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LETTER IV.
To the INHABITANTS of the BRITISH COLONIES in AMERICA.
BRETHREN,
THE Intelligence received since the preceding Letter was written seems to render needless every Attempt to prove, from former Transactions, my first Intention, if Health had permitted, that a regular Plan has been invariably pursued to enslave these Colonies, and that the Act of Parliament for blocking up the Port of Boston is a Part of the Plan. However unprecedented and cruel that Measure is, yet some Persons among us might have flattered themselves that the Resentment of the Parliament is directed solely against that Town. The last Advices mention two Bills to be passing in Parliament, one changing the chartered Constitution of the Province of Massachusetts Bay into a military Government, and another, empowering Administration to send for and try Persons in England for Actions committed in that Colony.
By these Instances, we perceive that Administration has not only renounced all Respect, and all Appearance of Respect, for the Rights of these Colonies, but even the plainest Principles of Justice and Humanity. Were the Representatives of the People of Massachusetts Bay called upon to make Satisfaction for the Damage done to private Property in any late Tumult there? No. Yet it was known, that those Representatives had made ample Reparation for the Injuries committed on Occasion of the Stamp Act. It was known that the like Reparation had been made by the Assemblies of New York and Rhode Island. In short, it was known that, notwithstanding the incessant Pains taken by many Ministers to teaze the Colonists, by Oppressions and Insults, into Madness, yet they have, with Difficulty, excited only a few Tumults, for which the popular Branch of the Legislature in the several Colonies has ever been ready to atone, upon Requisitions from the Crown.
Great Clamour has been raised at home against Massachusetts Bay, on Account of Resolutions at some of their Town Meetings, and other Writings published in that Colony; and better it were that many of them had been suppressed. The Truth is, that People, animated by an ardent and generous Love of Liberty, law, and peculiarly felt, the Projects against the Freedom and Happiness of America. I know them well; and if ever a State deserved the Character, they are a moral, religious, quiet, and loyal People, affectionately attached to the Welfare and Honour of Great Britain, and dearly valuing their Dependence on her, Observant and sensible as they were of the present and approaching Evils, some of them adopted a very imprudent, but what appeared to them a very peaceable and justifiable Method, of discouraging Administration from proceeding in such alarming and dangerous Measures, that of speaking in a high Tone. Words were opposed to Injuries; and Menaces, never designed for Execution, to Insults intolerable. What could they do? Their humble Petitions were haughtily and contemptuously rejected. The more they supplicated, the more they were abused. By their Tears (and Heaven knows many they shed) their Persecutions flourished, as Trees by Water poured on their Roots. Their very Virtue, and passionate Fondness for Concord for their Mother Country, occasioned this objected Error. Surely (says Solomon) Oppression maketh a wise Man mad. A silly Man may disregard it. In playing the Fool, they showed their Wisdom. This is the true History of those futile Pieces, that produced so much solid Eloquence in Great Britain.
Riots and weak Publications, by a small Number of Individuals, are sufficient Reasons with Parliament to ruin many Thousand Inhabitants of a truly respectable Town, to dissolve Charters, to abolish the Benefits of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, and extirpate American Liberty; for the Principle reaches all. But in England, the Press groans with Publications, seditious, treasonable, and even blasphemous. The Discontented swarm over the Kingdom, proclaiming their Resentments. Many enormous Riots have disturbed the publick Peace. The Sovereign has been
By the first of these Bills, the Governor is to be invested with the Power of a Justice of Peace, to call out the Military to Effect; though the Minister says, in his Speech, "I shall always consider that a military Power, acting under the Authority and Control of a civil Magistrate, is a PART OF THE CONSTITUTION." By the second, Americans are to be seized, confined, and carried to England, to be tried (that is, hanged) on Charges for Acts done in a Colony. This is not all. Soldiers, and others, who shall commit any Offence, such as murdering the Colonists, under the Pretence of supporting the Authority of Parliament, shall be carried to England to be tried; that is, acquitted. Of the Habeas Corpus and Trial by Peers, "stat nomina Umbra."
That the absolute Power claimed and exercised in a neighbouring Nation is more tolerable than that of the Eastern Empire is in a great Measure owing to their having united the judicial Power in their Parliaments, a Body separate and distinct from both the legislative and executive; and if ever that Nation recovers its former Liberty, it will owe it to the Effects of those Assemblies. In Turkey, where every Thing is centred in the Sultan, or his Minister, despotick Power is in its Meridian, and wears a most dreadful Aspect." 1 Black. 269, 270.
Both Houses of Parliament resolved, two or three Years ago, that Persons might be sent for from any of the Colonies for Acts done there, and tried in England, under the old Statute of Henry VIII. made before the Colonies existed. The late Court at Rhode Island was established on that Principle. The Intention of Parliament in passing the Bill above mentioned is chiefly to screen Persons acting in Support of their unconstitutional Claims. They have declared, they have no Doubt but that the 35th of Henry has established a just and legal Mode of cutting American Throats.
"I can live, although another who has no Right be put to live with me; nay I can live, although I pay Excises and Impostions more than I do: But to have my LIBERTY, which is the SOUL of my LIFE, taken from me by Power, and to have my Body pent up in a Jail" (then thrown into a Ship of War, transported 3000 Miles across the Ocean, to a Land of bitter, selfish, furious, and revengeful Enemies, there thrust into the Jaws of Dungeons) "without Remedy by Law, and to be so adjudged! O improvident Ancestors! O unwise Forefathers! to be so curious in providing for the quiet Possession of our Laws, and the Liberties of Parliament, and to neglect our Persons and Bodies, and to let them lie in Prison, and that durante bene placito, remediless! If this be Law, why do we talk of Liberties? Why do we trouble ourselves with a Dispute about Law, Franchises, Property of Goods, and the like? What may any Man call his own, if not the Liberty of his Person? I am weary of treading these Ways." Speech of Robert Philips, a Member of the wise and moderate Parliament that met in the Year 1627.
insulted in passing from his Palace to the Parliament House, on the Business of the Nation. Is it to be concluded, from these Facts, that the Body of the People is seditious and traitorous? Can his Majesty believe that he is thought by his English Subjects in general to be such a Prince as some of them have represented him? Will the two Houses of Parliament acknowledge that what has been spoken, and written, and acted against them in England, expresses the Sentiments of the Kingdom? Or will they say, that the People of England have forfeited their Liberty because some of them have run into Licentiousness? Let a Judgment be formed in both Cases, by the same Rule. Let them condemn those, or acquit us.
Pretexts and Reasons are totally different. The Provocations said to be given by our Sister Colony are but the Pretexts for the exorbitant Severity exercised against her. The Reasons are these, the Policy, despicable and detestable as it is, of suppressing the Freedom of America by a military Force, to be supported by Money taken out of our own Pockets, and the supposed Convenience of Opportunity for attaining this End. These Reasons are evident, from the Minister's Speech. The System is formed with Art, but the Art is discoverable. Indeed, I do not believe it was expected we should have such early and exact Intelligence of the Schemes agitated against us, as we have received. Any Person who examines the Multitude of Injunctives published in Pamphlets and Newspapers in Great Britain, or the Speeches made in either House of Parliament, will find them directed against the Colonies in general. The People in that Kingdom have been, with great Cunning and Labour, inflamed against the Colonies in general. They are deluded into a Belief that we are in a State of Rebellion, and aiming directly at a State of Independency; though the first is a noxious Weed that never grew in our Climates, and the latter is universally regarded with the deepest Execrations by us; a Poison we never can be compelled to touch, but as an Antidote to a worse, if a worse there be; a Curse, that, if any Colonies on this Continent should be so mad as to aim at reaching, the rest of the Body would have Virtue and Wisdom enough to draw their Swords, and hew the Traitors into Submission, if not into Loyalty. It would be our Interest, and our Duty, thus to guaranty the publick Peace.
The Minister, addressing the House of Commons, uses several Expressions relating to all the Colonies, and calls the Stoppage of the Port of Boston "a Punishment inflicted on those who have disobeyed your Authority." Is it not extremely remarkable, after such a Variety of Charges affecting all the Colonies, that the Statutes of Vengeance should be levelled against a single Colony? New York, Philadelphia, and Charlestown, have denied Freedom of Trade to Ships sailing under the Protection of Acts of Parliament. Will not the House of Commons think the Inhabitants of these Places "have disobeyed their Authority," and that "a Punishment should be inflicted on them?" Why do we not hear of some Measure pursued against those Cities? Are they immaculate in the Eyes of Administration, and Parliament? Has not each of these Places done real Damage to the East India Company? Has there been even a Requisition of Compensation for that Damage from any of them? Why is there such a profound Silence observed with Respect to them? Because they are judged by Administration, and Parliament, more innocent than the Colony of Massachusetts Bay? No. Because Administration, and Parliament, do us Americans the Honour to think we are such very Ideots that we shall not believe ourselves interested in the Fate of Boston, but that one Colony may be attacked and humbled before another, without showing the Sense or Spirit of Beasts themselves, many of which unite against common Danger.
Why were the States of Greece broken down into the tamest Submission by Philip of Macedon, and afterwards the Romans? Because they contended for Freedom separately. Why were the ancient Inhabitants of the Kingdom that now harasses us conquered by their Invaders? Tacitus will inform us: "Nor was any Thing more advantageous to us against very powerful Nations than their Imprudence in not consulting together for the Interest of the Whole. Conventions for repelling a common Danger were rare. Thus, while each State resisted singly, all were subdued."
Why did the little Swift Cantons, and seven small Provinces of the Low Countries, so successfully oppose the Tyrants, that, not contented with an Empire founded in Humanity and mutual Advantages, unnecessarily and arrogantly strove to "LAY the faithful and affectionate Wretches AT THEIR FEET?" Because they wisely regarded the Interest of each as the Interest of all.
Our own Experience furnishes a mournful additional Proof of an Observation made by a great and good Man, Lord President Forbes. "It is a certain Truth (says he) that all States and Kingdoms, in Proportion as they grow great, wealthy, and powerful, grow wanton, wicked, and oppressive; and the History of all Ages gives Evidence of the fatal Catastrophe of ALL SUCH States and Kingdoms, when the Cup of their Iniquity is full." Another "Truth," as "certain," is, that "such States and Kingdoms never have been, and never will be, checked in the Career of their Wantonness, Wickedness, and Oppression," by a People in any Degree dependent upon them, but by the prudent, virtuous, and steady UNANIMITY of that People. To employ more Words to elucidate a Point so manifest, would be the idle Attempt of gilding Gold.
Surely you cannot doubt at this Time, my Countrymen, but that the People of Massachusetts Bay are suffering in a Cause common to us all; and, therefore, that we ought immediately to concert the most prudent Measures for their Relief, and our own Safety.
Our Interest depending on the present Controversy, is unspeakably valuable. We have not the least Prospect of human Assistance. The Passion of Despotism, raging like a Plague for about seven Years past, has spread with unusual Malignity through Europe. Corsica, Poland, Sweden, have sunk beneath it. The remaining Spirit of Freedom that lingered and languished in the Parliament of France has lately expired. What Kingdom or State interposed for the Relief of their distressed Fellow-Creatures? The Contagion has at length reached Great Britain. Her Statesmen emulate the Nimrods of the Earth, and wish to become "mighty Hunters" in the Woods of America. What Kingdom or State will interpose for our Relief? The Preservation of our Freedom, and of every attendant Blessing, must be wrought out, under Providence, by ourselves. Let not this Consideration discourage us. We cannot be false to each other without being false to ourselves. We have the firmest Foundation of Union and Fidelity, that we wish to attain the same Things, to avoid the same Things. The Friendship of others might be precarious, suspected, deceitful.
The infinitely great, wise, and good Being, who gave us our Existence, certainly formed us for a State of Society. He certainly designed us for such a State of Society as would be productive of Happiness. Liberty is essential to the Happiness of a Society, and therefore is our Right. The Father of Mercies never intended Men to hold unlimited Authority over
Private Letters give a farther Proof of this Fact.
