for Service, to be manned, and put in Readiness to sail on the shortest Notice.
Orders are given from the War-Office for all on furlow to join their respective Regiments immediately, wherever they are, whether in Garrison or otherwise.
Orders are sent to the Purseurs of several Ships at Portsmouth and Plymouth, to take on board Provisions for six Months immediately. It is said they are destined for the West-Indies.
This Morning the Lord Mayor elect went up in his new private Coach, with a Pair of cream coloured Horses, attended by Aldermen Crofby, Thomas and Hayley, and the two Sheriffs, and was presented to the Lord Chancellor who expressed the usual Approbation.
Nov. 5. When the Lord Mayor Elect was presented by the Recorder to the Lord Chancellor for Approbation, Mr. Recorder, in a short Speech, acquainted his Lordship, that the Livery of London had proceeded to choose a chief Magistrate, and that their Choice had fallen upon Mr. Aldermen Wilkes; that having done a several Occasions distinguished himself as a sensible, upright and active Magistrate, the Livery of London thought his Fidelity and Abilities had been sufficiently proved, and for that Reason had called him to so great and important an Office as First Magistrate of that great City. The Lord Chancellor then addressed himself to the Lord Mayor and the rest of the Company; told them his Majesty had been acquainted with the Proceedings of the Citizens of London, relative to their having elected a Chief Magistrate, and that he was commanded to signify his Majesty's Approbation of the Choice they had made.
As soon as our Squadron stationed in the Mediterranean, is reinforced with two Ships of the Line, it is believed a very spirited and peremptory Requisition will be made to the Dey and Republic of Algiers demanding a categorical Answer.
The Author of the following Meteorological Register, presents his Compliments to Mr. STRONG of Yale College, as he was not so fortunate as to observe his Address to the Public of the 14th ult. in Messrs. Edes and Gill's Gazette until this Day; so he has been prevented from the Pleasure of beginning it at so early a Period, in Manner as recommended by him; But in future he will not only give Observations on Fahrenheit's Thermometer, for Months to come, as he requests, but likewise remarks on the Barometer. And the Course of the Winds at Noon, with a general State of the Weather each Day and some Nights. Being, whilst he can enjoy a Friend and his own Signature, under its own Vine, the Public's and Mr. Strong's most Obedient. COLD WATER.
Dec. 14th 1774. PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, PORTSMOUTH, in Lat. 43 4 15. N Long. 70 43 15. W, from Greenwich. Meteorological REGISTER, in Portsmouth, for Part of December, 1774.
   December. Sunrise. Moon's Age. Sunset. Barom. at noon. Ther. at Noon. A. for Forenoon. P. for Afternoon. Winds at Noon. WEATHER.   for 24 Hours from Sunset to Sunset. for 24 Hours from Sunset to Sunset.    12 11 19 17 30 3 2 NW Fair A P. Fair A P.  13 16 25 28 30 2 2 NE Cloudy A P. Snow P.  14 25 29 31 29 5 3 W B N Ditto A Ditto P.  15 34 30 36 29 4 4 W B S Rain A P Rain A P  16 29 29 23 30 0 1 NW Fair A P Fair A P  17 13 24 28 29 9 5 S W B S Cloudy A Bright P  18 30 43 39 30 3 3 N W B W Fair A Bright T  19 39 44 45 29 4 1 S Rain A P Rain A P  20 23 19 17 29 9 9 NW Fair A P Fair A P  21 10 4 7 30 4 2 NW Fair A Bright T  22 9 16 14 30 1 1 N Snow A P Snow A P  23 6 11 11 30 2 2 N N E Cloudy with Snow T  24 21 23 29 29 9 9 NE Snow and Rain T  25 26 34 32 29 9 6 E Cloudy and very hazy A P  26 33 34 33 29 4 9 E B N Rain and Snow almost T  27 13 25 21 30 4 4 NW Fair A P Fair A P  28 11 12 11 30 0 0 NE Severe Snow Storm almost T  29 19 24 28 29 2 5 N B E Stormy with Snow almost T  30 24 32 28 29 6 6 W N W Cloudy but fair almost T  31 16 23 20 29 0 1 W B N Fair A P Fair T  
N. B. For the Benefit of those that are unacquainted with a Thermometer, I beg Leave to observe that the freezing Point: That every Degree above it is so many Degrees warmer, and below it so many colder than just to freeze. And that when any Figure stands under a Cypher, it shows it to be so many Degrees colder than 32, as for Example, the 21st Inst. at Sunrise the Thermometer stood 2 that shows the Weather 33 Degrees colder than just freezing Cold.
PORTSMOUTH.
Mr. Prin et, AN Anonymous Author in your last Week's Paper, asserted, that Col. March said, at the raising a Liberty Poll in Greenland, "That none but lazy, idle Fellows, such as your Andrew Mc Clary's and Jo Colley's would have any Thing to do with such Business." The Public may be assured, that Col. March never said any such Words, and that the Charge is groundless and invidious, artfully calculated to excite the Indignation of those Gentlemen, and to render him obnoxious to the Resentment of his Fellow Towns Men and Fellow Country Men; whose good Opinion, it hath ever been his greatest Ambition to deserve, and whose Interest, his most zealous Endeavours to promote.
A Correspondent observes, that a few Years ago, when a Proposal was first made not to use any India TEAS imported from Great-Britain on account of the Duty which Americans thought unconstitutional, the Tory Party, with whom the Scotch generally sided, were for baring and jibiting those who joined in it; but now we see by the English Papers, that the People in Scotland have entered into an Association to wear no Woollen Cloths manufactured in England, though not incurrer'd with a Duty; but these Papers do not pronounce the Scotch Rebels for such Association.
