The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1775-11-08 00:00:00

Jonathan Gilman
THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
WEDNESDAY Nov. 8, 1775.
Vol. XX. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
No. 993 Weeks since this Paper was first publish'd.
An ADDRESS of the Gentlemen and principal Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to his Excellency Governor Gage.
May it please your Excellency, THE Gentlemen and principal Inhabitants of Boston beg Leave dutifully to address your Excellency on your Departure for Great-Britain. We can very sincerely assure, Sir, that we have ever considered your Appointment to the chief Command of this Province, as a distinguishing Mark of his Majesty's paternal Disposition towards us; and that the full Effect of so wise & benevolent a Designation, we most earnestly hoped, in those undisturbed Operations of Law and settled Government, which are so essential to real Liberty. Your Attention to the true Interest of this unhappy Town, was, in our Opinion, very early manifested, and your compassionate Desire that some Steps might be taken that should put it in your Power to rescue us from impending Ruin in our Trade and Navigation, we shall with Gratitude forever remember. We cannot forbear to express our Sentiments, that could a Restoration to Quiet and good Order, have been effected in this Province, by the Influence of a personal Character, a Gentleman of your Excellency's established Reputation for Candour, and Justice, for Moderation, and an obliging Disposition, invested at the same Time, with the supreme military Authority, could not have failed to procure it. Unhappily for this Country! the general Sentiments were too strong, and too far heightened for the Efficacy of your human Exertions: It must however be evident, we think, to all the World that to allay the Ferment in this Province without the Effusion of human Blood, has been your Excellency's first Object; and the Pursuit will be your fame. We have imagined, Sir, with great Pleasure, your truly laudable Intention, and most noble Ambition, of being viewed as the happy Instrument in the appeasing all animosities; and in the reviving that mutual Affection as well as sense of united Interest, which was once the Strength, and Glory of Great-Britain and her Colonies.
We need not with your Excellency a higher Enjoyment, than what must arise from your own Reflections on your constant sincere Endeavours for the safety and Happiness of the People under your Government; and from that Countenance of Approbation, which we anticipate for you in the King. John Erving, William Brattle, Isaac Winslow, Thomas Hutchinson, John Troutbeck, Bysfield Lyde, Silvester Gardner, Stephen Greenleaf, Richard Clarke, William Bowes, William Walter, Benjamin Faneuil, jun. John Timmins, James Perkins, Thomas Amory, Nathaniel Coffin, Philip Dumarque, George Brindley, John Winslow, jun. Ralph Inman, Alexander Brymer, Henry Lloyds, Edward Winslow, Joshua Loring, Robert Hallowell, William Lee Perkins, Benjamin M. Holmes, Robert Jarvis, George Leonard, William Jackson, David Phips, Thomas Brinsley, Richard Green, John Taylor, Lewis Deblois, Nathaniel Taylor, Daniel Hubbard, James Murtay, Archibald M c Neal, Samuel Fitch, Joseph Scott, Francis Green, John Atkinson, Peter Johonnot, Benjamin Davis, Joseph Turrill, Nathaniel Cary, John Simpson, Samuel Hirst Sparhawk, Martin Gay, William Taylor, Ebenezer Brigham, Samuel Hughes, John Inman, William Codner, William Coffin, jun. William Perry, Jonathan Snelling, Adino Paddock, John Gore, Benjamin Gridley, Andrew Cazenave, Isaac Winslow, jun. Gilbert Deblois, Henry Liddel, Thomas Courtney, Edward Hutchinson, Theophilus Lillie, John Lovel, Miles Whitworth, Henry Barnes, Hugh Talbot, Daniel McMasters, M. B. Goldthwait, Nathaniel Perkins, John Hunt, tert. Lewis Gray, John Powel, James Lloyd, Nathaniel Brinsley, James Selkirk, William McAlpine, John Jeffries jun. William Cazenave, Archibald Cunningham, John Grenart, William Dickson, David Black, John Barron, William Hunter, John Semple, Robert Semple, Henry Laughton, John Joy, Gregory Townsend, Archibald Bowman, James Anderson, Jonathan Simpson. Boston October 6, 1775. Genl. Brinsley
To the Gentlemen, and principal Inhabitants of the Town of Boston.