The Act for shutting the Port of Boston orders that it shall not be opened until "Peace and Obedience to the Laws shall be so far restored in the said Town of Boston that the Trade of Great Britain may safely be carried on there, and his Majesty's Duties duly collected," &c. Thus it appears, if the Inhabitants renounce the common Cause of the Colonies, the Port may be opened; if they adhere to that Cause, it will remain shut.
By the new modelling their Parliaments.
Men. Craft and Cruelty have indeed triumphed over Simplicity and Innocence, in Disobedience to his holy Laws. The Father of Mercies never intended us for the Slaves of Britons. Craft and Cruelty indeed are striving to brand us with Marks infamously denoting us to be their Property, as absolutely as their Cattle. Their Pretensions to a Right of such Power not only oppose constitutional Principles, but even partake of Impiety. The Sentence of Bondage against us is only issued by the frail OMNIPOTENCE of PARLIAMENT.
"Non sic inflectere sensus Humanos edicta valent."
We cannot question the Justice of our Cause. This Consideration will afford Comfort and Encouragement to our Minds.
Let us therefore, in the first Place, humbling ourselves before our gracious Creator, devoutly beseech his divine Protection of us his afflicted Servants, most unreasonably and cruelly oppressed. Let us seriously reflect on our manifold Transgressions, and by a sincere Repentance, and entire Amendment of our Lives, strive to recommend ourselves to divine Favour.
In the next Place, let us cherish and cultivate Sentiments of brotherly Love and Tenderness amongst us. To whom, under the Cope of Heaven, can we look for Help in these Days of "Darkness and Trouble," but one to another! O my Countrymen! have Pity one on another; implore you; let us mutually excuse and forgive each other our Weakness and Prejudices (for who is free from Weaknesses and Prejudices) and, utterly abolishing all former Dissensions and Distinctions, wisely and kindly unite in one firm Band, in one common Cause.
If there are any Men, or Bodies of Men, on this Continent, who think that an Accommodation between us and Great Britain, or that our own particular Interest, may be advanced by withdrawing themselves from the Councils of their Countrymen, I would wish them most deliberately to consider the Consequences that may attend such a Conduct. What Step can possibly be taken more directly tending to prevent an Accommodation between us and Great Britain than supplying Administration with Proofs of our intestine Divisions? What do our Enemies so ardently wish for as for these Divisions? Has not the Expectation of these Events encouraged the Ministry to treat us with such unexampled Contempt and Barbarity? Will not the Certainty of these Events excite Resolutions in them to press us, to take every Advantage of a People so industriously studying and labouring to weaken and destroy themselves? Then a Minister may, with Reason, call upon the House of Commons, "Now is our Time to stand out, to defy them, to proceed with Firmness and without Fear, to produce a Conviction to ALL America that we are now in earnest, and that we will proceed with Firmness and Vigour, until SHE SHALL BE LAID AT OUR FEET."
I appeal to every Man of common Sense whether any Measure will be so likely to induce Administration to think of an Accommodation with us as our Unanimity. Must not, therefore, every Measure impeaching the Credit and Weight of this Unanimity, in the same Degree, obstruct all Accommodation? Will not every such Measure naturally produce Haughtiness, Perseverance, and fresh Rigour, in our Oppressors? Will not these still more enrage us, and place us farther from an Accommodation? If the Protection and Peace we wish to derive from our Unanimity be taken from us, by the Imprudence of our Brethren who break that Unanimity, or destroy all Respect for it in Great Britain, and thereby encourage her to seize, what she will certainly think, the lucky
"To live by one Man's Will became the Cause of all Mens Miery." HOOKER's Ecclesiastical Policy. "Is not universal Miery and Ruin the same, whether it comes from the Hand of many or of one."
Bishop HOADLEY's Discourse on Government. "Of so contrary an Opinion was this good Man (Hooker) to that of some others, who can never oppose one Extreme without running to another as bad, if not worse, and think they cannot enough condemn Rebellion without giving the divine Sanction to Tyranny and Oppression. This Judgment ought likewise to be of the more Weight with such as profess the most profound Veneration for the Memory of Charles I. and the Honour of the old Church of England; because this Treatise, in which it is to be found, was chosen, out of many others, by that Prince, to be recommended to his Children, as the best Instructor they could converse with; and was had in such Esteem by all Churchmen, from the Times of its Appearance, that it may well pass not only for his own Judgment in particular, but for the Judgment of the whole Church of England at that Time."
Bishop HOADLEY. Ibid. "Would not the Unhappiness of this Nation, in particular, have been the same, whether a late King alone, or by a FORMAL LAW, had subjected it to the Religion of Rome, and the MAXIMS of FRANCE? And upon Supposition of such an Attempt, would not our late Deliverance have been as glorious, as great and justifiable, as much wanted, and as truly beneficial, as it was upon the Attempt of the King alone? Would not the In-itation of the Prince of Orange, the Election and Meeting of the Persons who made the Convention, and the consequent Establishment in the Protestant Line, have been as requisite and as useful? Nay, would not the Ends of Government have been more effectually answered this Way than by Submission to a TOTAL DISSOLUTION of ALL HAPPINESS at present, and of ALL HOPE for the future? How then can it be said that the Ends of Government require that Degree of Submission, upon the one Supposition, which they are not allowed to do upon the other, when the same MISERY and DESTRUCTION must follow a Submission in both Cases, and the same UNIVERSAL HAPPINESS must in both be the CONSEQUENCE of a just and well MANAGED DEFENCE? Or would the Ends of Government be destroyed should the miserable Condition of the whole People of France, which hath proceeded from the King's being absolute, awaken the Thoughts of the wisest Heads amongst them, and move them all to exert themselves so as that these Ends should be better answered for the Time to come."
Bishop HOADLEY. Ibid. It was resolved by the House of Commons that this Bishop, then Mr. Hoadley, and Rector of St. Peter's Poor, London, "for having often strenuously justified the PRINCIPLES on which her Majesty and the Nation proceeded in the late happy Revolution, had justly merited the Favour and Recommendation of that House;" and accordingly addressed Queen Anne, "that she would be graciously pleased to bestow some Dignity in the Church on the said Mr. Hoadley for his eminent Services, both to the Church and State."
"Whatsoever dishonours human Nature dishonours the Policy of a Government which permits it; and a free State, which does not communicate the natural Right of Liberty to all its Subjects, who have not deserved by their Crimes to lose it, hardly seems to be worthy of that honourable Name."
Lord LITTLETON's History of Henry II. "Without Goodness, Power would be Tyranny and Oppression, and Wisdom would degenerate into Craft and mischievous Contrivance."
Archbishop TILLOTSON's Sermons. Cicero. Even if a Sovereign does not oppress, yet it is a most miserable Condition for the Subjects that he has the Power, if he has the Will.
1 Blackstone, 161.
2 Edicts cannot so bend the common Sense of human Creatures,
3 Lord North's Speech.

Opportunity for pursuing her Blows, what must be the Consequence? We held up a Shield for our Defence. If our Brethren have pierced it through, and rendered it useless, their Imprudence will, according to the usual Course of human Affairs, compel us to change the Mode of Defence, and drive us into all the Evils of civil Discords.
What Advantages can they gain that can compensate, to Men of any Understanding or Virtue, for the Miseries occasioned by their bad Policy? Their Numbers will be too small, in any Manner whatever, to controul the Sentiments or Measures of the People of America. Their Conduct never can prevent the Exertions of these Colonies, in Vindication of their Liberty. It may, by Provocations, render those Exertions more rash and imprudent; but their Numbers will be so extravagantly exaggerated, as all Facts have been against us, on the other Side of the Atlantick, that Great Britain may be deceived and emboldened into Measures destructive to herself and to us. We are now strenuously endeavouring, in a PEACEABLE MANNER, by this single Power, the Force of our UNANIMITY, to preserve our Freedom. Those who lessen that Unanimity detract from its Force, will prevent its Effect , and must be therefore justly chargeable with all the dreadful Consequences to these Colonies.
The third important Consideration I beg Leave to recommend to my Countrymen is, to draw such Reflections from their Situation as will confirm their Minds in that many noble Fortitude so absolutely necessary for the Maintenance of those inestimable Privileges for which they are now contending. The Man who fears Difficulties arising in the Defence of Freedom is unworthy of Freedom. God has given the Right, and the Means of asserting it. We may reasonably ask, and expect, his gracious Assistance in the reasonable Employment of those Means. To look for Miracles, while we abusively neglect the Powers afforded us by divine Goodness, is not only stupid but criminal. We are yet free; let us think like Free-men.
In the last Place, I beg Leave to offer some Observations concerning the Measures that may be most expedient in the present Emergency. Other Nations have contended in Blood for their Liberty, and have judged the Jewel worth the Price that was paid for it. These Colonies are not reduced to the dreadful Necessity. So dependent is Great Britain on us, for Supplies, that Heaven seems to have placed in our Hands Means of an effectual yet peaceable Resistance, if we have Sense and Integrity to make a proper Use of them. A general Agreement between these Colonies of Non-importation and Non-exportation, faithfully observed, would certainly be attended with Success. But is it now proper to enter into such an Agreement? Let us consider that we are contending with our ancient, venerable, and beloved Parent Country. Let us treat her with all possible Respect and Reverence*. Though the Rulers there have had no Compassion upon us, let us have Compassion on the People of that Kingdom; and if to give Weight to our Supplications, and to obtain Relief for our suffering Brethren, it shall be judged necessary to lay ourselves under some Restrictions with Regard to our Imports and Exports, let it be done with Tenderness, so as to convince our Brethren in Great Britain of the Importance of a Connexion and Harmony between them and us, and the Danger of driving us into Despair. Their true Interests and our own are the same; nor should we admit any Notion of Distinction, till we know their Resolutions to be unalterably hostile.
In the Meantime, let us pursue the most proper Methods for collecting the Sentiments of all the British Colonies in North America on the present Situation of Affairs; the first Point, it is apprehended, to which Attention should be paid. This may be effected in various Ways. The Assemblies that may have Opportunity of meeting may appoint Deputies to attend a general Congress, at such Time and Place as shall be agreed on. Where Assemblies cannot meet, such of the People as are qualified by Law to vote in Election of Representatives may meet and appoint, or may request their Representatives to meet and appoint.
When the Inhabitants of this extended Continent observe that regular Measures are prosecuted for re-establishing Harmony between Great Britain and these Colonies, their Minds will grow more calm. Prospects of Accommodation, it is hoped, will engage them patiently and peaceably to attend the Result of the publick Councils, and such Applications as, by the joint Sense of America, may be judged proper to be made to his Majesty and both Houses of Parliament.
"Better a little, with Righteousness, than great Revenues, without Right." PROVERBS xvi.
"By Justice (saith the Scripture) the Throne is established," and "by Justice a Nation shall be exalted." I resemble Justice to Nebuchadnezzar's Tree, shading not only the Palace of the King, and the House of Nobles, but sheltering also the Cottage of the poorest Beggar. Wherefore, if now the Blast of Indignation hath so bruised any of the Branches of this Tree, that either our Persons, or Goods, or Possessions, have not the same Shelter as before, let us not therefore neglect the Root of this great Tree ; but rather, with all our possible Means, Endeavours, and unfeigned Duties, both apply fresh and fertile Mould unto it, and also water it even with our Tears, that so those bruised Branches may be recovered, and the whole Tree again proper and flourish."——Mr. CRESWELL's Speech in the Parliament that met in 1727.
L O N D O N, May 4.
A NOBLE Peer went lately to Lord North, and after much Conversation bid him take Care how he walked, and to be very cautious, as he was surrounded with Enemies who hated and envied him, naming Burke, Barré, &c. and all the Americans. Lord North coolly answered, "My Lord, I took the Helm in a hard Gale of Wind, determined to steer this Country through every Difficulty as far as possibly I could, at the Hazard of my Life, and the Destruction of the sweet Society of Family and Friends. As to your Burkes and Barrés, it is well known they and their Masters both have often made Offers of serving under me; but they cannot be trusted, I hold them in Contempt. And as to the Americans, I mean nothing but what is fair."
The Premier has hinted his Desire to a great Personage of retiring as soon as America is, by his Endeavours, brought to a State of Tranquility. If this is true, we are not likely to have a Premier for some Years.