Extra of a LETTER from a Person at Exeter, in this Province, Dated January 2d, 1774.
AT a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of this Town, held here last Monday, among other Things, it was voted unanimously to adopt the Association of the Continental Congress, and a numerous Committee was chosen to see the same duly observed and strictly adhered to. At the same Meeting Five Deputies were appointed to assist at the Convention to meet here the 25th Instant, for the Choice of Delegates to represent this Province at the Continental Congress proposed to be held at Philadelphia in May next; and said Deputies were empowered to join with the other Deputies of the Convention, in chusing a Committee of their Body to proportion the Sum to be allowed such Delegates, among the several Towns and Parishes in this Government. It was also voted, not to suffer any Hawkers, Pedlars or Petty Chapmen to sell or expose to Sale among us, any Goods, Wares or Merchandise.
It is the Opinion of many, that if the above Vote, with the Law of the Province, should prove ineffectual to prevent the Infringement of such Persons, an Experiment ought to be made of Tar and Feathers.
MARRIED. Mr. JACOB SHEAFE, Jr. Merchant, to Miss POLLY QUINCY. Mr. THOMAS SHEAFE, Merchant, to Miss FOLLY BELL.

Continental Congress continu'd.
Wednesday, Sept. 14. 1774. A. M. The congress met according to adjournment. William Hooper, & Joseph Hewes, Esq'rs two of the deputies from North-Carolina, attended the congress and produced their credentials as follows :
North-Carolina.
AT a general meeting of deputies of the inhabitants of this province at Newbern, the 25th day of August, Anno Domini 1774.
Resolved, THAT we approve of the proposal of a general congress to be held in the city of Philadelphia, on the 20th day of Sept. next, then and there to deliberate upon the present state of British America, and to take such measures as they may deem prudent to effect the purpose of describing with certainty the rights of Americans, repairing the breaches made in those rights, and for guarding them for the future from any such violations done under the sanction of public authority.
Resolved, That William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and Richard Caswell, Esq'rs; and every of them be deputies to attend such congress, and they are hereby invested with such powers as may make any acts done by them or consent given in behalf of this province, obligatory in honour upon every inhabitant hereof who is not an alien to his country's good, and an apostate to the liberties of America.
signed, John Harvey, Moderator.
Attested, Andrew Knox, Clerk.
The above being read and approved, the deputies took their seats.
Henry Wesner, a delegate from the county of Orange, in the colony of New-York, appeared at congress, and produced a certificate of his election by the said county, which being read and approved, he took his seat in congress as a deputy from the colony of New-York.
George Ross, Esq; one of the delegates for the province of Pennsylvania, and John Alsop, Esq; one of the delegates for the colony of New York, appeared and took their seats in congress.
Ordered, That William Hooper, & Joseph Hewes, Esq'rs; from North-Carolina, be added to the committee appointed to state the rights of the colonies, &c. And
That William Hooper, Esq; be one of the committee appointed to report the statutes which affect the trade, &c. of the colonies.
The delegates from the province of Massachusetts Bay, agreeable to the request of the joint committees of every town and district in the county of Middlesex, in the said province, communicated to the congress the proceedings of those committees at Concord on the 30th and 31st days of August last, which were read.
Adjourned till to morrow 9 o'clock.
No business being prepared, the congress was adjourned from day to day, till Saturday morning at nine o'clock.
Saturday, Sept. 17, 1774, A. M.
The congress met according to adjournment.
Henry Caswell, Esq; one of the deputies from North-Carolina, appeared and took his seat in congress.
The resolutions entered into by the delegates of the several towns and districts in the county of Suffolk, in the province of Massachusetts Bay, on tuesday the 6th inst. and their address to his excellency general Gage, dated the 9th inst. were laid before the congress, and are as follows,
[Here comes in the Resolves of the County of Suffolk, in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, which have been published in most of the News Papers on this Continent, and in this Paper the 23d of September last.]
At a meeting of delegates from the several towns and districts in the county of Suffolk, held at Milton on Friday the 9th day of Sept. 1774.
Voted, That Doctor Joseph Warren of Boston, &c. be a committee to wait on his excellency the Governor, to inform him that this county are alarmed at the fortifications making on Boston neck, and to remonstrate against the same, and to the repeated insults offered by the soldiery, to persons passing & repassing into that town, and to confer with him upon those subjects.
[See this Address in this Paper September 30th last. §]
His excellency was waited upon to know if he would receive the committee with the above written address, but desiring he might have a copy of it in a private way, that so when he received it from the committee he might have an answer prepared for them, he was accordingly furnished with a copy, his excellency then declared that he would receive the committee on monday 12 o'clock.
Saturday, September 10. 1774.
The congress taking the foregoing into consideration,
Resolved unanimously,
That this assembly deeply feels the suffering of their countrymen in the Massachusetts Bay, under the operation of the late unjust, cruel, and oppressive acts of the British Parliament, that they most thoroughly approve the wisdom and fortitude with which opposition to these wicked ministerial measures has hitherto been conducted, and they earnestly recommend to their brethren a perseverance in the same firm and temperate conduct as expressed in the resolutions determined upon, at a meeting of the delegates for the county of Suffolk, on tuesday the 6th inst. trusting that the effects of the united efforts of North America in their behalf, will carry such conviction to the british nation of the unwise, unjust, and ruinous policy of the present administration, as quickly to introduce better men and wiser measures.
