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xUHEREAS | the fublcribcr, Of Charl-

WHEREAS the lubfcribcr, OF Charl-
w TON. il, the county Of Woccaer, did the four
tenth infant give DANIEL coNVERs OF iaid Charlton
note Of hand Of the followine tenor add date, viz.
For value received,l PrOmi< 70 pay, to DANIEL LIN
yFps a. ~, order tia um Of three pounds twelve killings,
IN tL,ee months, with interea until paid, w'"c my hand
SAMUEL ROBlNSo N.
cbayLgn, Noqsw50 I4th, I774.'
Nhish noe was ia lieu Of one received from fald CON
VERs, given by ISAAC MOORE, lot Woreeiter, as
6ia coNvERs declared payable to EDWARD BOND,
az order. which was negotiated until iad CoNVERS
became the proprietor thereof And as upon application
70 d MOORE Tor payment perceived that fad noos
wa. neysr given by laid MOORE, as cONVLRS at
6ea Therefore all perfons from purehAinE the
ness gave coNvERS as before seierSed' icing deter
-, ., nav ,aid note as il was obtained in fraudu-
lent manner. = M Z n ~ > -
Cbaritsn, Nsvenbf zSfb, I774.
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~* The laf Chance.

A few ENGLISH GOODS, now remaining in the Store Oh
DUNCAN INGkAHAM, jun. .
IN -ee Bottom, may be purChaied, terms wholly
to the advantage of the pucha they are fellows, W.
D[N'r and half pint China Bowls, Cups
l. and Aueers g. ?, s. 9, and II bow ieet'ng wlres
broad black bone ace few blond aees and thread eagnss
fine chip hats braid cod and trapping for has ell VIDE ~,
da Pertains iorted colours cafe iver handle knives ane
forks very neat for zo o. A. the cafe two pieces Q, wns
,,,, Yellow and Griped hollands, Miles couhcel Nor
,oco nns infants red and green do variety OF NIX mitt'
and gloves random, back and white ELK hofe ehldreA'
rtton, thread and worried hoe, table cloths from o. to 1914
tonne yerv elegant half ward half ell caPetng carle and
erm,on psihcs. verified caps, broliOs, eee' &c.
They who deign purehaing mutt apply immediately
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IRISH LINENS.
William Scott,

At his hifh Linen store, in Ann-Sueet' De-
tween the Flat Cop1oit and Draw Bulge,
& fton, ha, period from Ireland,
y LARGE quantity of 3-4thS.
N 7-sihs. and yard wide Linens, Diapers,
Table CLOTHS, Shee,ings.
Said fore is A(o furnlihed with great vari'
ETY. Of
European and India GOODS S,
suitable for the leafon, amongR which are lone
ice cinnamon cooured ana mixed Bath coat
lngs, iuperf. e ue and iearle, mapped ditto,
cloth coloured lculet ard orimlon broad cloths,
ioreit clo.hs, baizes, duliil', &c.
Double Camblen, Cambleteens. Denmark
and Prulian jultres, grapes, dolietuens, lriih
CANDLES, grizes s, Giveretts, miHionets, &c.
Black and cloth-coloured India taHaiies, flow
Led and plain black, white, cnmion and pink
lit!ins, eapucbin flks, farienss and moces OF
all colours HoGery plain and ribbed.
His general a0ortment tor Mems and Wo-
mems wear coriias OF two great q multiplicity
70 be enumerated in public advertisement
All which will be fold by wholefRle and retail
at the loweft reduced prices for ready money
only, few very large oco,ch GarPess.
A frelh importation of Doctor Helmets &C
iebrated EHence ce Pearl and Pearl Densrfrice
for the pre- lervstion OF the Teeth and Gums, to
be fold at the London prices, cakes for The liquid
N ming Backing for fhoes, boots and Lsathe
bottom chairs.
A few pieces of Ducspes, Lu,eRrings and En-
lin Damsls,, to be fold at the aerlihg colt; a
ip &c quantity Of lowered Scots Lawns. on the
fame terms.
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NEw-YoRK, December "a, TT Z.
P R O P 0 S A L S
FOR printing by SuBscRIPTIoN,

For printing by SUBSCRIPTION,
THE Memoirs of the Life of the Rev.
Il GEORGE WHITFIELD, M. A. Late Chaplin
of the right Hon. the Counties of Huntingdon In which
every eircumnce worthy of natcs, both in his private and
public character is recorded. Faithfully ieseed from his
original papers, Journals and Letters. Iurated by
fiety of nteng and entertaining Anecdotes from the bea
authorities.
To which are added,
A particular account of this Death and
Funeral and extracts from the Sermons which were pEeach
ed on that oecaiion. .,,...l
BY the Rev. JOHN GILLIES, D. D.
{ o N D T o N 5.
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and with new and neat types.
IL. 1t will eonff of about three hundred pages, and the
price to the fubfcbers will be no more than Six ShiTngs,
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nearly double that price.
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gratis.
Subscriptions are taken in by PHILIP
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nd by all the Printers and Booksellers the Continent.
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G A RDEN SEED S.
Alarge afIort,iient of GARDEN SEEDS,