Gentlemen, Sincerely lament the Miseries brought upon this unhappy Country, through the deep Design, and dark Contrivances of ambitious Men, to raise themselves from Obscurity to Power and Emoluments: Nor can I reflect without Pain, upon the Infatuation of the Multitude who enjoyed perfect Liberty, who felt no Oppression; but deceived and betrayed, have flown to Arms to avert Evils that only Existed in Imagination; and in lieu of Liberty have madly erected a Tyranny upon the Ruins of the most free, happy & lenient Government. I thank you, Gentlemen, for your Address, and depart the Province in the firm Hope that the People will recover from their Delusion, and discover before it is too late, that the Government they want to subvert is the surest Guardian of their Lives, Property and Freedom. THO. GAGE.
The Address of his Majesty's Council.
To his Excellency General Gage, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in America, Captain General and Governor, in and over his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, &c. &c.
May it please your Excellency, WE his Majesty's Council of the Massachusetts Bay, having been honoured with your Excellency's Message, informing us of his Majesty's Orders "That you should repair to England, to lay before him the State of Affairs in this Colony," beg leave to assure your Excellency, that from a Sense of the many Virtues, which distinguish and adorn your Character; we feel the most sincere Regret at the necessary Occasions which call you from us. The critical Situation of Affairs in America, during your Administration in the Province, has afforded an Opportunity for the severest Trial of those Virtues: and we should betray a great Degree of In sensibility, or be wanting in common Justice to your Character, were we to suffer them to pass unnoticed;
We reflect with Gratitude, on that Care and Attention, by which we have been secured from many of the Calamities and Miseries with which we have been threatened. Your Concern for the Evil we have unavoidably suffered has exceedingly endeared your Excellency to us. And we shall ever entertain a profound Respect for the Prudence, Benevolence and Candour, which have been so conspicuous in your civil Department; as well as the great Steadiness, Vigilance, and Humanity, which have marked your military Character.
We have seen with Pleasure the many Efforts you have made to avert this unhappy Rebellion. We lament that the Success has not been equal to your Endeavours. But, the undisturbed Contempt and Impunity, with which you have pursued this Principle, opposed to every Abuse, which Wickedness, Delusion, or Enthusiasm could devise, has been as much the Object of Admiration to the loyal as the Subject of Disappointment to the disaffected People of this Province.
The Difficulties you have had to encounter, during your Administration, are known but to a few! Your Patience and Secrecy have kept them from the public Eye! To lay them open to the World, would be a Subject offensive to your Delicacy; as well as too large, to come within the Compass of our Address.
We flatter ourselves, that our Loyalty to the best of Kings, will recommend us to the Care and Protection of your Excellency's Successor in Command; whose Characters in their important Stations, promise every Encouragement we can wish. And we hope your Excellency will be pleased to recommend us to our gracious Sovereign. To assure him we are unalienably attached to his sacred Person and Government: That hoping for his Approbation, and relying on the Benignity of his Royal Mind, we support ourselves with all possible Patience, under the Difficulties we are obliged to encounter.
We wish with your Excellency a safe Arrival at the Court of Great-Britain: where, we doubt not, you will meet the gracious Approbation of our Royal Master.
His Excellency's Answer to the Gentlemen of the Council.
Gentlemen of the Council, WHILE I thank you for your kind Address on my Departure from the Province, you will permit me to tell by the Sense I have of your unshaken Loyalty to the King and Zeal for his Government.
You have stood forth in Support of both at a Time when an unnatural and unprovoked Rebellion has been wantonly raised to subvert our glorious Constitution and have despised the Menaces of open and concealed Attempts upon your Lives: Nor has the Seizure of your Properties by the lawless Hands of Rebels, deterred you from a steadfast Pursuit of that Duty which every Briton owes to his King and Country.
Such a Conduct cannot fail to recommend you highly to our most gracious Sovereign; and you may be assured that it will afford me the greatest Pleasure to acquaint his Majesty of your unalterable Attachment to his Person and Government. Boston, October 6, 1775. THO. GAGE.
The ADDRESS of the Gentlemen who were driven from their Habitations in the Country, to the Town of Boston.