Resolved unanimously,
That contributions from all the colonies for supplying the necessities and alleviating the distresses of our brethren at Boston, ought to be continued, in such manner and so long as their occasions may require.
Ordered, That a Copy of the above resolutions be transmitted to Boston by the president.
Ordered, That these resolutions together with the resolutions of the county of Suffolk, be published in the News-Papers.
The committee appointed to examine and report the several statutes which affect the trade and manufactures of the colonies, bro't in their report which was ordered to lie on the table.
Adjourned till monday morning.
Monday, Sept. 19, 1774. A. M.
The congress met according to adjournment. The report brought in on saturday being read
Ordered, That the same be referred to the committee appointed to state the rights of the colonies, &c. to which committee the hon. Thomas Cushing, Esq; Patrick Henry, and Thomas Mifflin, Esq'rs; were added.
Adjourned from day to day till thursday.
† To be continu'd. †
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BOSTON.
To the INHABITANTS of the Province of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
My dear COUNTRYMEN,
I Endeavoured last Week to convince you of our real Danger, not to render you desperate, but to induce you to seek immediately some effectual Remedy. Our Case is not yet remediless, as we have to deal with a Nation not less generous and humane than powerful and brave, just indeed ; but not vindictive.
I shall, in this and succeeding Papers, trace this yet growing Distemper thro' its several Stages, from its first Rise to the present Hour, point out the Causes, mark the Effects, shew the Madness of persevering in our present Line of Conduct, and recommend what, I have been long convinced, is our only Remedy. I confess myself to be one of those that think our present Calamity is in a great Measure to be attributed to the bad Policy of a popular Party in this Province, and that their Measures for several Years past, whatever may have been their Intention, have been diametrically opposite to their Profession, the public Good ; & cannot, at present, but compare their Leaders to a Guide, that having led a benighted Traveller through many Mazes and Windings in a thick Wood, finds himself at length on the Brink of a horrid Precipice, and to save himself, seizes fast hold of his Follower, to the utmost Hazard of plunging both head-long down the Steep, and being dashed in Pieces together against the Rocks below.
In ordinary Cases we may talk in the measured Language of a Courtier ; but, when such a Weight of Vengeance is suspended over our Heads, by a single Thread, as threatens every Moment to crush us to Atoms, delicacy itself would be ill-timed ; I will declare the plain Truth wherever I find it, and claim it as a Right to canvass popular Measures and expose their Errors and pernicious Tendency as freely as governmental Measures are canvassed, so long as I confine myself within the Limits of the Law.
At the Conclusion of the late War, Great-Britain found that though she had humbled her Enemies, and greatly enlarged her own Empire, that the national Debt amounted to no less than one Hundred and fifty Millions, and that the annual Expence of keeping her extended Dominions in a State of Defence, which good Policy dictates no less in a Time of Peace, than War was increased in proportion to the new Acquisitions. Heavy Taxes and Duties were already laid, not only upon the Luxuries and Conveniencies but even the Necessaries of Life in Great-Britain and Ireland. She knew that the Colonies were as much benefited by the Conquests, in the late War as any Part of the Empire, and indeed more so, as their continental Foes were subdued, and they might now extend their Settlements not only to Canada, but even to the Western Ocean. The greatest opening was given to Agriculture, the natural Livelihood of the Country, that ever was known in the History of the World, and their Trade was protected by the British Navy. The Revenue to the Crown, from America amounted to but little more than the Charges of collecting it. She thought it as reasonable that the Colonies should bear a Part of the national Burden, as that they should share in the national Benefit. for this Purpose the Stamp Act was passed. — The Colonies soon found that the Duties imposed by the Stamp-Act would be grievous, as they were laid upon Custom-House Papers, Law Proceedings, conveyancing, and indeed extended to all their internal Trade and Dealings. It was generally believed through the Colonies, that this was a Tax not only exceeding our Proportion, but beyond our utmost Ability to pay. This Idea, united the Colonies generally in opposing it. At first we did not dream of denying the Authority of Parliament to tax us, much less to legislate for us. We knew that by our first Charter, our exclusive Right of Taxation was to continue but twenty Years. We had always considered ourselves, as a Part of the British Empire, and the Parliament, as the supreme Legislature of the whole. Acts of Parliament for regulating our internal Polity were familiar. We had paid Postage agreeable to Act of Parliament, for establishing a Post Office, Duties imposed for