Yesterday Lord Viscount Pitt, Son of the Earl of Chatham, was introduced to his Majesty, his Lordship being soon to set out to join his Regiment destined for America. [This Expedition, it is presumed, is that Gentleman's late proposed Tour to the Colonies.]
It is talked that there has been more than one Interview, between the Premier and Lord Chatham, in the Course of a Week.
Last Tuesday Morning a Duel was fought in Sun Tavern Fields, Shadwell, between a Hatmaker on Wapping Wall, and a Tallow Chandler in the same Neighbourhood, in which the latter received a Wound, of which he languished till Wednesday Evening, and then expired. Their Seconds were, an Apprentice to a Glass Seller and a Journeyman Hair Dresser. To such a Height is this Evil arisen, that it is become as general among the lower Class of Mechanicks as among People of Fashion; and every Shop Boy, who has but Courage to fire a Pistol, thinks himself entitled, on the least Offence, to demand the Satisfaction of a Gentleman. Pity it is that some Method is not used to put a Stop to so iniquitous a Practice.
We are informed that a general Discontent prevails all over Ireland on Account of the Stamp Act, and it is expected that next Sessions there will be Petitions from all Parts of that Kingdom to Parliament praying that the same might be repealed.
The Ministry have been greatly alarmed at the Conduct of the Quakers, tearing the Firmness of that most honourable Body, who are the only People which virtually maintain the upright and independent Principles of the Oliverian Firmness . Alarmed at their standing forth to support their American Brethren, they have left no Stone unturned to warp their Virtue, and to bribe their Leaders.
It is pretty certain that the Measure of exporting fresh Troops to America, rather than changing the Quarters of those already stationed in that Part of the Globe, had its Rise from a Conviction that not a Spoon that whole Continent can either with Prudence or Safety be left indispensible.
A dreadful Hole is now opened between the Mother Country and the Colonies; and some glorious Curtius must devote himself, or the two Kingdoms will approach to Ruin.
In Order that the Bostonians shall not resist the Execution of the Laws of this Country, Lord North proposes to send over 200 Surgeons, in Order to draw their Teeth, and render them incapable of biting .
With the Death of the French King will, in all Probability, expire the Peace of Europe.
The Lords conclude their Protest to the Bill for better regulating the Government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England, as follows: "Parliament has asserted the Authority of the Legislature of this Kingdom, supreme and unlimited, over all the Members of the British Empire; but the legal Extent of this Authority furnishes no Argument in Favour of an unwarrantable Use of it. The Sense of the Nation on the Repeal of the Stamp Act was, "that, in Equity and found Policy, the Taxation of the Colonies, for the ordinary Purposes of Supply, ought to be forborn;" and that this Kingdom ought to satisfy itself with the
Advantages to be derived from a flourishing and increasing Trade, and with the free Grants of the American Assemblies, as being far more beneficial, far more easily obtained, less oppressive, and more likely to be lasting, than any Revenue to be acquired by Parliamentary Taxes, accompanied by a total Alienation of the Affections of those who were to pay them. This Principle of Repeal was nothing more than a Return to the ancient standing Policy of this Empire. The unhappy Departure from it has led to that Course of Shifting, and contradictory Measures, which have since given Rise to such continued Contradictions, by which unadvised Plan new Duties have been imposed in the very Year after the former had been repealed, these new Duties afterwards in Part repealed and in Part continued, in Contradiction to the Principles upon which those repealed were given up; all which, with many weak, injudicious, and precipitate Steps taken to enforce a Compliance, have kept up that Jealousy; which on the Repeal of the Stamp Act was subsiding, revived dangerous Questions, and gradually estranged the Affections of the Colonies from the Mother Country, without any Object of Advantage to either. If the Force proposed should have its full Effect, that Effect, we greatly apprehend, may not continue longer than whilst the Sword is held up. To render the Colonies permanently advantageous, they must be satisfied with their Condition. That Satisfaction we see no Chance of restoring, whatever Measures may be pursued, except by recurring, in the Whole, to the wise and salutary Principles on which the Stamp Act was repealed."
B O S T O N, July 18.
THE Inhabitants of Charlestown, South Carolina, have sent about 200 Tierces of Rice for the Poor of this Town, who are Sufferers by the Boston Port Bill, which arrived at Salem last Monday.
Friday last a Number of publick spirited Gentlemen at Marblehead raised Subscriptions for 207 Quintals of Cod Fish, about 50 Jars of Oil, and 401. in Specie, for the Use of the industrious Poor of this Town at this critical Conjuncture of our publick Affairs, which is to be forwarded to-morrow, if the Weather permits.
By Accounts from the North, South, East, and West of this Province, the Non-Consumption Agreement is come into with scarce a Dissentient in many Towns.
Large Orders for Fall Goods have been countermanded, occasioned by the Non-Consumptive Agreements.
By his Excellency the Honourable THOMAS GAGE, General and Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's Forces in North America, &c.
WHEREAS some Soldiers have deserted his Majesty's Service, belonging to the Regiments lately arrived from Great Britain and Ireland, this is to give Notice, that all Soldiers who deserted from said Corps previous to the 10th Day of this Instant, Month of July, shall receive their Pardons, upon surrendering themselves before, or on, the 10th Day of August next ensuing; and on Failure of so doing, they are not to expect Mercy.
Given under my Hand, at Head Quarters, at Boston, this 15th Day of July 1774. T. GAGE. By his Excellency's Command, GAB. MATURIN, Secretary.
N E W Y O R K, July 18.
WEDNESDAY Night last our Committee of Correspondence met, and drew up a Set of Resolves on the present alarming Occasion, which were printed in Handbills, and sent about the Town the next Morning for the Approbation of the Inhabitants thereof, who are to assemble at the Coffeehouse to-morrow at 12 o'Clock, either to approve or disapprove of the same. At the same Time the People are to testify their Approbation of the five Gentlemen nominated by the Committee to attend as Delegates at the General Congress, viz. Mr. Duane, Mr. Philip Livingston, Mr. John Alsop, Mr. Isaac Low, and Mr. John Jay.
Wednesday last arrived here, from Greenock, Captain Bogg, with about 300 Passengers, among whom were Mr. Cummings, his Lady and Family, Captain Macpherson, his Lady and Family, and the Reverend Mr. Addison, &c.
July 25. Captain Maitland, of the Ship Magna Charta, has brought over a Quantity of Tea to Charlestown, South Carolina; but as the Persons to whom it was consigned refused to receive it, the Captain, we are informed, proposes to carry it back with him to London. From the same Place, we are informed that a second Present of Rice from the Gentlemen of that Province, to the indigent Sufferers at Boston, is preparing to be sent to that Port.
Thursday last three Transports arrived here from Boston; they are now taking in Ordnance, and a Proportion of military Stores, among which are 500 Barrels of Gunpowder; and we hear the Royal Welch Fusileers, now here, are to embark this Week on Board the said Transports, with a Detachment of the Train of Artillery, and to sail directly for Boston.
Friday last the Brig Matty, Captain Cochran, arrived here from Greenock, with about 70 Passengers; and we are told that a large Ship, with 300 Passengers more, was to sail from Greenock in about 14 Days after Captain Cochran, for this Port also.
It was last Week reported in this City, but not credited, that a Soldier on Duty in Boston had been shot at with an Arrow by some Person unknown; but the Massachusetts Gazette of the 18th Instant confirms the Account, and that it happened on the Morning of the Saturday before. The Arrow is a remarkable One, and to be seen in the Camp.
W I L L I A M S B U R G, August 5.
ON Monday last, the 1st Instant, there was a very general and full Meeting of the late Representatives of this Colony, who still continue sitting upon the weighty Matters intrusted to their Deliberation by their several Constituents. We cannot, with Certainty, at this Time, publish any of their Councils and Determinations; but next Week we expect to be able to communicate the Whole to the Publick, which (at least as far as we are able to judge) will be such as will do Honour to the Colony, revive the Spirits of our suffering Fellow Subjects to the Northward, and, in all Probability, secure the Rights and Liberties of America, from every Invasion thereof.
The Resolves of the Counties of Fairfax, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward, Brunswick, Lancaster, Sussex, Accomack, and Charles City, are come to Hand; which we should with much Pleasure have inserted in our Gazette, had it been possible. We had neither Time, nor near Room enough, for them; and therefore can only observe, that they contain the like patriotick Sentiments with the Resolutions of several Counties already published, and profess all due Obedience to the Sovereign of the British Empire.
By a Gentleman from the Northward, we learn that Captain James Hudson, of Newbury Port, in the Massachusetts Government, has for some Years carried on an extensive SALT WORK at the Town of Salisbury, near that Place, making at least 200 Hogheads yearly of most excellent Salt, equal, if not superior, to any imported; and that, in prosecuting the Business, he has extracted an Oil from the marine Waters that will cure green Woonds, without any other Application. He has also extracted the EPSOM SALTS, which have been chymically proved, and found to be genuine. Captain Hudson likewise says, that Salt may be made to greater Advantage in the southern Governments; which is pretty demonstrable, from a late Experiment made by Mr. James Tait, near this City, who, we hear, will be encouraged to persevere in his Endeavours to serve the Publick, many Gentlemen having subscribed considerably to enable him to erect the necessary Works.—The same Gentleman informs us, that the unhappy Situation of the Massachusetts Government (to which Captain Hudson is a warm Friend) having hitherto prevented his receiving from the Legislature that Encouragement which he justly merits, has been generously patronised by the People of the County in which he resides, who purchase his Salt in Preference to any other, and have complimented him with a very handsome Sum, in Token of their Regard for a Person who has in a great Degree devoted himself to the Service of his Country.
Extract of a Letter from BALTIMORE Town, in Maryland, dated the 25th Ult.
"It is with inexpressible Pleasure that I can, at this Juncture, from indubitable Authority, assure you, and the respectable People of Virginia, that a complete Plan for establishing a NEW AMERICAN POST OFFICE has been lately executed throughout the different Governments in New England. It has been liberally encouraged, and warmly patronised, by a very considerable Number of our principal Gentlemen; and no Doubt seems now to remain of its being soon carried into Execution, all over the Continent. Indeed, under the present dreadful Situation of our Affairs, the great and general Utility of such an Establishment must be obvious to every One; for, if we consider the Footing on which the present American Post Office is, we must hold it to be a Species of baneful and unjust Taxation, at least equally dangerous with any other that we have opposed."——Mr. WILLIAM GODDARD, Printer here, who has conducted this Business hitherto, intends setting out for Williamsburg in a few Days, that he may be present at the general Meeting of your late House of Representatives, and to lay before your Committee of Correspondence the several approving and
recommendatory Letters he has received, from other Committees, on this Subject; and if they give their Sanction to this Scheme (of which we have little Doubt, when we reflect upon their noble Struggles in Support of their Country's Freedom) it will be immediately executed, in a Manner, it is presumed, that will give general Satisfaction, and rescue American Correspondence out of the Hands of our wicked and designing Enemies."
