The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-01-27

Lait Monday morning, Jemima Lewis,
wife Of Thomas Lewis, of this town, ma
riner, was found dead ON the.Aoor of her
apartments. sAninquilitionwas taken upon
her body, and It was fully proved to the
jurors, that the proceeding evening, Che
was intoxicatedwith fpfit1ous liquor, and
being delfitute of che common necedaFies
of life. and che weather being extreme cold,
was. fgQsen, and by tliataneans' came to
her death. an
n Man sf the M11rt 54giy, 2 saAE de-
ma1d ~ 5aFss Ha&ebs for q akgfs 15sds6 or
7pesadi.yke3.qife at his osas kosf laieb feld bin
be hadaety 10 nHrb nsnsy ~. biss--Fsufkaf ks had
a0t rseeipsd ay par Of bis ala1 for Hsaf tss1aty
tzUO monfba taiQ. ~ sss s.e.austal
9any. Il fk;snct a rslast7ien sbas s5s trovinrs
in ksspisg biR azf Of bis nancy, and fbesby d./s-
bling BIN % d1SbaSgs bis inf dshs ? Wbm IL
d aofOyssas Il iStkezesl6 Of tbs gsuumsHt, that
" rsesiVs z0bef IS dssk6hiB AZ Chit 1z9icF, and
general complaint that he bad act applied fe,tts
pr0vincf freafwsr f0vf. art
.7ksy qloqeiag IL eeeysf letter fsss tie sosnfry,
70 gsaslsnas ~ PHILADELPHIA. Said 10 he
qvr0fs BY THE AMERICAN Farmer.
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AM very iony for the piece Of intelligence you were
peaied 70 comnuniease 70 me in your lsA. Five hips,
loaded with TEA on thcirway % Aeica and tis with
view not only 10 enforce The nsenue at but to elablih
Monopoly r the Eaa-India Company, who have epoulcd
the SeIs Of the Miniay land hope ERlr f broken
krthnS By the ruin Of American Freedom and Liberty -
No wonder the mibdt the people ere eapeated as you
Fay, 70 degree Of wadne, The Scripture telsps sQr-
Plsiibn will make wife man mad. And whenin iolehee
Is joined with oPprefion, Mould deem him far from
fool or IDIOT who did pot fee adegee Of madefi Pray
have you heard whether thsy and the minar have not
made property ofn and whether wc our wives and chill
den, together with hr hard earned kuitso out kbour are
not made 20 this almo bankrupt companyo augment
thdrur and 70 repair their yuncd fortune lattice ecms
@ han, oTaken te Old word. Three pubic ROBBERS IN
Euiope have fasen saion ofa nflghbpuns kngiom, and
~ s,ss and M. r. a sSel
cenhdsEed ag properly. II well informed, not
longer ago than ai year. accompany Of merchants IN Spain
puhaed from tcng che executive right Of the trade Of one
of the mon condefzbie ands the Wet Indies and 70 in
IDENTITY themieyes fr the purrha moneys aren0w carrying
that trade ina chat mutt ruin every nhabtant in
that and Are we IN ike manner to be given up 70 the
dpofl Of the Ea-Inda company, whohave now the iu-
rance to ep forth in aid Of the miner execate his plan
Of snnaying America Their conduit in Ala, for long
years pa, has given ample proof how little they regard the
laws Of natOns, the rights liberties lives of They
have levied war excited rebcons, dehroned lawful princes,
and acfhced millions for the fake Of gain. The revenues
of mighty kingdoms have centecd in their Golfers And
bee being ucent to gut their ayaee they have, BY
the mott unparalleled barbaties, extoons, and monoPoes,
Aipped the meabc inhabitants Of te property and
duccd whole PROVINCE 70 indgepce and ruin. Fifteen hum
bred thoulands IL Is ad, peeaby famine In one year,
becaae the cath denied its f1rs bur this company and
thc eants engroed all the eeaties ollie, and them
at % high rate, thar the poor could not pucaie them
Thus having drained the fources Of that nmenfc wealth,
which they have for Ayefal years paG been accuhoped to
annals, and iqnahdsf away on then lss and in couPtng
thereousy, they now, il eems, caf theEeyeson Ame-
nca, as new theatre, wheeon exece their talents OF
rpnes oPpreoh and cruelty, The monopoly Of "a, is,
dare fay but aah part Of the plan they have formed to
"Trip as of our property. But thank q D. VIC are not
Sea Poys nor Marattas. but Bt Subjects who born
to liberty, who know its worth, add prize high. We are
engaged 10 mighty augge. The caufe Of she utnoA
importance, and the determination of il viii tx ooteorditon
as navcs or eemen 1t is not the paItry fun Of three
pence which is demanded, but the principles upon which
irisdemzndsa, that We oontending again Before
wsPay any thns st Is fee whether we have thing we
4 can call our own to pay"
Hitherto the dpute has been carried with fpidt,
4 temper, and moderation, thar mu prove worthy enjoy
that liberty for which we contend. And hope and earne-
l " win thar the prudence have hitherto ezersied may
NOT be borne down BY the Indignation which you FAY
iuy and universally ndcd az thefe nloent ihtruders.
Il am very fenfhe how the fpiEof iies, when un-
4 worthy agents pfd deoy him. IL s Something q
eOnoon to Be By lion, but 70 Be dsvOuIsd b
Il rats Is infoleFabIe. g ~
But, my dear friend, Il snot ony he eaufs but ON
/ manner Of c0naBfng t, that win eaablih chasaer
The happiness and PROPERTY both Of the colonies and o.
Britain depend upon intimate uniop and connection.
4 This union, Is true, depends upon freedom. Fmwthous
freedom there can Be no confidence Without confidence
1 no affection; and without zeons confdeing cuzticn
Il and diance from Britain, the union between this country
and that cannot long nbf To pserve, therefore, that
i union, aud promote the haPPnes and PROPERTY Of both
countries, let US reove maintain our liberty. But in do
I ne this, when any difference ariss, TIE Prent
4 happy ocrafon let al 70 leave for return OF
Il the Old good hunour, confidence and affection, which has
lub6Rs between Csezt-Bitan and shs country, fce the
Il settlement Of the colonies