To his Excellency THOMAS GAGE, Esq; Captain-General & Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of Massachusetts-Bay, in New England, &c.
May it please your Excellency.
WHEN we reflect on the surprizing Effects of that Enthusiasm and Infatuation which are so generally prevalent in this Country, and the Variety of Dangers to which the loyal and obedient have been exposed, we feel the most grateful Sentiments towards your Excellency, and are anxious to acknowledge our Obligations to your Wisdom and Prudence. We consider ourselves indebted for Protection from the lawless Fury and unbridled Violence of our Countrymen; and had not Events taken Place beyond what human Wisdom could foresee, and contrary to any Calculations, upon rational Principles, we might in all Probability have been further indebted to your Excellency for a Reconciliation of the unhappy Differences that subsist, and a Restoration to Harmony, Happiness and Peace.
It is with Regret we think of your Excellency's Departure from this Province, but are relieved in some Degree by a Consideration of the very important Services which you will render this Country, by a just Representation of its present State at the Court of Great-Britain--by the Confidence we repose in the Abilities of your Successors to the civil and military Commands--the Hopes of your speedy Return--and the Anticipation of an Establishment of the rightful Supremacy of Parliament over this Part of his Majesty's Dominions.
Justly meriting and possessed of the Esteem and Applause of the virtuous and good--happy in the pleasing Reflections of an approving Conscience, and blessed with the gracious Plaudit of the best of Kings, your Opportunities will be equal to the Inclination you have ever discovered to restore and settle on the most lasting Basis, that Union of the Interests of Great-Britain and the Colonies so indispensably necessary to the Happiness of both.
We sincerely lament, that the Number of those who have dared to stem the Torrent of Rebellion and Sedition in this Province, is so small; but we trust that the cordial Thanks even of a few (who have fled from Oppression, who have sacrificed their Properties, & every domestic Enjoyment, & are now ready to risk their Lives to manifest their Loyalty to the best of Sovereigns) will not be unacceptable to your Excellency.
Be pleased, Sir, to accept the ardent Wishes of these few faithful and grateful Subjects.-- That your Voyage may be prosperous and agreeable, and that your unwearied Endeavours for the public Service, may be crowned with Success.
Richard Saltonstall, John Bowen, Daniel Oliver, Thomas Danforth, Edward Winslow, jr. John Sargent, Ward Chipman, David Phips, Thomas Jefferys, Charles Curtis, Elkanah Cushman, Thomas Foster, tert. James Putnam, John Ruggles, James Craige, Samuel Paine, Elisha Ford, Daniel Dunbar, Lemuel Goddard, Seth Williams, junr. Zebedee Terry, William Simmons, Luke Hall, Nathaniel Thomas, Ebenezer Whipple, Adam Walker, Abijah White, Sylvanus White, Benjamin Stockbridge, William Tyng, Peter Oliver, tertius. Caleb Wheaton, Ebenezer Spooner, John Emerson, William Cowper, John Tilden, Stephen Tilden, Jo-
seph Tilden, Joseph Hall, James Budd, Adam Hall, Joseph Phillips, Samuel Goldbury, William Campbell, Stephen Jones, John Chandler, Nathaniel Chandler, William Chandler, Ebenezer Cutler, James Putnam, junr. Pelham Winslow, Daniel Thomas, Levi Ford, Joseph Ashley, Benjamin Ormnel, Peter Eater, Peter Eater, jr. Franklyn Eater, Daniel Eater, Joseph Houle, Samuel Gilbert, John Walker, Nathaniel Dickerson, Jonathan Stearns, Jonathan Sowl, Edward G. Lytwyche, Elisha Jones, Henry Barnes, Nathaniel Phillips, F. B. Winthrop, Thomas Achincloss, Jonathan Dix, Benjamin Hart, John Cochran, Peter Oliver, jr. Archibald Achincloss. Boston, 7th October, 1775.
To the Gentlemen that were driven from their Habitations in the Country, to the Town of Boston.
Gentlemen, YOUR kind Address at this Time gives me much Pleasure, as it affords me an Opportunity, before my Departure from the Province, to acknowledge the steady Attachment you have shown to the true Interests of your King and Country in the worst of Times; and the Sacrifices you have made in support of both, are great.