A farther Account of ELECTIONS, viz. For Albemarle, THOMAS JEFFERSON and JOHN WALKER, Esquires. For Amelia, JOHN TABB and JOHN WINN, Esquires. For Amherst, WILLIAM CABELL, Junior, and JOSEPH CABELL, Esquire. For Augusta, CHARLES LEWIS and SAMUEL McDOWELL, Esquires. For Bedford, JOHN TALBOT and CHARLES LYNCH, Esquires. For Berkeley, ROBERT RUTHERFORD and JOHN HITE, Esquires. For Botetourt, ANDREW LEWIS and JOHN BOWYER, Esquires. For Brunswick, FREDERICK MACLIN and HENRY TAZEWELL, Esquires. For Buckingham, JOHN NICHOLAS and ANTHONY WINSTON, Esquires. For Charlotte, PAUL CARRINGTON and JAMES SPEED, Esquires. For Culpeper, HENRY PENDLETON and HENRY FIELD, Junior, Esquires. For Cumberland, WILLIAM FLEMING and JOHN MAYO, Esquires. For Dunmore, FRANCIS SLAUGHTER and ABRAHAM BIRD, Esquires. For Elizabeth City, HENRY KING and WORLICK WEETWOOD, Esquires. For Fairfax, GEORGE WASHINGTON and CHARLES BROADWATER, Esquires. For Fauquier, THOMAS MARSHALL and JAMES SCOTT, Esquires. For Frederick, JAMES WOOD and ISAAC ZEEN, Esquires. For Fincastle, WILLIAM CHRISTIAN and ROBERT DOAKE, Esquires. For Goochland, JOHN WOODSON and THOMAS M. RANDOLPH, Esquires. For Halifax, NATHANIEL TERRY and MACAJAH WATKINS, Esquires. For Hampshire, JAMES MERCER and JOSEPH NEVILLE, Esquires. For King George, JOSEPH JONES and WILLIAM FITZ-HUGH, Esquires. For King and Queen, GEORGE BROOKE and GEORGE LYNE, Esquires. For Lancaster, JAMES SELDEN and CHARLES CARTER, Esquires. For Loudoun, FRANCIS PEYTON and JOSIAH CLAPHAM, Esquires. For Louisa, THOMAS JOHNSON and THOMAS WALKER, Esquires. For Lunenburg, RICHARD CLAIBORNE and THOMAS PETTUS, Esquires. For Northampton, ADIEL MILBY and JOHN BOWDOIN, Esquires. For Northumberland, PETER P. THORNTON and RODHAM KENNER, Esquires. For Orange, THOMAS BARBOUR and JAMES TAYLOR, Junior, Esquires. For Prince Edward, PETER LE GRAND and WILLIAM BEEB, Esquires. For Princess Anne, WILLIAM ROBINSON and CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, Esquires. For Prince William, HENRY LEE and THOMAS BLACKBURN, Esquires. For Richmond, ROBERT W. CARTER and FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, Esquires. For Southampton, EDWIN GRAY and HENRY TAYLOR, Esquires. For Spottsylvania, GEORGE STUBBLEFIELD and MANN PAGE, Junior, Esquires. For Stafford, JOHN ALEXANDER and CHARLES CARTER, Esquires. For Westmoreland, RICHARD HENRY LEE and RICHARD LEE, Esquires.
Marriages. ] JAMES DUNLOP, of Port Royal, Merchant, to Miss BETSEY HILL, of Essex County; an agreeable young Lady, with a handsome Fortune.
Deaths. ] Captain FRANCIS GAIN, of King and Queen County. Reverend ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Rector of Washington Parish, in Westmoreland.
** In the Copy of Verses addressed to the Author of Considerations , &c. inserted in our last, dele the Word and before Address, in the first Line, as it was an Error of the Press.
FRIDAY, August 5. This Day the Commissioners on Behalf of this Colony, to attend the General Congress at Philadelphia the 5th of next Month, were appointed by Ballot, and are as follows, viz. The Honourable PEYTON RANDOLPH, Esq; Moderator of the present Meeting, RICHARD HENRY LEE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, PATRICK HENRY, RICHARD BLAND, BENJAMIN HARRISON, and EDMUND PENDLETON, Esquires; and a Sum of Money, amounting nearly to 1000l. is to be raised by Subscription from the several Counties, and paid into the Hands of the Treasurer, to defray the Expenses of those Gentlemen at the Congress.
By the Northern Post, arrived this Afternoon, we have the Resolves of the Province of Pennsylvania, which will be published at large next Week. At present, we can only observe, that they are fraught with the most liberal and patriotick Sentiments, and empower their Delegates at the General Congress to acquiesce in any Agreement of Non-importation and Non-exportation that may be then adopted, and to endeavour to have them so formed that they may be binding upon all, and permanent, should the publick Interest require it; also to come into any other Measures, which may tend to the Salvation of AMERICA.
To Messrs. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, I PROPOSE submitting to the Publick, so soon as Business of greater Importance will permit, a candid and impartial EXAMINATION of a late extraordinary Pamphlet, entitled "Considerations on the present "State of Virginia:" In which an humble Attempt will be made to correct some material Errors in Point of Fact; to shew the Futility of the Author's Reasoning on so important and interesting a Subject; to vindicate America in general, and our late HOUSE OF BURGESSES in particular, from the severe Reprehension, the illiberal and unjust Censures, to which he hath laboured so very industriously to expose them.
A Member of the late and present HOUSE OF BURGESSES.
The Publick would be much obliged to those Gentlemen of the Faculty, who have an Opportunity of examining into the Nature of the Distemper amongst the HORNED CATTLE (which too generally prevails at this Season of the Year) for their Opinion relative thereto, and to publish what they think the most probable Method of relieving the Sick or preventing the Disease.
Advertisements.
Just imported, and to be sold on very reasonable Terms, TWO fine ENGLISH MARES of the Hunter Breed, one of which has a Foal. They are both young, very large, and may be seen by applying to Mr. Purdie in Williamsburg, who will also make known the Terms to any Gentleman inclining to purchase them.
LOST in the Night of the 18th of July, between Wofford and Hardin's Ordinary, on the Three Notched Roads , an old LEATHER POCKET BOOK, in which were several useful Papers, among them an Order from Mr. John Stuart to Captain Robert Goode, for 20l. likewise a Note of Hand from said Stuart for 5l. payable the last Day of December next, and many others that I do not remember the Contents of; there were two Blacklead Pencils, but no Money in the Book. Whoever contrives the said Book, with the Papers, to Mr. Giles Hardin, Mr. Richard Crump in Manchester, or the Subscriber in Chesterfield County, shall be rewarded for their Trouble. ROBERT DOUGLASS, Junior. N. B. I forewarn all Persons from taking an Assignment of any of the above Notes.
KING & QUEEN, August 1, 1774.
WHEREAS, on the 28th of June, two Men, who called themselves JOSEPH ABRAHAM and ISAAC DALYON, called at the Subscriber's, and got sundry Necessaries to the Amount of 18s. and at the same Time purchased a DOUBLE POLL CHAIR with a "Pop to it," painted dark Green, with a double Set of Harness, for which they were to pay 12l. on their Return from Williamsburg, which they said, at farthest, was to be the Monday Fortnight after, when they were to bring with them two young Ladies; and as, from their not returning agreeable to their Promise, there is great Reason to believe they were a Couple of Sharpers, and may have assumed fictitious Names, I hereby offer a Reward of 40s. to any Person who will secure my Chair for me, upon giving me Notice. They were both dressed alike, viz. brown Jeans Coat and Jacket, Buckskin Breeches, with Boots and Spurs; one had a white Hat, the other a black one. They came on Horseback, and tied their Saddles behind the Chair; one of the Men is of a fair Complexion, the other is very brown. JOHN GARDINER.

AUGUSTA County, July 17, 1774. WHEREAS one DANIEL M C GINNIS , who pretends to be a Schoolmaster, is indebted to the Subscriber nine Pounds, and has absconded from these Parts, I hereby offer a Reward of 40s. to any Person who will secure him, and give Notice to me. He is an Irishman , about five Feet seven Inches high, wears his Hair tied behind, and has much of the Brogue; had on a blue Coat and red Jacket, with new Buckskin Breeches. (1||) ANDREW MEEK.
AMELIA, July 1, 1774. IN the beginning of April last, two Men came to my Shop in this County, with a broke down Waggon, in Order to have it repaired, and in it a Team of five Horses. One of the Men, who called himself the Waggoner, said he had Business at Petersburg , and would return by the Time the Waggon could be ready. The other said he came from England about four Years ago, was then on his Way back, and called himself Thomas Ferney . Each of them took a Horse and went off, and I have never heard of them since. The other three Horses, Harness, Waggon, Waggon Osnaburg Cover, and ten Bags marked 1, are at my Plantation. One of the Horses is a BLACK , has a Star in his Forehead, some Saddle Spots, about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, paces slow, docked, and branded on the near Buttock 1; another is a SORREL , has a white Mane and Tail, shod before, docked, and branded on the near Shoulder A; the third is a DARK BAY , his hind Feet white, shod before, is very lame, occasioned, as is supposed, by his Shoulder being out of Joint, four Feet eight Inches high, but has no Brand perceivable. They are all poor, appear to be old, and the Hair much rubbed off by the Traces. The Waggoner wore an old Coat and Jacket of Dove coloured Duroy, Buckskin Breeches, Felt Hat, Dowlass Shirt, and a Pair of very bad Shoes; has short dark brown Hair, a small round full Face, about five Feet eight Inches high, and appears to be about 22 Years of Age. Ferney has light tied Hair, a thin Visage, fair Complexion, and a little marked with the Smallpox; wore an old Surot Coat, fine Shirt, and Hat, wrote a Variety of Hands, and exceedingly well, said he had been a Schoolmaster in Virginia and Carolina , and is about twenty Years of Age. It is supposed the Owner of the Horses, Waggon, &c. lives in Pittsylvania , from whence the Waggoner said he brought Wheat; but his Waggon giving Way, obliged him to sell some, and lodge the rest on the Road. The Owner may have the Things in my Possession on proving his Property, and paying Charges. (||) ROBERT COUSINS.
To be RENTED annually, or for a Term of Years, SWAN'S POINT FERRY and BOATS , with two good Dwelling-Houses, all necessary Outhouses, an exceeding fine Pasture, and Land sufficient to work four Hands, under a good Fence. For Terms apply to the Subscriber. (i) JOHN HARTWELL COCKE.
SWAN'S POINT, August 3, 1774. AGREEABLE to the Will of many Gentlemen (my Friends) I have rented the Houses, &c. at Col. Bland's Mill, in Prince George , and intend (God willing) to open Tavern there the first of January next. I have contracted that the Houses shall be in good Repair, and furnished with a good Stable, &c. As I have an extensive Acquaintance with Gentlemen who travel that Way, shall hope for small Favours when convenient, and will endeavour to deserve them. Many small Debts are due to me for Ferriage, &c. at this Place, which would be of infinite Service in my present Circumstances, and I hope they will be discharged before my Departure, nor shall I have any Inclination to keep such Accounts in future. (2||) THOMAS FENNER.
DUMFRIES, July 28, 1774. THE DUMFRIES JOCKEY CLUB PURSE of 100 GUINEAS will be run for on Tuesday the 25th of November next, which is fixed on for the first Day of the Dumfries Races for this Year. No Person will be allowed to start a Horse, Mare, or Gelding, for this Purse, but an actual Member of the Club. There will be a Subscription Purse run for the second Day, and another the third Day of the Races, the Particulars about which will be advertised hereafter. —A Premium of 5 GUINEAS will be given to the Person who brings the largest and fattest Bullock to this Market the Saturday before the Races, a Premium of 3 GUINEAS for the six largest and fattest Muttons, and a Premium to the Person or Persons for the two largest and fattest Veals. RICHARD GRAHAM, Secretary.
HALIFAX, July 22, 1774. I INTEND to leave the Colony Immediately. THOMAS MURDOCH,
WILLIAM & MARY College, July 28, 1774. I INTEND to leave the Colony soon. SAMUEL SHEILD.
NORFOLK, July 30, 1774. WILL leave this Colony, in a few Weeks, (||) JOHN BRUCE.
The School, kept here by Mr. Bruce , for some Years past, will be continued to its usual Extent by Mr. Stevenson . The Debts that shall become due to the said School in Mr. Bruce's Absence will be collected by Mr. James Ingram , his Attorney, to whom such as intend to enter any new, or withdraw any of the present Scholars, will be pleased to make known their Intentions.
To be SOLD , on Saturday the 6th of September, at the late Dwelling-House of Mr. James Ranfom , deceased, in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County , SUNDY NEGROES, and the PLANTATION whereon the said Ranfom lived, containing 373 Acres, referring to the Widow her Dower. Part of the Purchase Money must be paid down, and short Credit will be allowed for the Remainder. (1||)
To be SOLD , TWO likely young Virginia born NEGRO WOMEN about seventeen Years of Age each; they are good Spinners, and understand most Sorts of Household Work, though of late they have been employed in Plantation Business, and are reputed very good Hands. A reasonable Credit will be given to a punctual Purchaser, on giving Bond with good Security. ELIZABETH MARTIN. KING WILLIAM, August 1, 1774.