regulating Trade, and even for raising a Revenue to the Crown without questioning the Right though we closely adverted to the Rate or Quantum. We know that in all those Acts of Government, the Good of the Whole had been consulted, and whenever through Want of Information any Thing grievous had been ordained, we were sure of obtaining Redress by a proper Representation of it. We were happy in our Subordination; but in an evil Hour, under the Influence of some malignant Planet, the Design was formed of opposing the Stamp Act, by a Denial of the Right of Parliament to make it. The Love of Empire is so predominant in the human Breast that we rarely find an Individual content with relinquishing a Power that he is able to retain, over a Body of Men.— Some few Months after it was known that the Stamp Act was passed, some Resolves of the House of Burgesses in Virginia, denying the Right of Parliament to tax the Colonies, made their Appearance.— We read them with Wonder—they favoured of Independence—they flattered the human Passions—the Reasoning was specious—we wished it conclusive. The Transition, to believe it so, was easy—and we, and almost all America followed their Example, in resolving that the Parliament had no such Right. It now became unpopular to suggest the contrary; his Life would be in danger that asserted it. The News-Papers were open to but one Side of the Question, and the inflammatory Pieces that issued weekly from the Press, worked the Populace to a fit Temper to commit the Outrages that ensued.— A Non-importation was agreed on, which alarmed the Merchants, and Manufacturers in England. It was Novel, and the People in England then supposed that the Love of Liberty was so powerful in an American Merchant, as to stifle his Love of Gain, and that the Agreement would be religiously adhered to.— It has been said, that several Thousands were expended in England, to foment the Disturbances there. However that may be, Opposition to the Ministry was then gaining Ground, from Circumstances, foreign to this. The Ministry was changed, and the Stamp-Act repealed.— The repealing Statute passed with Difficulty however through the House of Lords; forty at least protested against giving way to such an Opposition, and foretold what has since literally come to pass in Consequence of it. When the Statute was made, imposing Duties upon Glass, Paper, India Teas, &c. imported into the Colonies, it was said, that this was another Instance of Taxation, for some of the dutied Commodities were Necessaries, we had them not within ourselves, were prohibited from importing 'em from any Place except G. Britain, were therefore oblig'd to importt 'em from G. Britain, and consequently, were obliged to pay the Duties. Accordingly News Paper Publications, Pamphlets, Resolves, nonimportation Agreements, and the whole System of American Opposition was again put in motion.— We obtained a partial Repeal of this Statute, which took off the Duties from all the Articles except Teas. This was the lucky Moment when to have closed the Dispute. We might have made a safe & honorable Retreat. We had gained much, perhaps more than we expected. If the Parliament had passed an Act declarative of their Right to tax us, our Assemblies had resolved ten Times, that they had no such Right.
†To be continu'd.†
Hugh Henderson
At his Shop opposite the Printing Office, HAS for Sale a fine Assortment, of English and India GOODS , suitable for all Seasons of the Year, which he will sell at his usual low Prices.
Said Henderson requests those indebted to him, either by Note of Hand, or Accompt, to make speedy Payment, otherwise they may expect said Notes and Accompts will be put in suit immediately.
A PIG came to the House of
Mark Loud in Portsmouth about a Fortnight ago—the Owner may have him again, by applying to said Loud.
Oliver Whipple,
Attorney at LAW,
Gives his Friends and the Public to understand that he has Removed his Office, lately opposite the Post Office, in Portsmouth, to the House of Thomas Bell, Esq; deceas'd, at the North End of said Portsmouth, where all Persons, who chuse to favour him with their Business in the LAW, will find him attentive to their Interest, and punctual and faithful in the Dispatch of their Business.
Portsmouth, December 28,
West-India and English Goods.
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Henry Sherburne,
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Ranaway from the Subscriber
the Evening of the 18th Instant, a NEGRO FELLOW named POMP , a likely well made Fellow, about five Feet and six Inches high or better—Had on when he went off, a brown Broad Cloth Coat, a double breasted Jacket of the same, mix'd colour'd Breeches with silver Thread Buttons, grey Yarn Stockings, Linen Shirt over a Speck'd woollen Shirt, a black silk Handkerchief round his Neck, and a green Cap—Whoever will apprehend said Negro, and bring him to his Master, or secure him in his Majesty's Goal at York shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by EBENEZER SAYER.
N. B. Said Negro before his Escape, procured a counterfeit Pass, changing his own Name and his Master's. All Persons are cautioned against being deceived by such Artifice; and all Masters of Vessels and others are cautioned not to harbour, conceal or carry off said Negro, as they would avoid the Penalties of the Law in such Case provided.
Wells Dec. 23, 1774
WE the Subscribers, appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Benjamin Holt, late of Pembroke, Gentleman, deceas'd intestate, represented Insolvent, give notice that we will attend that Business at the late Dwelling House of the said Deceas'd, on the last Tuesday of January next, and the first Tuesdays of the five following Months, from one to six o'clock, in the Afternoon of said Days.
RICARD BARTLET, JOSEPH BAKER.
Dec. 28, 1774:
ALL Persons having any Demands on the Estate of John Thirlston, late of Stratham, deceas'd, are hereby Notified to bring in their Accounts attested, to Stephen Piper, Executor.
Stratham, December 27th 1774.
ALL Persons indebted to, or that have any Demands upon the Estate of Lieut. JOHN DOW, late of Epping, deceas'd, Intestate, are hereby desired to bring in their Accounts for immediate Settlement, to JUDA DOW, Administratrix to said Estate.
Warrantee and Quitclaim Deeds, Justices Writs, Shipping Papers, Bail Bonds, &c. Sold at the Printing Office.
[ Hanover. ]
THE Proprietors of the Township of HANOVER , in the County of Grafton, in the Province of New Hampshire, who are delinquent in paying their Taxes (some Time since advertis'd for Payment) are advertis'd, that unless Payment prevent, their Rights (so much of them as will pay Taxes and incidental Charges) will be expos'd to Sale at public Vendue, according to Law; at my Dwelling House in said Hanover, on Monday the thirtieth Day of January next, at ten o'clock in the Afternoon.