It will be my Duty to represent to our gracious Sovereign the distinguishing Proofs you have given of your Loyalty and Patriotism; and you may be assured that during my Absence, my Successors in the civil and military Command, will afford you every Favour and Protection. THO. GAGE.
CAMBRIDGE, November 2.
Last Evening we obtained Copies of three Proclamations, together with a Copy of an Association; all which, as so many Specimens of Tyranny and Treason, we here insert, viz.
A PROCLAMATION.
By his Excellency the Hon. WILLIAM HOWE, Major General and Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's Forces within the Colonies lying on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia to West-Florida inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
WHEREAS several of the Inhabitants of this Town have lately absconded to join, it is apprehended, His Majesty's Enemies assembled in open Rebellion:
I DO, by Virtue of the Power and Authority in me vested by his Majesty, forbid any Person or Persons whatever, not belonging to the Navy, to pass from hence by Water or otherwise, from the Date hereof, without my Order or Permission given in Writing.
Any Person or Persons detected in the Attempt, or who may be retaken, upon sufficient Proof thereof, shall be liable to military Execution; and those who escape shall be treated as Traitors, by Seizure of their Goods and Effects.
All Masters of Transports or other Vessels sailing from hence, unless under the immediate Order of SAMUEL GRAVES Esq; Vice Admiral of the White, &c. &c. &c. or Officer commanding His Majesty's Ships of War on this Service for the Time being, are hereby strictly forbidden to receive any Person or Persons on board without my Order or Permission in Writing. Any Master or others detected in disobeying this Proclamation shall be liable to such Fine and Imprisonment as may be adjudged. Given at Head Quarters in Boston, this Twenty-eighth Day of October, 1775.
By his Excellency WILLIAM HOWE, &c.
WHEREAS there is Reason to believe, that many Persons leaving this Town by Permission have, contrary to Orders, conveyed away large Sums in Specie, to the great Inconvenience of this Garrison, and Detriment of his Majesty's Service in general:
I do hereby give Notice, that any Person, having Leave to depart from hence, by Water or otherwise, who shall be detected in an Attempt to carry away more than Five Pounds in Specie, as heretofore allowed, without first obtaining my particular Permission for so doing, shall forfeit the whole Sum discovered; & suffer such other Fine and Imprisonment as may be adjudged, according to the Degree of Offence.
And for the more effectual Discovery of those who shall presume to act contrary to this Proclamation--I do hereby Order that one half of the Monies duly detected on Information, be given to the Informer. Given at Head Quarters in Boston, Oct. 28, 1775.
By his Excellency WILLIAM HOWE, &c.
WHEREAS it is become the indispensable Duty of every loyal and faithful Citizen, to contribute all in his Power for the Preservation of Order and good Government within the Town of Boston:
I DO hereby recommend, that the Inhabitants do immediately associate themselves, to be formed into Companies under proper Officers, selected by me, from among the Associators, to be solely employed within the Precincts of the Town, and for the Purposes abovementioned.
THAT this Association be opened in the Council Chamber, under the Direction of the Hon. Peter Oliver, Foster Hutchinson and William Brown, Esqrs, on Monday the 30th Day of October 1775, and continued for four Days following, that no One may plead Ignorance of the same.
Out of the Number of Persons voluntarily entering into this Association, all such as are able to discharge the Duty required of them, shall be properly Armed, and an Allowance of Fuel and Provisions be made to those requiring the same, equal to what is issued to His Majesty's Troops within the Garrison. Given at Head Quarters, in Boston, October 28, 1775.
An Association proposed to the LOYAL CITIZENS,
AGREEABLE to the Proclamation issued by his Excellency the Honourable Major-General WILLIAM HOWE, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces, &c. &c. &c.
WE His Majesty's loyal Subjects of the Town of Boston, being sensible of the Duty incumbent on us, "to do every Thing in our Power, to support Order and good Government, as well as to contribute our Aid to the internal Security of the Town:"--Now take this Opportunity to

our Firm Allegiance to His Majesty, and entire Obedience to his Government and Laws.