To be SOLD , on Thursday the 18th Instant (August) at Suffex Courthouse , being Court Day, to the highest Bidders, UPWARDS of 100,000 Wt. of TRANSFER TOBACCO, belonging to Albemarle Parish , in said County. Credit will be allowed until the 25th of April for near 40,000 Wt. of the said Tobacco, the Purchasers giving Bond with approved Security. (2)
To be SOLD , on Friday the 2d of September, at the late Dwelling-House of Mr. Thomas Tinsley , deceased, in Hanover Town , NINE very valuable SLAVES, together with all his personal Estate, consisting of every Kind of useful and fashionable Household and Kitchen Furniture, a valuable Stock of Cattle, Hogs, Horses, and Sheep. At the same Time will be rented the Lot and Houses thereon, being a Dwelling-House, Smokehouse, Dairy, Kitchen, Stable, Billiard House, two very good Shops, and a Garden well paled in. The Buildings are all in good Repair, and remarkably well calculated for keeping a Tavern. Twelve Months Credit for all Sums above 25s. will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond with approved Security to the Subscriber, who requests the Favour of all Persons indebted to the Estate to make speedy Payment; and those who have Demands against it to make them known, without Delay, to Leighton Wood , Junior, who is empowered to adjust the same. All Debts not punctually discharged are to carry Interest from the Date of the Bonds. (4) AGNES TINSLEY, Administratrix.
IF WILLIAM LEADAM , who came to America some Years ago, from the Town of Beverly in England , and lived somewhere about Ocracoke in North Carolina , be living, and will apply to the Postmaster in Williamsburg , he may hear of something to his Advantage; if dead and left any Issue, it will be taken kind of any One to inform him, that he may communicate the fame to his Relations in England . (||)
For S A L E, A TRACT OF LAND in Spotsylvania County, six Miles above Fredericksburg , containing about 700 Acres, with a Dwelling-House, &c. the Property of the late Doctor Sutherland . This Land will be sold altogether, or in Lots. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, in Fredericksburg . (1||) WILLIAM SUTHERLAND.
To be SOLD , for ready Cash, at Amelia Courthouse , on Thursday the 25th of this Instant (August) being Court Day, A TRACT OF LAND , containing by Estimation 100 Acres, whereon the said Grigg now lives, and adjoining the Lands of Thomas Pavery, George Hightower, and George Long . It is sold by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from William Grigg , to John Tabb , Esq; and Richard Booker and Co. THOMAS SHORE.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Amberft County , the 10th of July , a Mulatto Woman Slave named SALL , though commonly goes by the Name of Sally Grey ; she is of a middle Size, well shaped, Virginia born, and about 25 Years old; had on, when she went away, a brown Linen Jacket and Petticoat, and I cannot learn that she carried any other Clothes with her. She is of a numerous Family of Mulattoes, formerly belonging to a Gentleman of the Name of Howard , in York County, from whence I purchased her a few Years ago, and where probably the may attempt to go again, or perhaps into Cumberland , or Amelia , where I am informed many of her Kindred live. I shall esteem it a particular Favour of those Gentlemen who have any of her Relations in their Possession, to have her apprehended, if she is discovered lurking about their Plantations; and I will give a handsome Reward, besides what the Law allows, to any Person who will deliver her to me. (6) GABRIEL PENN.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 3, 1774. RUN away from the Subscriber, a Negro Man named BEN , middle sized, well set, very black, has lost his right Eye, stoops a little when he walks, appears to be about 50 Years old, and speaks such broken English that it is scarce possible to understand what he says; had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg Shirt, and an old Pair of white Russia Drab Breeches pretty much torn. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and conveys him to me in Williamsburg , shall be rewarded for their Trouble, besides being paid what the Law allows. PETER PELHAM.
LANEVILLE, August 3, 1774. STRAYED from hence the 12th of last Month , a likely BLACK HORSE , three Years old last May , about fourteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail. He has been very lately broke to the Saddle, though never rode much. Whoever brings him to me shall have FIVE DOLLARS Reward. RICHARD CORBIN, Junior.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, on Wednesday the 17th of July , a BAY HORSE about fourteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Bob Tail, and branded on the near Buttock O. I will give 10s. Reward to any Person that brings him to me, in Williamsburg . JONATHAN PROSSER.
CABIN POINT, July 28, 1774. STRAYED from this Place, about two Months ago , a SORREL HORSE with a roached Mane and Bob Tail, is about fourteen Hands high, and seven Years old. Any Person who will give me such Intelligence of the said Horse as I may get him again shall have 40s. Reward, and if they deliver him here he be allowed reasonable travelling Charges. JOHN WRIGHT.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber's Plantation near Williamsburg , about ten Days ago, a ROAN MARE about fourteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces slow, and has the usual Marks of a Work Beast; her Brand, if she has any, is forgot. Whoever brings her to the Subscriber, or to Mr. William Douglas , at Providence Forge (where she belongs) shall have 20s. Reward; and if stolen 5l. on Conviction of the Thief. WILLIAM HOLT.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg , eight HOGS , marked with a Crop, Slit, and Underkeel in the right Ear, and a Crop and Slit in the left. Also thirteen unmarked SHOATS . Posted, and appraised to 7l. 19s. (||) RICHARD SWEPPSON.
TAKEN up, in Surry , a BRIGHT BAY HORSE , about eight Years old, fourteen Hands high, his two hind Feet white, paces slow, canters, shod before, docked, but not branded. Posted, and appraised to 20l. WILLIAM BROWN.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte , a BLACK MARE about four Feet two Inches high, twelve Years old, and has a Star in her Forehead. Posted, and appraised to 35s. (||) WILLIAM HOWLE.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte , a small BLACK MARE about four Feet three Inches high, has a few Saddle Spots, branded on the near Buttock 1, and marked with an Underkeel in the right Ear. Posted, and appraised to 5l. (||) THOMAS JAMES.
CHARLOTTE, July, 14, 1774. THE STORE in this County, heretofore kept by Mr. Robert Cuningham , for Account of Messrs. Alexander Speirs and Co. of Glasgow , is now under the Direction of Mr. Christopher McConkie . It is hoped that those who have Accounts still open on the Books will be speedy in their Application to have them settled. Such as have Claims on the Company, for Dealings with Mr. Cuningham , are required to make them known immediately, that they may be adjusted. The Store will be supplied to the usual Extent. JAMES FAIRLIE.
To be SOLD, and entered upon immediately, THE PLANTATION of Moses Hare , deceased, of Hertford County, North Carolina , with several Pieces of valuable Land adjoining thereto, the Whole about three Miles in Length and one in Breadth; there is on the Plantation about 150 Acres cleared, with a beautiful Meadow before of about 100 Acres, which affords a charming Prospect, and makes an excellent Pasture; it is in very good Repair, with extraordinary good Improvements of almost all Kinds, lies on the great Wagon Road from Suffolk Town in Virginia to the greatest Part of Carolina , and is most commodiously situated for a Store and Tavern, with many other Conveniencies too tedious to mention. Any Person inclined to purchase may have a great Bargain, by timely applying to Captain Edward Hare , near the Premises, or the Subscriber, near Bath Town, in Beaufort County . MOSES HARE.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, in Petersburg , for Cash, Wheat, or Tobacco, BARBADOS RUM and SPIRITS, Molassado SUGAR, WHITE GINGER, PEPPER, Russia DRILLINGS and SHEETINGS, Women's Calimanco SHOES, 4d and 8d NAILS, some Boxes of assorted DUROYS, SAGATHIES, and TRIMMINGS, also a few Pieces of fashionable SILKS. EMANUEL WALKER.
THE SHIP TRIUMPH will certainly sail for London in six Weeks, agreeable to Charter; and will take in Tobacco, on Liberty of Consignment, at 81. Sterling per Tun. Any Person inclined to ship Tobacco in her will be pleased to send their Orders to Mr. James Donald at Manchester , to Mr. Charles Duncan at Blandford , to Captain Rogers at Bermuda Hundred, or to the Subscriber at Curle's , who will be extremely obliged by the Assistance of his Friends. PHILIP MAZZEI.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 28, 1774. GEORGE HAMILTON, CARVER and GILDER , just from Britain , and now in this City, hereby informs the Publick that he intends carrying on his Business in all its Branches, viz. Looking-Glass Frames in Burnish or Oil Gilding, Girandoles, Ornaments and Decorations for Gentlemens Houses, Chimney Pieces, Door and Window Cornices, Mouldings and Enrichments, Hall and Staircase Lanthorns, Picture Frames black and gilded, Ladies Toilet and Dressing Glasses; all the above after the new Palmyrian Taste. Any Gentlemen wanting Designs of the above Articles may be furnished either at their respective Houses in Town or Country, or at Mr. Edmund Dickinson's , Cabinet Maker; where old Frames may be re-gilded, and Glasses new silvered, History and Portrait Paintings (though much defaced) cleaned and renewed to their former Lustre, also Chairs and Chariots gilded.
To be RENTED from Year to Year, or for a Term of Years, and to be entered upon the 1st of September next, A CONVENIENT TENEMENT in this Town, at present in the Possession of Mr. Andrew Johnson ; whereon is a commodious Storehouse, with a large Counting Room and Lodging Rooms under the same Roof, Lumber Houses of different Sizes, and for different Purposes, Stables, Chaihoue, and a Garden well paled in. Any useful Repairs may be made by the Tenant, and the Expense deducted out of the Rent. The Terms, which are extremely low, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg . BOLLING STARK.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, the 12th of May , a YELLOW BAY MARE , near fourteen Hands, with a Blaze Face, and had a bad Sore on her off Side. As she was bred in Prince Edward County , she will probably endeavour to return there. Whoever brings the said Mare to me, in Richmond Town , shall be well rewarded. (2) JAMES BUCHANAN.
YORK Town, July 27, 1774. MY Mulatto Fellow CORNELIUS ran away from this Town about five Weeks ago ; he was apprehended at Fredericksburg , brought here and imprisoned, and last Night broke Jail. While he continued at Fredericksburg unmolested, he passed for a Freeman. His Wife, a Mulatto, was in Company with him; both were considered as free People, and hired in the Harvest by some Planters. Their Scheme was to get Money, and to proceed back upon the Frontiers of Virginia . Whoever apprehends the Mulatto Fellow in this Colony, and delivers him to me, will be entitled to a Reward of 5l. or if secured in any of the County Jails, and immediate Notice thereof given to me, 3l. It taken in Carolina, Maryland , or any other Colony, and delivered to me, 8l. and if taken in another Colony, and secured in any of the County Jails here, 6l. JOHN H. NORTON. N. B. The Fellow is middle sized; he carried with him a Russia Drill Posillion Coat and Waistcoat, and an old blue Livery Cloth Suit.
Five Pounds Reward. RUN away from the Subscriber, in Richmond Town , the 28th of June , a likely Negro Man named YORK , about 23 Years of Age, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, well made, has a Scar upon one of his Wrists, occasioned by a Burn, but I cannot tell which. Whoever delivers him to me, or secures him in any of his Majesty's Jails, so that I get him again, shall have the above Reward, besides what the Law allows. (4||) DICK HOLLAND.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Cumberland , about the 7th of July , a likely Virginia born Negro Man named MOSES , about 24 Years of Age, and middle sized; had on, when he went away, a brown Linen Shirt, Hempen Rolls Breeches, white Plains Waistcoat, and Castor Hat about Half worn; carried with him a new Felt Hat, a Pair of Shoes, Worsted and Thread Stockings, a short striped Holland Coat and Waistcoat, and a Pair of Leather Breeches, which makes it probable he may alter his Dress. He is a sensible Fellow, and a great Rogue; pretends to have a Wife at Mr. Emanuel Jones's , in Williamsburg , where it is probable he may be lurking. Whoever will take up the said Negro, and secure him in any Jail, so that I get him again, shall have 40s. Reward, and if brought to me 3l. (2||) HENRY MACON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Westmoreland , on Sunday Night the 10th of July , a Scotch Convict Servant named THOMAS SCOTT , by Trade a Tailor, about five Feet seven Inches and a Half high, rather slim made, pretty much marked with the Smallpox, wears his own light coloured Hair tied behind, has a down Look, is much inclined to drinking, fond of playing at Cards, will push himself into any Company, speaks much in the Scotch Dialect, and is fond of singing Songs; had on, when he went away, a Kind of Drab Cloth Coat, black Cloth Waistcoat, white short Osnaburg Breeches, white Thread Stockings, a black Silk Handkerchief about his Neck, and a Pair of double rimmed Silver Plated Buckles in his Shoes. He stole, and carried with him, a Pink coloured Duroy Coat and red Poplin Waistcoat they were only cut out, but I make no Doubt of his having got them made up, and wearing of them; also some Silver Lace, with which I imagine he will lace his Hat, which is not very old, though not very fine, and several coarse and fine Shirts. He made an Attempt to get over Mr. Fantleroy's Ferry on Rappahannock , but did not succeed. Whoever will bring the said Servant to me, or secures him so that I get him again, shall have a Reward of 10l. besides what the Law allows. RICHARD CADDEEN.