The delinquent Proprietors are
  John Downing Esq; 0 6 David Richardson 0 6   Maj John Wentworth 0 6 Esther Adams 0 3   Col. Joseph Smith 0 6 Edmund Freeman 0 0   John Knight 0 6 Prince Freeman 0 0   Maj. Joseph Smith 0 6 Peter Aspenwall 0 0   Huckens Starre, jr. 0 6 Phinehas Allin 0 0   Wm. Farwell 0 6 Jonathan Freeman 0 0   Ebenezer Stoddard 0 6 Stephen Walcott 0 0   Stephen Freeman 0 6 Jonathan Wright jr. 0 0   Noah Jones 0 6 Samuel Herrick 0 0   Nathan Freeman 0 6 Joseph Hatch jr. 0 0   Wm Johnson 0 6 Nathan Freeman jr. 0 0   Peter Aspenwall jr. 0 6 Jeman Allwood 0 0   Wm Woodward 0 6 William Cary 0 0   Moses Walcott 0 6 Nathaniel Hopkins 0 0   Nathan Wright 0 4 Jonathan Cuttiss 0 0   Ebenezer Jones 0 6 Oliver Barker 0 0   December 22d, 1774, Aaron Starrs Collector, 
[ Lebanon. ]
THE Proprietors of the Township of LEBANON , in the County of Grafton, in the Province of New Hampshire, who are delinquent in paying their Taxes (some Time since advertis'd for Payment) are advertis'd that unless Payment prevent, their Rights (so much of them as will pay Taxes and incidental Charges) will be expos'd to Sale at Public Vendue, according to Law, at the House of Capt Bela Turner, Inholder in Lebanon, on Tuesday the 31st Day of January next, at 7 o'clock in the Afternoon.
The delinquent Proprietors are
  Daniel Allin junr. 0 18 Levy Hyde 0 18   Nathan Arnold 0 18 Moses Hebbard 0 18   Joha Allin 0 18 Charles Hill 0 18   John Baldwin 0 18 John Hyde 0 18   Robert Barrews 0 18 Robert Hyde 0 18   John Birchard 0 18 Nathaniel Hall 0 0   Daniel Blodgett, 3d 0 18 William Knight 0 18   Nathan Blodgett 0 18 Jedidiah Leomise 0 18   Joshua Bodge 0 18 Edward G. Lurwich 0 12   Jesse Birchard 0 18 Oniel Lemont 0 18   Seth Bodge 0 18 Jonathan Martin 0 18   John Birchard 0 18 Jonathan Mordeck 0 12   Daniel Blodgett 0 18 Joseph Martin 0 18   Lemuel Clark 0 18 James Nevin, Esq; 0 18   Joseph Dana 0 18 Samuel Penhallow 0 18   Benjamin Davis 0 18 John Swift 0 18   Jedidiah Dana 0 18 Thomas Storrs 0 18   William Dana 0 18 Samuel Storrs 0 0   David Eldridge 0 18 David Turner 0 18   Hebert Eastbrook 0 18 Joseph Wood 0 18   John Hawks 0 18 Jonathan Walcott 0 18   Elijah Huntington 0 18 Jonathan Yeomans 0 18   Robert Martin 0 18 
AARON STORRS Collector.
December 22, 1774.
§ Saville. §
THE Proprietors of SAVILLE are hereby notified That at a legal Meeting of said Proprietors a Tax of four Dollars was voted and assessed on each original Right in said Township and a List with the Assessment thereof committed to me the Subscriber to collect the same, pursuant to a Vote for that Purpose; This is therefore to desire the said Tax may be paid to me, on or before the 20th Day of January next, which will prevent the Expence of notifying the Delinquent Rights to be sold at public Vendue. The Proprietors is indebted the Amount of said Tax, which obliges them Money to be immediately collected.
JOHN WENDELL, Collector.
Portsmouth Dec. 21, 1774.
[ — RUNAWAY BOY — ]
RUNAWAY from his Master Mr. Jonathan Collins of Scarborough, an Apprentice named John Costbroth, a thick well set Fellow about 18 Years of Age, short light Hair. Had on light colour'd Cloth. Whoever shall apprehend said Runaway, and convey him to his Master at Scarborough, shall have three Dollars Reward and no Charges paid by Jonathan Collins. Scarborough Nov 19 1774.
Relban Meeting stands adjourn'd to the third Monday in January next, at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, in Portsmouth, 3 o'clock Afternoon.

BOSTON, Dec. 29.
Seven Months have nearly passed away since this Town, by the cruel Hand of a most abandoned Administration, have been made a Spectacle of Sufferings to Angels and Men; and how soon we are to see an End of these Troubles, God only knows.--- The infamous Sir Charles Froot, since the Arrival of the Packet at New-York, has been going about crying Glorious News! Glorious News! and the sworn Enemies of our Constitution have since ventured more frequently from their Den into King-Street, to congratulate their Brethren in Iniquity upon the Occasion.---This glorious News, we understand to be no less than this, that agreeable to former Assurances, these knotted Savages to their Country, are to draw their Sustenance and Support from the Public, so long as they continue acting Traitors to their Country; and that their Friend, the late Governor Hutchinson, has assured them, the Ministry are determined to push their Measures for reducing the Colonies at all events! and that a black Cloud is gathering over America.--- Glorious News indeed, must this be to these pensioned Traitors whose Stipends, and political Existence, depend wholly upon the Establishment of the present Measures.---But whatever may be the Apprehensions or Hopes, of this infamous Set of Men--- we can assure the Public the sensible and true Friends of the Constitution on both Sides the Water, have other Hopes and Apprehensions, as they perceived a Union and Spirit among the Colonies, for the Defence of their Rights and Liberties, unparalleled in History; and at the same Time such Prudence, moderation, and remaining Affection for the Mother Country, as will lead them to close Disputes with their Brethren upon the old established Footing they were upon at the Conclusion of the late War; for to the Honour of the Colonies it ought to be observed, that they have not yet made one new Claim, and that the present Squabble, is wholly owing to new and unconstitutional Impositions; Submission to which, would be a Submission to Slavery in all its Forms, & Horrors. The Friends of America have also the Satisfaction to learn that, the Resolve of the late Continental Congress, respecting the Votes of the County of Suffolk, published in the late English Papers, have not only surprised but quite confounded the Ministry, as by it they perceive the Union of the Colonies to be compleat, and that their present Menaces, only mark their Despair! That all Things considered there is a greater Alteration in the new Parliament than could have been expected from the sudden dissolution of the old; and that it was apparent the Measures of Ministry were becoming every Day more and more odious and unpopular; that daily Acquisitions were made to the American Cause of the most able Writers and Speakers; and that a Continuance of the Union began and compleatled, would under Providence soon procure us Deliverance from our present Sufferings and a full redress of all our Grievances.