From a Disposition to continue quiet and obedient Subjects, we have generally neglected the Use of Arms; while those of different Characters and Sentiments, have been diligently endeavouring to improve themselves in that Art. Upon these Principles, we have remained in, or fled to, this Town: Neither do we with or design to leave it.
We consider it as our strongest Duty to contribute our Aid in promoting the Peace, Order and Security of the Town; and are willing to be employed, to these good Purposes, in the Ways and Means suited to our Capacities. To that End, we cheerfully accept the Offers of his Excellency, and now voluntarily associate, for the Purposes mentioned in his Proclamation; hereby promising, "that such of us as he shall think proper, or able to perform the Duties therein required, will be formed into Companies, as therein mentioned:-----And will, to the utmost of our Power, faithfully perform those Services, and punctually discharge the Trusts reposed in us. And, that such as are not able to go thro' those Duties, will freely contribute our Proportions, according to our Abilities, to raise a Sum of Money for promoting this salutary Purpose, to be applied to the Use of those, who are able, in such Manner as the General, or those he may appoint, may think proper.
WILLIAMSBURG, (Virginia,) October 7,
On Saturday, between two & three o'Clock in the Afternoon, an Officer with twelve or thirteen Soldiers, and a few Sailors, landed at the County Wharf in Norfolk under Cover of the Men of War, (who made every appearance of firing upon the Town, should the Party be molested) and marched up the main Street to Mr. Holt's Printing-Office, from whence, without the smallest Opposition of Resistance (although there were some hundred Spectators) they deliberately carried off the Types, and sundry other printing Implements, with two of the Workmen, and after getting to the Water Side with their Booty, gave three Huzzas, in which they were joined by a Crowd of Negroes. A few spirited Gentlemen in Norfolk, justly incensed at so flagrant a Breach of good Order and the Constitution, and highly resenting the Conduct of Lord Dunmore & the Navy Gentry, (who have now commenced downright Pirates and Banditti) ordered the Drum to be beat to Arms, but were joined by few or none; so that it appears Norfolk is at present a very insecure Place for the Life or Property of any Individual, and is consequently deserted daily, by Numbers of the Inhabitants, with their Effects.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23.
Extract of a Letter from Ticonderoga, dated October 5.
"Our Last accounts from St. John's, inform us, that Col. Allen, with about 30 of our Men and 40 Canadians, made an attempt to take possession of Montreal, but that Governor Carlton (at a half Johannes each man) had prevailed on a Number of the Inhabitants, to assist some few Regulars; who beat off our Party, took Col. Allen Prisoner, with some others; and as many killed and wounded.---The Party that came out of Montreal were more worsted than our Men, and had many killed; amongst which it is supposed were several principal Inhabitants of the City.
"The expedition was a thing of Col. Allen's own Head, without Orders from the General; and from whom (as well as others) he receives much censure.---If they had been apprized of it, they could have put him in a situation to have succeeded without much Danger.---But Allen is a high flying Genius, pursues every scheme on its first Impression, without consideration, and much less judgment. It was with the utmost difficulty, & through the greatest exertion, that Gen. Schuyler permitted him to go with the Army, knowing his natural disposition; and indeed his fears have proved not groundless; and tho' trifling our loss, and the Detachment, yet it gives a check to our Progress.
"General Montgomery writes, they have got a Battery of two twelve Pounders and two Mortars open on our Enemy; our Shells are thrown into the Fort; they, on their part, do more damage to us. I think but two Men have been killed, one by a cannon Ball, and the other by a Shell."
We hear 30 of the Ministerial Troops at St. John's had deserted from that Fort & joined General Montgomery, who commands the Continental Troops, and they report that as many more will desert as soon as opportunity offers.
Last Sunday died of an Apoplectic stroke, in the 53rd Year of his Age, the Honorable PEYTON RANDOLPH , Esq; of Virginia, late President of the Continental Congress, & Speaker of the House of Burgessies in Virginia.
NEW-YORK, October 26.