ROBERT BRUCE, WATCHMAKER, At the House above Mr. ANDERSON'S Tavern, MAKES and REPAIRS all Sorts of WATCHES and CLOCKS , and will be much obliged to those who please to employ him. He returns his most grateful Thanks to his former Customers, and begs a Continuance of their Favours. (||) ** WATCHES sent from the COUNTRY shall be done with Expedition, and returned with Care.
FOR SALE, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Surry County , beautifully situated on James River , a little above Swan's Point , containing about 1500 Acres, well timbered with Pine and White Oak, and a Stream with a Dam across it sufficient to carry a Saw Mill runs through the Middle of the Land. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Captain James Belyea at Cabin Point , Colonel Herbert Claiborne in King William , or the Subscriber at Huntington . CHARLES HARRISON.
FOR SALE, TWO THOUSAND Acres of LAND , lying on the River Shenandoah , in the County of Frederick , eight Miles above Arlington's Gap . One Third of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, and an extensive Credit will be given for the Remainder. Mr. James Brown will show the Land to any Person inclined to purchase, and I shall be on the Premises the last Week in September next. (11) NATHANIEL BURWELL. Isle of Wight, July 19, 1774.

POETS CORNER.
The CHOICE of a WIFE by CHEESE.
THERE liv'd in York, an Age ago, A Man whose Name was Pimlico; He lov'd three Sisters passing well, But which the best he could not tell.
WE the Subscribers, having for some Time
past experienced very great inconvenience arising from the Uncertainty of the Time of our Meeting in Williamsburg, have now resolved, and are determined, for the future, to meet there every 25th Day of October and April;
James Lyle, Archibald Ritchie, Daniel McCallum, Robert Donald, James Fairlie, James Donald, Alexander Baine, John Fisher, William Mitchell, Richard Adams, Alexander Buchanan, Andrew Chalmer, Edward Johnson, Ninian Minzies, Thomas Main, Robert Rutherford, Archibald McCall, McCall & Shedd, Adam Fleming, Thomas Russell, Hector Ross, Neil McCall, John Lindsay, James Gibson & Co, John Johnson, Robert Burton, Archibald Bryce, Archibald Govan, Andrew Johnston, Jun, Edward Brissbane, William Johnson, Thomas Younger, Simon Fraser, Thomas Hodge, James McDowall, David Cochran.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 19, 1774.
JAMES SLATE, TAILOR from London, begs Leave to inform the Publick that he has just opened Shop the second Door below Mr. Anderson's Tavern, where he carries on his Business in all its Branches, and will be much obliged to those who may please to favour him with their Custom.
TAKEN up, by the Subscriber, the 14th of June last, a Negro named SAM, who appears to be about fifty Years of Age, about five Feet five Inches high, speaks bad English, and cannot, or will not, tell his Owner's Name; had on Negro Cotton Jacket and Breeches, also a Jacket made of Virginia Cloth. There being no Jail in this County, I have put him with my Negroes, and shall be glad that his Owner apply for him as soon as possible. ARCHELAUS AUSTIN, Jailor.
COMMITTED to Bedford Jail, a Servant Man named THOMAS FLINN, who says he belongs to Thomas Badger, near the Rocky Ridge. He is about five Feet six or seven Inches high, well made, and appears to be about eighteen Years of Age. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away. SAMUEL FARR.
To be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 1st of August, at the Subscriber's Plantation in King George, opposite to Port Royal, TWENTY very likely Virginia born SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls. Good Merchants Notes will be received, payable at the October General Court, and a Discount of five per Cent. allowed for ready Money. T. TURNER.
For SALE, MILLSTONES, Dutch FANS, RIDDLES for FANS, WOVE WIRE for ROLLING SCREENS, LOOKING GLASSES of every Kind, BRASS CHARIOT BOXES, BRASS CHAIR NAILS, BAR IRON, Madeira WINE, Demerara and Jamaica SPIRITS, and a strong Top CHAISE quite new. NEWCASTLE, July 14, 1774. JOHN SYME.
For CHARTER, to any Part of EUROPE, THE Ship Anne, Thomas Wilson Master, Burthen 520 Hhds. or 14,000 Bushels. For Terms apply to me in Norfolk. JOHN WALKER. Who has for Sale a Quantity of exceeding good coarse SALT, on reasonable Terms.
VORK TOWN, July 18, 1774. I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately, and shall return in a few Months. WILLIAM GOOSLEY.
Pursuant to a Decree of the Honourable General Court, and by Letter of Attorney from Colonel George Mercer of Virginia, now in London, will be sold at publick Auction,
ABOUT 3500 ACRES of LAND in the County of Loudoun, near West's Ordinary, about twelve Miles from Leesburg, forty from Alexandria, and thirty five from Dumfries, on Potomack. This Land is well known, by the Description of Bull Run Mountains, and is very fertile. Also 6500 Acres on Shenando River, in the County of Frederick, opposite to Snicker's Ordinary, and binding on the River about seven Miles. As this Tract is Part of a Survey one of the first in that Part of the Colony, its good Quality cannot be questioned, it is well watered, will admit of two Mills on Land Streams, and others on the River; there are now on it six Plantations well improved for Cropping, 110 Slaves, and very large and choice Stocks of Horses (some of the Dray Breed) black Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep; which, together with the Crops of Corn and Wheat now growing (expected to be upwards of 2000 Barrels and 5000 Bushels) will be sold on the Premises, on the 24th Day of November next, or next fair Day. The Loudoun Lands will be sold at West's Ordinary, on the 21st Day of the same Month. Both Tracts will be laid off in Lots to suit every Kind of Purchaser, who may see them by applying to Mr. Francis Peyton, near the Loudoun Land, and Mr. William Dawson, who resides on the Shenando Tract. Among the Slaves are two good Blacksmiths, two Carpenters, and an exceeding trusty and skilful Waggoner. The aged black Cattle, and grown Hogs, will be fattened for Slaughter. Purchasers above 25l. will be allowed twelve Months Credit, on giving Bond and Security to the Subscribers, who will be prepared to make Conveyances. JOHN TAYLOR. GEORGE WASHINGTON. (20)
COMMITTED to Bedford Jail, a Servant Man who says his Name is JOHN FORBES, and that he belongs to John Hook, in North Carolina, a thick well made Fellow, of a reddish Complexion, five Feet six or seven Inches high, and about fifty Years of Age. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. SAMUEL FARR.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, near Milner's Warehouse, on the 13th of June, a Mulatto Man named SAM, about 35 Years of Age, five Feet four or five Inches high, of a pleasant Countenance, a remarkable Scar on one of his little Fingers, and has lost some of his fore Teeth; had on, and carried with him, a Pair of brown Rolls Trousers, an Osnaburg Shirt, and an old Negro Cotton Jacket. I have heard he is making for Norfolk, in Order to get on Board some Vessel, and it is probable he may try to pass for a Freeman; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their Peril. I will give 3l. Reward to any Person who will deliver him to me, or secure him so that I may get him again. MATTHEW JORDAN.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Buckingham, a Negro Woman named BESS; had on, and carried with her, a green Calimanco Petticoat, a striped Holland Waistcoat, a Negro Cotton Petticoat, a Virginia Cloth one striped with Copperas and filled in with blue Yarn, two Osnaburg Shifts, one new, the other old. Whoever brings the said Negro to me, at Buckingham Courthouse, shall have 5l. Reward if taken in Carolina, and 40s. if in Virginia, besides what the Law allows. ARCHELAUS AUSTIN.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE about three Years old, four Feet seven Inches high, has a small white Spot on his left Cheek, docked, but not branded. Posted, and appraised to 7l. ROBERT EWING.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE COLT two Years old, four Feet two Inches high, a Star in his Forehead, and a Snip on his Nose. Posted, and appraised to 5l. JOHN AMONET.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a DARK BAY HORSE with several Saddle Spots, appears to be Hipshotten, has a few gray Hairs at the Root of his Tail, had on a Bell with a Patch at the Edge, and branded on the near Shoulder M. Posted, and appraised to 55s. JOHN PHELPS.
TAKEN up, in Spotsylvania, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, a Star in his Forehead, shod before, and branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock C. Posted, and appraised to 9l. JOHN TRUE.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a large DARK BROWN STEER about five Years old, marked in the right Ear with a Crop and Under-keel, and branded on the left Horn HM in a Piece. Posted, and appraised to 3l. JOHN LEE.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a YELLOW BAY MARE about twelve Years old, thirteen Hands and a Half high, a Star in her Forehead, several Saddle Spots, and branded on the near Buttock H. Also a GRAY FILLY belonging to the Mare, about six Months old, with a Snip on its Nose. Posted, and appraised to 5l. JOHN AMONET.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a small RED COW about four Years old, with Part of her Tail off, marked with a smooth Crop and Slit in her right Ear, and a Half Moon in the left. She has since had a Calf. Posted, and appraised to 55s. JOHN JONES.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a small BAY HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, appears to be ten Years old, a Star in his Forehead, and a Snip on his Nose. Posted, and appraised to 7l. THOMAS WELCH.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a Negro Man named FRANK, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, about 35 Years of Age, his left Thumb has a Cut on the Joint that he cannot move it, is a little bow-legged, and has been a good Deal whipped, as appears by his Back; had on a Check Shirt, and a Pair of Pompadour coloured Breeches. He says he was imported about twelve Years ago by Colonel Tabb, and lived at his Home Plantation for some Time, but, for twelve Months past, he lived with one William Baskdale, in Prince Edward, who he will not agree to his Master. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. SAMUEL FARR.
To be SOLD, THE Sloop PROVIDENCE, Burthen about 45 Tuns, only nine Months old, very well built, neatly finished off, completely found, has large Accommodations, and sails remarkably fast. For Terms apply to Captain Charles Thomas at Norfolk, or to BENJAMIN HARRISON, Junior.
RUN away from the Subscriber, who is removed from Boyd's Hole, on Potomack River, to Buckin Creek on Notoway River, Dinwiddie County, on Saturday the 2d of July, a likely well made Mulatto Fellow, named HARRY, about 22 or 23 Years of Age, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, some Scars may be seen on his Arms and Back if stripped, has remarkable high Lumps, speaks fair, and is very subtle and insinuating, is very fond of Dress, and cannot bear to go barefoot; had on, when he went away, a dark brown Cloth Livery Coat turned up with Green, Waistcoat of the same, striped Velveteen Breeches, a white Shirt, Shoes and Stockings, all his Clothes a little ragged, and I do not doubt his having a Variety of them. He is very well known in many Parts of Virginia and Maryland, having constantly travelled with me. As he was bred in Fairfax County, it is probable he will make there to his Mother, an old Negro Woman formerly the Property of the late Parson Green of said County, but has, I believe, been set free some Years. All Masters of Ships, and other Persons, are hereby forewarned from harbouring or conveying him out of the Colony, and I will give 50s. Reward, besides what the Law allows, to any Person that will deliver the said Slave to me, or secure him in any Jail so that I may get him again. (4) THEODORICK BLAND.
PETERSBURG, June 26, 1774. STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, about the first Instant, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE above fourteen Hands high, from six to eight Years old, remarkably well set, paces, trots, and gallops, is short docked, his Mane and Tail remarkably black, has a Hole in one of his fore Hoofs occasioned by Gravel, but his Brand, if any, forgot. He was bred in Surry by Mr. Brown, but has been used in Lunenburg all last Winter and Spring. As he was missing a few Days after I had him, I have some Reason to think he was carried off by a runaway Negro Boy of this Town, who was seen at Williamsburg the last Meeting. I will give 3l. to any Person who will bring him to me. (tf) HENRY LOCHHEAD.
