The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-03-31
w E D N Z Sd A Y, March go.
B o S T 0 N.
Proceedings efibs 7sqvn Of TRURO.

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A I meeting of the freeholders and
other inhabitants of the town of TRURo, le-
gally ahembled on Monday February the 18th,
cI774, ieveral perfons appeared in the meeting,
OF whom it had been reported that they had
purchaied iome inall quantities of the Ealt-
India company's baneful Tea, lately cat afhore
at Province-town and on examin ng thoie
perions 1t appeared to the meeting, that their
buying this noxious Tea was through ignorance
and inadvertance, and that they were induced
thereto by the baie and villainous example and
artful perfuafons of iome noted pretended
friends to government from the neighbouring
towns and therefore this meeting thinks them
excuiable with an Acknowledgements.
Then the town made choice Of Captain
Joihua Atkins, Mr.. Jofah Atkins, Deacon
Jolhua Freeman, Doctor Samuel Adams, MeG-.
Ephraim Harding, Thatcher Rich, Nehemiah
Harding, Benjamin Atkins, and Hezekiah
Harding, to be committee to prepare pro-
per RESOLVE to be entered into by this town,
reipeeting the introduction Of Tea from Great
Britain iubjetf to duty, payable in America,
who, agreeable to deGre, returned about half
an hour, and then report as followeths
w Z the inhabitants of the town of
TRURO, though by our remote fituation from
the centre of public news, we are deprived of
opportunities of gaining 70 thorough know
ledge in the unhappy difputes that iubGf be-
tween US and the parent aate as we could with
yet as our love Of Liberty and dread of ilavery
is not inferior (perhaps) to that of our brethren
in any part of the province, we think it our
indhpeniable duty TO contribute our mite in
the glorious cauie of liberty and our country
by declaring in this public manner our union
In ientiment with our much reipeeted brethren
of Bottom, manifeied in their patriotic Reiolves
encloied in the late letter of their committee of
correspondence to this town, and our readineis
70 afford in our contracted lp here ,our beft afilt-
ance in every prudent meafure, in defence, or
for the recovery of our rights and privileges,
and to avoid being brought into that deplorable
fate oe wretched lavery with which we are
threatened by the unconstitutional meafures
perffted in BY administration, and in particular
by their late dangerous and deteftable fchcme
OF lending Teas to the colonies by means of the
Ealt-lndia company fubjea to the unrighteous
American duty A fheme as we apprehend
defgned to take in the unwary, and continue
d1iu Siidp@ht AiAC IAUuAS ~ unlulIly cAIOIlcQ
from us.-A tribute attended with the aggra-
walton of being applied to maintain in idleneS
and luxury fet of WORTHLESS placemen and
petitioners and their creatures, who are conti-
nually aiming at the fubyerfon of our happy
contribution, and whole examples tend to de-
bauch the morals of the people in our feaport
towns which fwarm with them. And as we
think the mott likely method that we can take
to aid in frufrating thoie inhuman dehgns of
administration is dilute of that banefal dutied
article Tea,
"Therefore, RESOLVED, That we viii not
by any way or means knowingly promote or
encourage the iale or confumpdon of any Tea
whatioever while fabjea to an American duty;
hut all perfons whoever they may be that fhall
be concerned in a traniaetion 70 dangerous to
the well being of this country ihall be treated by
US as the meannefS and baieneis of enemies %
their country defeyes.
/" And though we have the modification to own
that fome few Perions among Us have been weak
enough to be led afray by an old RKscrNDER
from all good reiolutions yer we cannot in