That This will be the happy Consequence of our Union and carrying into Effect, the wise Measures adopted and recommended by the late most respectable Continental Congress, our Enemies seem to be so sensible of, that they are now trying all their low Arts and little Efforts to disturb the former, and retard the Execution of the latter---this accounts for a certain Prelate's scragling here from New-York, and for the several inflammatory Libels against the Colonies and the late continental Congress, entitled, The New-York Freeholder: The Veteran: The Friendly Address to sober Americans, &c. published by the little high flying Jacobite Party and their bribed Coadjutors in that City, since the Doctor's Return, and retailed here in Mills and Hicks's Paper, by their fellow Labourer the unprincipled but not unpenfoned Philanthrop , under the signature of Massachusettsensis ; and this also accounts for a very extraordinary address to the Public in the same Paper last Week, from one known by the Name of Timothy Ruggles, recommending, notwithstanding a late Proclamation, the Form of a solemn League and Covenant, not indeed for the Preservation but the Destruction of our Liberties; the signing which he dares assert will be a Security against the Vengeance of one whom he basely represents as a military Butcher rather than a G---; and having lying told him, that the Friends of Liberty were Rebels, a Banditti more cruel than Savages, who having trampled upon a Patience which has endured to Long-suffering, were now ripe of Destruction; this Person in the true Spirit of his malignant Cabal, has the Audacity to clap his Master upon the Back, spit in his Chops, and pointing to the People as his prey, to cry out, Stu boy, stu boy, seize 'em 'Fowler, seize 'em. "
In Revington's New York Gazetteer of December 22, is the following Paragraph under the Boston Head, which never appeared in any of the Papers in this Province.--- (This is not the first Boston Paragraph manufactur'd by that JUDAS to the Right and Liberties of AMERICA, to serve the diabolical purposes of his wretched Masters.)
"Our Provincial Congress was dissolved on account of the Disagreement of some of the principal Delegates and Demagogues--- They are to meet again on the 10th of January, in Hopes of greater unanimity; when it is expected the Motion for the raising of an Army, and that for the Choice of a Governor, will be renewed. The Gracchus of this Congress insisted upon the immediate raising of a numerous Army, and gave Assurances, that the Money for the Payment of the Forces would be supplied by the Province to the Southward of the Massachusetts: Should a Governor be chosen, the Election, it is confidently asserted, will fall upon Dr. Winthrop, one of the Professors at Harvard College."
At a Meeting of the Delegates from the several Towns in the County of Plymouth, according to Adjournment, Dec. 22d 1774, Resolved, That such Justices in this County, who have not made, or shall not in one Month from this Date, make Reparation for the Injury done their Country by addressing General Gage and Governor Hutchinson, in the manner they did, at the last July Term in this County, are and ought to be esteemed Enemies of the Country, and after the Expiration of one Month from the Date hereof, be dealt with, as the Virtue, and Resentment of the People in the Country shall direct. A true Copy. Thomas Lothrop, Clerk.
BOSTON, Monday, January 2, 1775. At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, by Adjournment, at Faneuil Hall, on Friday last. Mr. S. ADAMS in the Chair.
THE Committee appointed to take under Consideration a Paper signed T. GAGE, bring an Answer to a Letter written to General GAGE by the Hon. PAYTON RANDOLPH Esq; President of the late Continental Congress. Reported as follows, viz.