Last Friday Night, John Bates arrived here in a small Schooner from North Carolina, and acquaints us, That the Wednesday before he saw a Ship lying ashore on her Beam Ends at Brigantine Inlet, about half a Mile to the Southward of Little Egg Harbour, with her Head on Shore; that the same Evening, a Boat came out of Cranberry Inlet, with some People in her; three of whom appeared like Gentlemen, and said they had been a Gunning, but their Ammunition being out, they would be glad of a passage to New York; Capt. Bates took them on board, but soon after the Wind came a Head, he was obliged to put about and take Shelter in Cranberry Inlet, where the next Morning his Company was taken from him by Capt. Loverman and a Party of his Men from Egg-Harbour who informed Mr. Bates he had taken all the rest of the Crew, and that the Ship they belonged to was a Transport, and that he understood the Captain's Name was Thompson.
We have since heard the Ship above mentioned was from Boston, was cast away Yesterday Week, bound here, had 13 Women on board, one of which is come to this Town; that the Crew are saved, but the Ship gone to Pieces.
A Philadelphia Paper, of Oct. 23. contains the following Account.
Last Monday morning, before day, a transport ship, Captain Hastings, was stranded on Brigantine Beach, on the coast of New-Jersey. She had on board Capt. Duncan Campbell, Lieut. Sims, two Sergeants, and twenty-one Privates, bound from Boston, as they say, for New-York, as a recruiting party. The Captain & Lieutenant got off the beach on Tuesday in a small boat, and are supposed to have gone towards Amboy, but is expected they will be taken. Capt. Hastings, with three of the soldiers, were brought here last Saturday evening under a guard. The rest of the soldiers will be secured. Before they quitted the vessel they threw overboard several pieces of cannon belonging to the vessel, 60 muskets and two and an half barrels of powder. The vessel left Boston the 5th of October, in company with a 20 gun ship and one transport with some troops bound for Halifax. No other ships of war or troops had failed.
Extract of a Letter from the Captain of a Vessel in Cape Nicholas Mile, dated 27th ultimo.
"Four Thousand Troops arrived at Cape-Francois, the 21st Instant, from France, and 3000 more hourly expected at Port au Prince. The French are repairing all their Fortresses throughout this Island; and Five to One laid, that there is a War with Great-Britain before March next."
WILLIAM GODDARD , Esq; is appointed Surveyor to the General Post-Office of the United Colonies in North America; a similar Place to the one lately held by the Hon. Hugh Finley, Esq; of Quebec, whilst the American Post-Office was under Ministerial and Parliamentary Authority.
HARTFORD, Octo. 30.
Last Friday were conducted to this Place, 18 Prisoners of the 26th Regiment of Ministerial Troops, taken by a Party from the American Army near St. John's.
from New-England, a Viper of a ship, loaded with salt, and a large Sloop, bound for Antigua; all belonging to New-York. Capt. Liburn, arrived here a few hours after the above ship had a Midshipman, and 7 hands put on board the Sloop, belonging to Bristol in this colony, was to pilot her into Harbour; instead of which he carried her up near Howland's Island, where she was taken possession of by some of the troops landed on this island, and the people made prisoners.---The above-mentioned, arrived here yesterday.
C A M B R I D G E November 2.
In the Account of the Enemy's arbitrary Proceedings at Bristol, the Rev. Mr. JOHN BURT having been confined to his House by Sickness, when the Commanding of that Place began he left his Habitation to seek some Place of Safety, and the next Day was found dead in a neighbouring Field. It is conjectured that being overcome with Fear and Famine, he fell down and was unable to raise himself up, and so expired. A Child also of Capt. Timothy Ingraham, having been exposed in the Rain died the next Day.
Mr. BURT was born in Boston, and having received a liberal Education in Harvard College, he was ordained Pastor of the Congregational Church in Bristol, where he laboured in the Work of the Ministry 34 Years. He was a Gentleman of a respectable Character.
Within the Years 1771, 1772 and 1773, were exported from Philadelphia, 803 583 Barrels of Flour, 137,007 Barrels of Bread, 326 102 Bushels of Wheat, 598 233 Bushels of Corn, 17 495 Barrels of Pork and Beef, 3,127 Tons of Iron, 264 887 Bushels of Flax Seed, 143 947 Pounds of Bees Wax, 2 082 Kgs of Starch, 2,081 750 Pounds of Rice. The Number of Vessels were 1157 square-rigged, and 1151 Sloops and Schooners, measuring 140, 467 Tons.