For LIVERPOOL, THE Ship GREENWOOD, Mackey Reed Master, loads at Norfolk, has two Thirds of her Cargo already engaged, can take in 200 Hhds. of Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. Any Gentlemen inclining to ship by her will please to send their Orders to Mr. Richard Taylor of Peterburg, Mr. Richard Squire Taylor in King William County, or to us at Norfolk. (tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
To be RENTED, from Year to Year, or for a Term of Years, BELVOIR, the beautiful Seat of the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esq; lying upon Potomack River in Fairfax County, about fourteen Miles below Alexandria. The Mansion House is of Brick, two Stories high, with four convenient Rooms and a large Passage on the lower Floor, five Rooms and a Passage on the second, and a Servants Hall and Cellars below, convenient Offices, Stables, and Coach-House adjoining, as also a large and well furnished Garden, stored with a great Variety of valuable Fruits, in good Order. Appertaining to the Tract on which these Houses stand, and which contains near 2000 Acres (surrounded in a Manner by navigable Water) are several valuable Fisheries, and a good Deal of cleared Land in different Parts, which may be let altogether, or separately, as shall be found most convenient. The Terms may be known of Colonel Washington, who lives near the Premises, or of me in Berkeley County. (tf) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.
NORFOLK, April 21, 1774. NOTICE is hereby given, that a Number of Vessels will be wanted this Summer to bring about 6000 Tons of STONE from Mr. Brooke's Quarry on Rappahannock, and land the same on Cape Henry, for the Lighthouse. Any Person, or Persons, inclining to engage in such Work, are desired to treat with Matthew Phipp, Paul Leyall, and Thomas Newton, Esqrs. The Directors of the Lighthouse will also be glad to purchase one or two FLAT BOTTOMED VESSELS, from 80 to 120 Tons Burthen. (tf) BASSETT MOSELEY.
NEABSCO FURNACE, April 1, 1774. RUN away from the Neabsco Furnace, on the 16th of last Month, a light coloured Mulatto Man named BILLY or WILL, the Property of the Honourable John Taylor, Esquire. When I tell the Publick that he is the same Boy, who, for many Years, used to wait on me in my Travels through this and the neighbouring Province, and, by his Pertness, or rather Impudence, was well known to almost all my Acquaintances, there is the less Occasion for a particular Description of him. However, as he is now grown to the Size of a Man, and has not attended me for some Time past, I think it is not amiss to say that he is a very likely young Fellow, about twenty Years old, five Feet nine Inches high, stout and strong made, has a remarkable Swing in his Walk, but is much more so by a surprising Knack he has of gaining the good Graces of almost every Body who will listen to his bewitching and deceitful Tongue, which seldom or ever speaks the Truth; has a small Scar on the right Side of his Forehead, and the little Finger of his right Hand is quite straight by a Hurt he got when a Chilk. He had on when he went away a blue Fearnought and an under Jacket of green Baize, Cotton Breeches, Osnaburg Shirt, a mixed blue Pair of Stockings, a Pair of Country made Shoes, and yellow Buckles. From his Ingenuity, he is capable of doing almost any Sort of Business, and for some Years past has been chiefly employed as a Founder, a Stone Mason, and a Miller, as Occasion required; one of which Trades, I imagine, he will, in the Character of a Freeman, profess. I have some Reason to suspect his travelling towards James River, under the Pretence of being sent by me on Business. Whoever apprehends the said Mulatto Slave, and brings him to me, or to his Master, the Honourable John Taylor of Mount Airy, or secures him so as to be had again, shall have double what the Law allows, and all reasonable Charges paid by THOMAS LAWSON.
FOR SALE, A TRACT of LAND in Amelia County, containing 500 Acres, about four Miles below the Courthouse, it is remarkable fine Land for Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary Houses. Any Person inclining to purchase may depend on having a Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to WILLIAM MARSHALL.
For SALE, ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND, in Amherst County, whereon are several Plantations and Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack, who lives at one of the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by Colonel William Cabell, at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel William Cabell, or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, on or near some navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree. CARTER BRAXTON.

At a Meeting of the Freeholders of Hanover County, at the Courthouse, on Wednesday the 20th of July, 1774, the following Address was agreed to.
TO JOHN SYME and PATRICK HENRY, Junior, Esquires.
GENTLEMEN,
Y OU have our Thanks for your patriotick, faithful, and spirited Conduct, in the Part you acted in the late Assembly as our Burgesses; and as we are greatly alarmed at the Proceedings of the British Parliament respecting the Town of Boston and the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and as we understand a Meeting of Delegates from all the Counties in this Colony is appointed to be in Williamsburg on the first Day of next Month, to deliberate on our publick Affairs, we do hereby appoint you, Gentlemen, our Delegates; and we do request you then and there to meet, consult, and advise, touching such Matters as are most likely to effect our Deliverance from the Evils with which our Country is threatened. The Importance of those Things which will offer themselves for your Deliberation is exceeding great; and when it is considered that the Effect of the Measures you may adopt will reach our latest Posterity, you will excuse us for giving you our Sentiments, and pointing out some Particulars proper for that Plan of Conduct we wish you to observe.
We are Freemen. We have a Right to be so, and to enjoy all the Privileges and Immunities of our Fellow Subjects in England; and while we retain a just Sense of that Freedom, and those Rights and Privileges necessary for its Safety and Security, we shall never give up the Right of Taxation. Let it suffice to say, once for all, we will never be taxed but by our own Representatives. This is the great Badge of Freedom, and British America hath been hitherto distinguished by it; and when we see the British Parliament trampling upon that Right, and acting with determined Resolution to destroy it, we would wish to see the united Wisdom and Fortitude of America collected for its Defence.
The Sphere of Life in which we move hath not afforded us Lights sufficient to determine, with Certainty, concerning those Things from which the Troubles of Boston originated. Whether the People there were warranted by Justice when they destroyed the Tea, we know not; but this we know, that the Parliament, by their Proceedings, have made us, and all North America, Parties in the present Dispute, and deeply interested in the Event of it, insomuch that if our Sister Colony of Massachusetts Bay is enslaved we cannot long remain free.
Our Minds are filled with Anxiety when we view the friendly Regards of our Parent State turned into Enmity, and those Powers of Government formerly exerted for our Aid and Protection formed into dangerous Efforts for our Destruction. We read our intended Doom in the Boston Port Bill, in that for altering the Mode of Trial in criminal Cases, and finally in the Bill for altering the Form of Government in the Massachusetts Bay. These several Acts are replete with Injustice and Oppression, and strongly expressive of the future Policy of Britain towards all her Colonies. If a full and uncontrouled Operation is given to this detestable System in its earlier Stages, it will probably be fixed upon us for ever.
Let it therefore be your great Object to obtain a speedy Repeal of those Acts, and for this Purpose we recommend the Adoption of such Measures as may produce the hearty Union of all our Countrymen and Sister Colonies. United, we stand; divided, we fall. To attain this wished for Union, we declare our Readiness to sacrifice any lesser Interest arising from a Soil, Climate, Situation, or Productions peculiar to us.
We judge it conducive to the Interests of America that a general Congress of Deputies, from all the Colonies, be held, in Order to form a Plan for guarding the Claims of the Colonies, and their constitutional Rights, from future Encroachments, and for the speedy Relief of our suffering Brethren at Boston. For the present, we think it proper to form a general Association against the Purchase of all Articles of Goods imported from Great Britain, except Negroes Clothes, Salt, Saltpetre, Powder, Lead, Utensils and Implements for Handicrafts, Men and Manufacturers that cannot be had in America, Books, Paper, and the like Necessaries, and not to purchase any Goods or Merchandise that shall be imported from Great Britain after a certain Day that may be agreed on for that Purpose by the said general Meeting of Deputies at Williamsburg, except the Articles aforesaid, or such as shall be allowed to be imported by the said Meeting; and that we will encourage the Manufactures of America, by every Means in our Power. A Regard to Justice hinders us at this Time from withholding Exports; nothing but the direst Necessity shall induce us to adopt that Proceeding, which we shall strive to avoid as long as possible.
The African Trade for Slaves we consider as most dangerous to Virtue, and the Welfare of this Country. We therefore most earnestly wish to see it totally discouraged.
A steady Loyalty to the Kings of England has ever distinguished our Country. The present State of things here, as well as the many Instances of it to be found in our History, leave no Room to doubt it. God grant we may never see the Time when that Loyalty shall be found incompatible with the Rights of Freemen. Our most ardent Desire is, that we and your latest Posterity may continue to live under the genuine unaltered Constitution of England, and be Subjects, in the true Spirit of that Constitution, to his Majesty and his illustrious House; and may the Wretches who affirm that we desire the contrary feel the Punishment due to Falsehood and Villainy.
While Prudence and Moderation shall guide your Councils, we trust, Gentlemen, that Firmness, Resolution, and Zeal, will animate you in the glorious Struggle. The Arm of Power, which is now stretched forth against us, is indeed formidable; but we do not despair: Our
Cause is good; and if it is served with Constancy and Fidelity, it cannot fail of Success. We promise you our best Support, and we will heartily join in such Measures as a Majority of our Countrymen shall adopt for securing the publick Liberty.
Resolved, that the above Address be transmitted to the Printers, to be published in the Gazettes.
WILLIAM POLLARD, Clerk.
A T a general Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Caroline, at the Courthouse, on Thursday the 14th of July 1774, assembled for the Purpose of deliberating and giving their Sentiments upon the present State of Affairs in America, and what ought to be done at this most alarming Crisis, the following Points were agitated, and agreed to as the Opinion of this County.
That the Design of our Meeting may not be misinterpreted, we think it proper to declare, what would otherwise be unnecessary, that we will preserve all due Obedience and Fidelity to the Royal Person and Government of his sacred Majesty King George III. and that we will, at all Times, when called on for that Purpose, maintain and defend, at the Expense of our Lives and Fortunes, his Majesty's Right and Title to the Crown of Great Britain and his Dominions in America.
That a firm Union, and mutual Intercourse and Reciprocation of Interests and Affections, between Great Britain and her Colonies, is desirable and beneficial to both; and that whoever shall go about to dissolve that Union, by attempting to deprive the Colonies of their just Rights, on the one Hand, or to effect their Independence, on the other, ought ever to be considered as a common Enemy to the whole Community.
That for Americans to be exempted from every Kind of Taxation, except by the Consent of their own Representatives, in their several Provincial Assemblies, to be heard in their Defence when accused of Crimes, and tried by their Peers, are Rights they derive from natural Justice and the British Constitution, to which they are equally entitled with their Fellow Subjects in Great Britain, and from constant Usage, so long as the true Principles of the Constitution have been suffered to direct the publick Councils.
That the British Parliament, in their several Acts of imposing a Duty upon Tea, to be paid in America; for blocking up the Harbour and stopping the Commerce of the Town of Boston, in the Massachusetts Bay, for supposed Offences with which they were charged, and condemned unheard; for altering the Form of that Government, established by Charters and long Usage; and for empowering his Majesty to order Persons charged with certain Offences committed in America to be carried to Great Britain, and there tried; have been influenced by evil Counsellors to depart from the true Principles of the Constitution, and to violate the most sacred and important Rights of Americans, from which they never can depart.
That those Acts, whether intended to operate only in one Province, or generally in all, ought to be considered as the common Cause; and that a firm and indissoluble Union and Association of the Whole ought to be formed, to oppose their Operation by every just and proper Means: To effect which, we think the sending Deputies from each Province, to meet in a general Congress, will be a very proper Measure; and we desire our Delegates may unite with others, in the general Meeting for this Colony, in electing such Deputies.
That Tea being the Subject of the Tax complained of, and the East India Company having acted ungenerously in sending great Quantities of it to America, to fix the Precedent of Taxation (though desired to forbear) we most cordially concur with the late Representatives of this Colony to disuse Tea, and not to purchase any East India Commodities from henceforth, until the just Rights of America be restored.