WE would not, unless urged by the clearest Necessity, have taken up the Consideration of General GAGE's Letter to the Hon. PAYTON RANDOLPH Esq; late President of the Honorable Continental Congress; but we conceive that Letter, though it appears to be addressed to a Gentleman in his private Capacity, has a strong Tendency to impress the whole Continent with Sentiments very unfavourable to this afflicted Town. We shall not intentionally throw any disagreeable Imputation upon the General, but shall endeavour only to defend ourselves against the injurious Tendency of his Letter. The General, contrary to the known Sense of every Man of common Understanding, has been pleased to insinuate that the Complaints of the Town of Boston against his Conduct were utterly groundless and unreasonable; and would have the Continent believe that not he but the People of this Province, and especially the Inhabitants of Boston, were the Ag-
gressors in all the Differences which have arisen. We freely acknowledge that the Arrival of a British Army with a professed Design of enforcing Acts of the British Parliament, destructive of our Liberties, gave a great and universal Alarm, and it cannot appear strange that we should be considering of the Measures necessary to preserve our just Rights and Privileges: We hoped however that peaceable and gentle Means would have effected our Deliverance; We believed that his Excellency would have laid some Proposals before the General Assembly which he had summoned to meet at Salem; but after treating both the Council and House of Representatives in a Manner which we shall not animadvert on, he was pleased to dissolve the Assembly: The People were then compelled to turn their Thoughts and Attention to other Methods of preventing the impending Destruction. And though thus distressed, his Excellency would gladly have prevented them from availing themselves of the Council of each other in Town Meeting, and actually ordering the marching of a Body of armed Soldiers to disperse the Inhabitants of the Town of Salem when peaceably assembled to consult upon the most important Interests of themselves and their Posterity: This was followed by the seizing of the Powder in the Magazine at Cambridge, and of the Cannon which had been lent to the first Regiment in Middlesex.---The mounting a Number of Field Pieces on an Eminence in Boston Common, stationing Guards in various Parts of the Town, and many other Acts, which could not leave any Doubt in the Minds of the People of the General's Intention to employ Military Force against the Province, at length roused the People to think of defending themselves and their Property by Arms, if nothing less could save them from Violence, and Rapine. For the Justification of the Conduct of the People in that Respect we may safely appeal to the Continent---to the World, and to the supreme omniscient Governor of the Universe. All the Transactions from the first Arrival of the Troops we hope will hereafter be critically and judiciously examined: And we trust that the Time will come, when we shall have a fair and impartial Hearing. We mean not now to give particular Answers except to such Parts of the General's Letter as seem to charge the Continental Congress with having misconceived the Facts stated in their Letter to him.
First, His Excellency says, that from the Letter (meaning the Letter of the Hon. Continental Congress) "People would be led to believe that Works were raised against the Town of Boston, private Property invaded, the Soldiers suffered to insult the Inhabitants, and the Communication between the Town and Country shut up and molested." How far his Excellency was governed by the Consideration of what Answer he should make, when he gave this Turn to the Expressions of the Congress, need not be inquired into.---To this Charge his Excellency replies, that "there is not a single Gun pointed against the Town." His Excellency did not advert to the Number of Field Pieces which were, at the Time that Letter was written and long before, pointed against the Town from the Common; but if the Assertion had been literally true, it would not in the least affect the Point under Consideration.
Are not the Works erected on the Neck in Reality erected against the Town? Are they not designed to intimidate the Inhabitants, and to lead them to think they were altogether in the Power of the Army?---The Continental Congress plainly expresses the Sense in which they mean to be understood by his Excellency. They say "that the Fortifications erecting within that Town" (Boston,) "the frequent Invasions of private Property, and the repeated Insults they" (the Inhabitants) "receive from the Soldiers, have given them great Reason to suspect a Plan is formed very destructive to them, and tending to overthrow the Liberties of America." The General therefore has in no Way answered the Charge bro't against him; but has only by varying the Expression, attempted to elude it. The next assertion is, that "no Man's Property has been seized or hurt except the Kings." We need not enumerate all the Instances of Property seized:--- It is enough to say, that a Number of Cannon, the Property of a respectable Merchant in the Town, were seized and carried off by Force;---that Timber and Lumber have been violently taken from the Owners;---that rightful Proprietors have been driven from their Lands.--- It is impossible for us to mention one Half of the Instances in which Property has been hurt; they are notorious to every Inhabitant, and have been made known to the Public from Time to Time.
His Excellency is pleased to say, that "no Troops have ever given less Cause for Complaint, and greater Care was never taken to prevent it." What Care has been taken, is not our Part to determine; we are ready to admit the most candid Opinion: But we beg Leave to say, that the Insults received from the Officers and Soldiers, have been in many Instances, such as were shocking to a spirited People; and which Humanity, in some Instances, Decency in others, and in all, a generous Disposition to avoid placing even those who have injured us in an odious Light, prevent us from giving a particular Account of.
The General declares that "the Communication between the Town and Country has been always free and unmolested, and is so still." We shall only give the Facts. Guards were fixed at every Entrance into the Town. No Person was allowed to cross the Ferry to Charlestown after 3 o'Clock in the Evening, however urgent his Business.---Passengers on the Neck stopped for Hours by the Guard, their Property injured or destroyed.--- One Inhabitant stoop in his Chaise, and his Horse stabbed with a Bayonet, others shamefully beaten, abused and confined, and many other Instances very alarming to our Friends in the Country, whose free Ingrefs to the Town is essential to our Subsistence.
The General perhaps might not justify these Enormities; but could he not have prevented them by removing the Cause of those frequent Abuses; Be that as it may, could he with Justice assert that "the Communication between the Town and Country has been always free and unmolested, and is so still?"
We with the General had given us some particular Instances concerning "the Menaces of Blood and Slaughter," which he intimates made it his Duty to alarm and distress the People in the Manner he has already done. We doubt not that we shall be able fully to answer his Excellency whenever he is pleased to descend to Particulars. We can only say at present that we conceive his Excellency to have been very ill advised in the Measures he has pursued, and that we ardently wish for an Opportunity to meet our Accusers upon equal Ground.
The above Report having been duly considered, it was Voted nem. con. that the same be accepted; and that the Moderator of this Meeting be desired to transmit a Copy of the Report, inclosed in a respectful Letter to the Hon. Peyton Randolph, by the first Opportunity.