The above is a List only of the capital Articles of Export. The Whole of the Exports within the Years abovementioned, to all Parts of the World, from the Port of Philadelphia only, amount to £2 135 924 - 12 - 8 Sterling.---From this Account of the Exports of Philadelphia, the Public may form a proper Conception of the Insignificance of the Trade of this Country; and be fully convinced, that the Island of Great-Britain, (which owes only the trifling Sum of 140 Millions Sterling) never can feel the Loss of the Trade of this Continent! and that she is therefore perfectly right in pursuing her present Measures, as all devout Tories, Jacobites and Traitors most religiously assert.
We hear the Honourable Continental Congress have appointed JOHN MORGAN , M.D. F.R.S. of Philadelphia, Director of the Hospital and Physician to the American Army.
Near all the People belonging to Cape-Ann have evacuated the Town, and have proceeded so far in removing their Effects, as to take away the Glass Windows from the Meeting House and many of the Dwelling Houses. Lieut Col Mason of the Artillery has been down to give Directions in fortifying the Harbour, where two Batteries are already erected, and other Measures taken for giving the Enemy a proper Reception.
We hear that Mr. Samuel Hodgdon, within a Month past, had a Child baptized in Boston, by the Rev. Dr. Mather, by the Name of SAMUEL ADAMS .
Last Sabbath was baptized, by the Rev. Mr. French, at Andover, a Child of Nathaniel Appleton, Esq; by the Name of GEORGE WASHINGTON .
The same Day a Sergeant deserted from the Enemy at Bunker-Hill. He informs of nothing material.
G R E E N L A N D,
By the Newport Mercury, the Printer informs that the Distress of the Town is so great, so many People have left it, & the communication with the country so much interrupted, that he cannot collect cash sufficient to pay for the quantity of paper it requires to supply all his customers; he is, therefore, under the disagreeable necessity of discontinuing the sending out his paper as usual, till God shall see fit to put a stop to the present horrid, & hellish tyranny, oppression and plunders; but, in the mean time, he intends to print half a sheet, once a week or oftener, as long as he can, containing all the most material intelligence respecting the present measures, to be sold for READY MONEY.
The above being nearly the Case of the Publisher of the New-Hampshire Gazette, he must desire his good Customers to pay off what they may be in Arrears for this Paper, at the Printing Office in Greenland, near Mr. Folsom's Tavern, where he has fled for Refuge.---Those who can't pay in Money, are desired to send Wood, Meal, Pork, Lamb, Mutton, Butter, Cheese, or almost any Thing they please---at this distressing Time.
Thursday the 30th of this Instant November, is appointed to be observed and kept as a Day of Public Thanksgiving throughout this Colony, by order of the Honorable Provincial Congress now sitting at Exeter.
MATTHEW THORNTON, President.
A GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Will be opened on Monday the 6th of Nov next at Capt. William Pottle's in Stratham
By JOSEPH STACY HASTINGS,
Lately removed hither from Portsmouth,
W H O informs those who were kind enough to favour him with the Instruction of their Children in Portsmouth and others, in Stratham and elsewhere, that he will on moderate Terms, board and instruct, or, only instruct Children, where he now lives.---Where also he has for Sale, a few Crates of Crockery WARE, some household Furniture, a good Stove, and a number of West-India and Grocery Articles.
Stratham, October 30, 1775.
STRAYED or stolen on the Night of the 28th of October last, out of a Pasture near Col. Warner's in Portsmouth, a thick set black MARE, with a white Face and white hind Feet, about ten Years old, a short Dock, paces and trots. Any Person that will take up said MARE and return her to the Subscriber at Hampstead, or send Word, so as he may have her, shall be well Rewarded for his Trouble, and all necessary Charges paid by me the subscriber,
Hampstead, Nov. 2, 1775. Jesse Johnson.