That a general Association between all the American Colonies, not to import from Great Britain any Commodity whatever, ought to be entered into, and not dissolved till the just Rights of the said Colonies are restored to them, and the cruel Acts of the British Parliament against the Massachusetts Bay and Town of Boston are repealed.
That it is the undoubted Privilege, and indispensable Duty, of the Representatives of the People of this Colony, when met in General Assembly, to deliberate freely upon all Invasions of the Rights, Liberties, and Properties of their Constituents, and consider of the proper Means of Redress; and therefore, that the Interposition of the executive Power here, by Mandate from the Ministry, to dissolve the Assembly, whenever they complain of Attempts to destroy those Rights, tends to deprive us of all Benefit from a Legislature, and is an Evidence of the fixed Intention of the Ministry to reduce the Colonies to a State of Slavery.
That, in this distressed Situation of our Affairs, all Luxury, Dissipation, and Extravagance, ought to be banished from among us; and every Kind of Manufacture, Industry, and Economy, encouraged.
That the African Trade is injurious to this Colony, obstructs our Population by Freemen, Manufacturers, and others, who would emigrate from Europe and settle here, and occasions an annual Balance of Trade against the Country; and therefore, that the Purchase of all imported Slaves ought to be associated against.
Though we are happily allowed to proceed to the Choice of new Representatives, yet as the Return of the Writs is made to the 11th of August, and there is Reason to doubt the Assembly may not be held at that Time, we think it highly expedient there should be a Meeting at Williamsburg on the 1st of August, as appointed, to consider fully of the several Matters herein before mentioned; and we do appoint EDMUND PENDLETON and JAMES TAYLOR, Esquires, Deputies on our Parts, to meet such as shall be named for other Counties and Corporations, at Williamsburg, or such other Place as may be agreed upon on the Day aforesaid, or any other Time, to deliberate freely, and agree to the above Resolutions, or any other that may be judged more expedient for the general Purpose intended.
WILLIAM NELSON, Clerk.

At a Meeting of the loyal and patriotick People of the County of Henrico, at their Courthouse, on the 15th of this Instant July, the following Address to their late worthy Representatives was agreed on, and signed by a great Number of the Freeholders.
To RICHARD ADAMS and SAMUEL DUVAL, Esquires.
WE the Subscribers, Freeholders of the County of Henrico, assembled for the Purpose of deliberating on the present Posture of publick Affairs, return you our Thanks for the Part you acted in the late Assembly, as our Burgesses.
When we reflect on the alarming and critical Situation of Things respecting the Mother Country, our Minds are filled with the most anxious Concern. The Acts of the British Parliament made for punishing the Inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay are repugnant to the first Principles of Justice, and if they are suffered to have a full Operation will not only crush our Sister Colony, and involve the Guilty and Innocent in one common Ruin, but will stand as a fatal Precedent to future Times for adopting the same fatal Measures towards this and every other British Colony. We therefore have passed this Determination, and shall conduct ourselves conformably, that the Cause of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in general, and of the Town of Boston in particular, is the Cause of this and every other Colony in North America.
We hope, Gentlemen, that the exceeding great Importance of the present Crisis will plead our Excuse for giving you our Sentiments touching that Conduct which we wish you to observe in the ensuing Congress, on the first Day of August next, at Williamsburg, to which we depute you to act on our Behalf.
With Grief and Astonishment, we behold Great Britain adopting a Mode of Government towards her Colonies totally incompatible with our Safety and Happiness. We cannot submit to be taxed by her Parliament; we cannot sit still and see the Harbour of Boston blocked up by an armed Force; we cannot behold, without Indignation, the Charter Rights of a Sister Colony violated, or the Form of its Government changed, by an Act of Parliament as derogatory to the Honour of the Mother Country as it is repugnant to Justice; and lastly, we will not suffer our Fellow Subjects to be seized and transported beyond Sea, to be tried for supposed Offences committed here. If these Things are suffered to be reduced to Practice, we shall account ourselves the most miserable of Men, unworthy the Name of Freemen; we shall not wonder if in future we are treated as Slaves.
We therefore most solemnly charge and conjure you to use your best Endeavours to save us from these Calamities. We earnestly entreat you for your utmost Exertion, to procure, by all possible Ways and Means, a total Repeal of the late oppressive and detestable Acts of Parliament. We trust you will heartily concur in such Measures as the said Congress, shall judge most efficacious to preserve our ancient Rights; for be assured, Gentlemen, that nothing shall ever induce from us a Submission to Tyranny, and that we resolve, once for all, to live and die Freemen.
In Order to effect those desirable Ends, we give it as our Opinion that the most effectual Method for opposing the said several Acts of Parliament will be that a general Association between all the American Colonies ought immediately to be entered into, not to import from Great Britain any Commodity whatsoever, except such Articles as the General Congress shall judge necessary, until the just Rights of the Colonies are restored to them, and the cruel Acts of the British Parliament against the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, and Town of Boston, are repealed.
A love of Justice, and the tender Regard we have for our Friends, the Merchants and Manufacturers of Great Britain, to whom we are indebted, and who must of Courie suffer in the common Cause, prevents our recommending the stopping our Exports at this Time; but, at a future Day, we will heartily concur with the other Counties of this Colony to stop all Exports, as well as Imports, to and from Great Britain, unless what we have already recommended to you shall be found effectual.
We most cordially recommend that no Time be lost in administering every Comfort and Aid to our distressed Brethren of Boston that their unhappy State may require, and may comport with our Situation to afford.
We farther recommend to you, that you will, in Conjunction with the Deputies from the different Counties of this Colony, choose fit and proper Persons, on the Part of this Colony, to meet the Deputies from the other Colonies in a General Congress, at such convenient Time and Place as shall be agreed on, then and there to advise and consult upon such Measures as (under the Circumstances of Things at that Time) they shall deem expedient.
We strictly charge and enjoin, that at all Times, and on all Occasions which may present, you testify our Zeal for his Majesty's Person and Government; and that we are ready and willing, with our Lives and Fortunes, to support his Right to the Crown of Great Britain, and all its Dependencies.
AT a general Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Nansemond, on the 11th Day of July 1774, the following Resolutions were proposed, and unanimously agreed to.
Resolved, that we will, at all Times, whenever we are called upon for that Purpose, maintain and defend at the Expense of our Lives and Fortunes, his Majesty's Right and Title to the Crown of Great Britain and his Dominions in America, to whose Royal Person and Government we profess all due Obedience and Fidelity.
Resolved, that the Right to impose Taxes or Duties to be paid by the Inhabitants within this Dominion, for any Purpose whatsoever, is peculiar and essential to the General Assembly, in whom the legislative Authority of the Colony is vested.
Resolved, that every Attempt to impose such Taxes or Duties by any other Authority is an arbitrary Exertion of Power, and an Infringement of the constitutional Rights and Liberties of the Colony.
Resolved, that to impose a Tax or Duty upon Tea by the British Parliament, in which the Commons of the North American Colonies can have no Representation, to be paid upon Importation by the Inhabitants of the said Colonies, is an Act of Power without Right, is subversive of the Liberties of the said Colonies, deprives them of their Property without their Consent, and thereby reduces them to a State of Slavery.
Resolved, that the late cruel, unjust, and sanguinary Acts of Parliament, to be executed by military Force and Ships of War upon our Sister Colony of Massachusetts Bay, and Town of Boston, is a strong Evidence of the corrupt Influence obtained by the British Ministry in Parliament, and a convincing Proof of their fixed Intention to deprive the Colonies of their constitutional Rights and Liberties.
Resolved, that the Cause of the Town of Boston is the common Cause of all the American Colonies.
Resolved, that it is the Duty and Interest of all the American Colonies firmly to unite in an indissoluble Union and Association, to oppose, by every just and proper Means, the Infringement of their common Rights and Liberties.
Resolved, that a general Association between all the American Colonies, not to import from Great Britain any Commodity whatsoever, ought to be entered into, and not dissolved until the just Rights of the said Colonies are restored to them, and the cruel Acts of the British Parliament against the Massachusetts Bay, and Town of Boston, are repealed.
Resolved, that no Friend to the Rights and Liberties of America ought to purchase any Commodity whatsoever which shall be imported from Great Britain after a certain Time hereafter to be limited by the Congress which is shortly expected to meet, nor ought such to have any Kind of Dealing or Connexion with any Merchant who shall refuse to agree to the Measure hereafter to be adopted by said Congress.
Resolved, that every Kind of Luxury, Dissipation, and Extravagance, ought to be banished from amongst us.
Resolved, that Manufactures ought to be encouraged, by opening Subscriptions for that Purpose, or by any other proper Means.
Resolved, that the African Trade is injurious to this Colony, obstructs the Population of it by Freemen, prevents Manufacturers and other useful Emigrants from Europe from settling amongst us, and occasions an annual Increase of the Balance of Trade against this Colony.
Resolved, that the raising Sheep, Hemp, and Flax, ought to be encouraged.
Resolved, that to be clothed in Manufactures fabricated in the Colony ought to be considered as a Badge and Distinction of Respect, and true Patriotism.
Resolved, that the Dissolution of the General Assembly, by Order of the British Ministry, whenever they enter upon the Consideration of the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, against Attempts to destroy them, is an Evidence of the fixed Intention of the said Ministry to reduce the Colonies to a State of Slavery.
Resolved, that the People of this Colony, being by such Dissolution deprived of a legal Representation, ought to nominate and appoint, for every County, proper Deputies to meet upon the first Day of August, in the City of Williamsburg, then and there to consult and agree upon the best and most proper Means for carrying into Execution these, or any other Resolutions, which shall be judged more expedient for the Purposes aforesaid.
Resolved, that LEMUEL RIDDICK and BENJAMIN BAKER, Esqrs. our late Representatives, be, and they are hereby nominated and appointed Deputies, upon the Part of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of this County, to meet such Deputies as shall be appointed by the other Counties and Corporations within this Colony, in the City of Williamsburg, upon the first Day of August next, or at any other Time or Place, for the Purposes aforesaid.
Resolved, that at this important and alarming Conjuncture it be earnestly recommended to the said Deputies, at the said general Convention, that they nominate and appoint fit and proper Persons, upon the Part of this Colony, to meet such Deputies, in a general Congress, as shall be appointed upon the Part of the other continental Colonies in America, to consult and agree upon a firm and indissoluble Union and Association, for preserving, by the best and most proper Means, their common Rights and Liberties.
Resolved, that this Colony ought not to trade with any Colony which shall refuse to join in any Union and Association that shall be agreed upon by the greater Part of the other Colonies upon this Continent, for preserving their common Rights and Liberties.
Resolved, that a Copy of these Resolutions be transmitted to each of the Printers of both the Gazettes, with the earnest Request of this County that the other Counties and Corporations within the Colony will appoint Deputies to meet at the Time and Place, and for the Purposes, aforesaid.
Advertisements.
To be SOLD, and entered upon immediately, THE PLANTATION of Moses Hare, deceased, of Hertford County, North Carolina, with several Pieces of valuable Land adjoining thereto, the Whole about three Miles in Length and one in Breadth; there is on the Plantation about 150 Acres cleared, with a beautiful Meadow before of about 100 Acres, which affords a charming Prospect, and makes an excellent Pasture; it is in very good Repair, with extraordinary good Improvements of almost all Kinds, lies on the great Wagon Road from Suffolk Town in Virginia to the greatest Part of Carolina, and is most commodiously situated for a Store and Tavern, with many other Conveniencies too tedious to mention. Any Person inclinable to purchase may have a great Bargain, by timely applying to Captain Edward Hare, near the Premises, or the Subscriber, near Bath Town, in Beaufort County. MOSES HARE.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, in Petersburg, for Cash, Wheat, or Tobacco, BARBADOS RUM and SPIRITS, Muscovado SUGAR, WHITE GINGER, PEPPER, Russia DRILLINGS and SHEETINGS, Women's Calimanco SHOES, 4d and 8d NAILS, some Boxes of assorted DUROYS, SAGATHIES, and TRIMMINGS, also a few Pieces of fashionable SILKS. EMANUEL WALKER.