The Town, at the above Meeting, made Choice of the following Gentlemen for their Delegates, at the Provincial Congress, to be held at the Town of Cambridge on or before the first of Feb. next, viz. The Hon. Thomas Cushing, Esq; Mr. Samuel Adams, The Hon. John Hancock, Esq; Dr. Joseph Warren, Dr. Benjamin Church, Mr. Oliver Wendell, and Mr. John Pitts.
The Meeting was then adjourned to the first Wednesday of Feb. next, at 11 o'Clock.
SAL EM, Jan. 3, 1775.
Last Wednesday Night, being very stormy, a Schooner commanded by capt. Denison of Cape Ann, and bound to the West Indies, which failed but the Day before, was by the Violence of the Wind, drove again into the Bay, and was cast away near Scituate, by which the Vessel was lost and six of the Men drowned, among whom was the captain and mate.
   CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, Jan. 5th, 1775.     Inward Entries From   Brig Diana, Jeremiah Pearson, St. Kitts,   Sloop Mermaid, Silas Nowell Philadelphia,   Schooner Neptune, George Randell, New-York,   Schooner Sally, Joseph Muchmore Ditto,   Outward Bound For   Schooner Pearl, Joseph Dearing, North Carolina,   Brig Hope, Joseph Adams West Indies,   Brig Widows Son Kinsman Pevely, Ditto,   Brig Abigail John Wheelwright, Ditto,   Brig Hannah, William Trefethern, Ditto,   Brig Charlotte William Wicker, Great-Britain,   Clear'd Outwards For   Sloop Orley, William Frost, Connecticut,   Sloop Dolphin Joseph Simpton, North Carolina,   Sloop William and John Isaac Randell Virginia.  
DIED J Mrs. Lear, Æ. 103. Deacon Daniel Jackson, Æ. 78. A Child of Mr. Nath'l S. Griffith, scalded to Death, Æ. 2 years. Mr. Joseph Abbot, Æ. 70. Mrs. Clark, Æ. 60.
L O N D O N, October 25 The effected Candour of the present Ministry, who give out they will suffer Mr. Wilkes to sit in the City Chair, and in St. Stephen's Chapel, to comply with the Humours of the City of London, and the Freeholders of Middlesex, says a Correspondent, calls to our Mind the School Boy's Candour, who cries he yields to his Antagonist when he can hold out no longer.
Government is determined to enforce her Power, not will she withdraw her Troops from America, till they are drove into the Sea, or the Laws of Despotism, are confirmed to and established.
Some Advices were received on Thursday Night at Lord Dartmouth's Office from Liverpool, said to be brought by the Goodwill, Capt. Dickison, from Philadelphia, the Contents of which are kept very secret. But by the said Ship there is Advice, (dated Sept. 22) that "The General Congress are still sitting. The Business they are upon remains a Secret as yet. This great Assembly have engaged not to communicate their Proceedings till the whole Business is entirely finished, which is expected to be in ten Days."
There are 21 Men of War and Frigates now building at the different Dock-Yards of this Kingdom: At Deptford, three seventy Gun Ships and two Frigates; at Woolwich, two of sixty and one of fifty-four; at Sheerness, two Frigates; at Chatham, five Men of War and Frigates; at Portsmouth, six ditto; in all 21---besides two belonging at Plymouth.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or have any Demands on the Estate of Philip Sewer, late of Portsmouth, Mariner, deceased, are desire'd to settle the same with Samuel Hutchings of said Portsmouth, Administrator on said Estate. Also, those that have any Effects of said deceased, in their Hands, are desire'd to deliver them up to said Administrator, to prevent further Trouble. Portsmouth, Jan. 4, 1775.
ALL Persons having Demands against the Estate of Jonathan Colby, late of Sandown, deceased, hereby are desire'd to bring in their Demands against said Estate to Mary Colby and Moses Colby, who are Administrators in said Estate: the sooner the Creditors bring in their Demands the better it will be for them, as the Want of the Demands much retards the Settlement. Sanders & December } Mary Colby } Administrators. 12th, 1774. } Moses Colby }
THESE are to desire the Debtors to the Estate of Elisha Briard, late of Portsmouth, Sailmaker, deceased, to settle and pay their respective Debts to me the subscriber or they will be most certainly sued at the very next term: No other Notice will be given, and they must excuse the Administrator in thus acting, because the Estate must be settled, or the Administrators Bonds will be sued. SAMUEL HALE, junr. Attorney to the Administrator Portsmouth, Jan. 2, 1774.
To be sold at the Alms House, A Number of well made Leather FIRE BUCKETS. Note, The Inhabitants of Portsmouth are desire'd to remember, that they are by Law obliged to keep one pair of Buckets in every House.
Whereas Benjamin Colbath, Innholder at Durham, bath (I am informed) expos'd to public View, a NOTE OF HAND, as he says, given and signed by me, amounting to thirty two pounds L. Money. I protest I never signed any such NOTE, therefore I caution all persons against buying or receiving in Payment such Note if offered, as I will not pay it. Dependence Bickford. January 3d, 1775.
ANY Persons having any Claims against the Estate of John Hezzen, Esq; late of Haverhill, deceased, are desire'd to bring in the same to Abigail Hezzen and William Simpton, Administrators. And all persons Indebted, are desire'd to settle the same immediately, as the Administrators are determined to make a speedy settlement of said Estate. Decemb: 1, 1774.
THE PERSON in Brintwood, who owes Mr. James Cook, deceased, his Estate for Ten Gallons Rum, which was to be paid in Beef and Corn, is desired to make immediate Payment to prevent further Trouble.