T E N D O L L A R S R E W A R D:
R UN away from the Subscriber, on the 19th of October Inst. a Negro Boy named CATO , about eighteen Years old, five Feet and a Half high, or something more; had on when he went away a blue duffill round Jacket with Cuffs and without Lining; an under Jacket without Sleeves of blue Serge, both almost new; a new Pair of leather Breeches, made of Moose Skin, carried with him three Check'd Shirts, two of which were Cotton and Woollen, the other Linnen, with large Checks, several Pair of Stockings of different Colours, and a wooden Quart Bottle of Rum. His Pack was seen by a Boy not long before he went away, and his Things were then done up in one of his Check'd Shirts. A more likely, well built, active and cunning Boy is seldom to be seen; he plays well on a Fife, and carried one with him: It's probable he is making his Way for New York, and it's likely he will steer his Course by Way of Cohasset, as he once lived at Orford, and lately hired it to one of his Mates that he should go that Way. Whoever will take up said Runaway and convey him to his Master, shall receive TEN DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by me
JONATHAN MOULTON.
Hampton October 21, 1775.
N.B 'Tis likely he will change his Name, perhaps call himself Elsha Bartlet , as he has said that was his Name with one of his Masters and his right Name. It don't appear at any Time when he hinted of running away that he gave any Reason for it, but it is supposed he was deluded away by some Person or Persons. Notwithstanding as he has heretofore been a faithful Boy, if he will return and behave well his Master promises to forgive him his Crime, and treat him as tho' it had not happened.
RUNAWAY from the Subscriber a Negro MAN
named Peter Long , about six Feet high, takes good English---Had on when he went away, a light coar'd homespun Coat, knit Jacket and dark brown Breeches, is about 25 Years of Age.---Whoever will take up said Negro, and confine him in any of his Majesty's Gaols, so that he may be had, or return him to his Master, shall have Ten Dollars Reward and necessary Charges paid by
MARFIELD BERRY.
Rye, Octob. 16 1775. Wm Williams
RANAWAY from his Master Gould French of Epping, a Negro Man named Oliver.
He had on when he went away, a dark colour'd homespun Coat with red Lining, a red Jacket, and carried with him another---He was about 23 Years of Age, a well built stait Limb'd Fellow, about six Feet high, speaks slow, had on a Moose Skin Breeches.---Whoever takes up said Negro, and confines, or returns him, so that his said Master may have him again, shall have Five Dollars Reward, and necessary Charges paid by me,
Epping, Octob. 25. 1775. GOULD FRENCH
SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or stolen from the Subscriber, a MARE five Years old, of a dark Chestnut Colour, with a black Mane and Tail, and a Star in her Forehead. Whoever will take up said Mare, and discover the Thief so that he may be brought to Justice, shall have SIX DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid. At the same Time was left a black Horse, with a white Streak in his Forehead; the Owner appearing, may have the Horse, paying Charges: BARZILLAI FRENCH.
N.B. It is supposed he that took the Mare left the Horse. Epping Oct. 12, 1775
STRAY'D or stolen from me the Subscriber the 10th
of this Month, a black Horse, about 14 Hands high, with a White Strip in his Face, Runing Down near his Left Nostril, and a White Spot upon the Back part of one of his Hind Feet, with a Crack in his Left fore Foot, said Horse is about four Years old, and is well grown, Paces and Trots, any Person that will take up said Horse, & convey him to me, shall have Three Dollars Reward, and all Necessary Charges Paid by me
Berwick Oct. 11. JOHNSON NEALL.
WE the subscribers appointed Commissioners by the
Hon. Henry Rust, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, in and for the County of Strafford, to Examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Nicholas Gilman, late of Gilmantown, in said County, Yeoman, Intestate, deceas'd, Represented Insolvent, and six Months from the 19th Day of September Inst. being allowed by the Judge for that purpose, we hereby give Notice, that we will attend upon said Business, at the House of Doct. William Smith, Innholder in said Gilmantown, on the first Monday in every Month until the six months are Expired, from two to six of the Clock in the Afternoon of said Days.
Gilmantown, Sept. 26, 1775. Joseph Badger, Stephen Dudley Com: missars:
L O N D O N Aug. 29.
Late on Wednesday Evening an Express arrived at the Secretary's Office in Cleveland Row from Paris, which, we are informed, brings an Account that the French are making the greatest Preparation for War, & that Couriers are daily passing from thence to Madrid, & also to Lisbon, but that every Thing is kept as secret as possible.