Imported from LONDON, in Capr. Shepherd,
Alto, an aiiortment Of AMERICAN SEEDS,
Sold at the foosns prizes lin Gcrns Eaoney) Per Pound
peaie and beans, per buihe ard very cheap per INHALER
quantities, for ready money only, BY
JOHN W 7 (,
Gardner, and Seeds-Aian, in SEvLs-STAR LAM,
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To be SOLD at the Shop OF

To be SOLD at the Shop OF
c Ii A L + ) l. @ w 4
In Manha.i's Lane, facing the BosroN-SroSE,
ZINE Liibon OIL, by the gallon
l. quart or leis
Belt Durham Muaard, by the pound or lei:.
Red Herrings, by the hundred or leis.
Choice Dorchefer Beer, by the gallon orquau.
Fine Currants and Raiiins, by large oriinal.
quantities.
Dumb and Merchantsble Fin, by the Qsis-
tai or i1naler quantity.
A L S O,
Loaf and Brown Melodies,
Sugars, Cotton Wool,
Rice, Indigo,
Flour, Raihns,
Alfpice, PcPpers
Nutmegs, SPermacen OH
Coffee, Dumb Fiji,
Chocolate, Indian and Rye kisL
And many other ASrIcLEs.
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CHOICE PEAS, lie of Shoals DUMB
~ FISH, BEEF, RYE, few barrels RYE FLOUR,
and PORK, to be SOLD by
JOHN BARRETT and SONS,
near the MILL-BKIDeE.
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ALSO, a large variety OF FLOWER
SEEDS and PLANTS, too numerous to mention here.
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For the M AS cHUsETTS spy.
To fbs BRITONS and AMERICANS.
Jour contelts are now become 70 ferrous and

"OUR contelts are now become 70 ferrous and ir-
Portant, they engage the attention of all civilized
nations, ana the fsord Of eems aoa ready 60 be
unfheathed would beg leave with the voice of reaon and
humanity, to peak few words of truth and iobernei.
What do the Brsons want Ricbts and bcn9Ev.-What
do the Americans want Lbaf,.-Cannor both be graft
fed Ta-Why then do they continue an unnatural and
injurious quarrel which deeply wouads bo their nteres
Beanie they WON'T follow the plain dictates common feni.
II! the path be 70 plain wherein Britain may fecue her
bosOTv and iss, and the Americans their ibeyfy YOU
viii naturally FAY, pOinf il OHt anfSer, bos it is
Let Britain FIGURE her bOnsRr by demanding nothing bot
what bonsarHtA and F, and her mfsF VIII forever be
infparabe from Der bsssEy let the Americans remain per-
fety free, aRd enjoy the bngs of the Brt contribution
in their full extent, equal with Britons in Britaiuhen
will the wealth Of America flow into Britain through tho
channel OF commerce, naturally and certainly as the
rivers run into the oeeanComplaint wrath, and envy,
between the countries will ceaf, and mutual love and
good will may reanimate your boloms. This iurey would
be bsn0Habs Tor Britain, bapy for America and gisas
for the whole nation.Some 70 extremely 7Vea, as to
talk of britans maintaining her honour by erenp her
laws, however unuf to Others, injurious herff ia
people governed by eb principles, mua be confdeed by all
The reit OF the world as nation Of fools and madmen
he wiieft men fometmes err, and il is fure ign of
wIidom TO be willing to oO,yea when il diicoyer-
ed, and all eifeem it bsrozrab. The Briti pariia
ment has often acknowledged error by repeating her own
acts, when it found by experience that they were inu
ous, and by 70 doing e encsaed her EoneET and her L
Putaon IN the world-Why, then, in the Ofreaon,
fhould any uPpo that her 5sacEy concerned TO
maintain the prefrf mealpa reipeSting America, when
icheme OF policy infinitely advantageous lies open to
every common mind
going mention the wide deloation and dreadful
caamities which await the naon it harmony is not foon
rettoTed, but at preient foIbear.
SOLOMON, Jun.
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ha5itaats Of Mafaehuetts-Pay crrcktia-s ana rcjl,
Aad is not becaue your inq ues have mut es,res me
price OF the boce, that they have made r lse.i;, 81
military diiephne necely IN your &C, eminent. heir
allegiance 10 the Gown OF CreatBrtain Gron en-
thuliaim but ihould yc4 provoke Them BY another irsa
ps.cAaa,o, tTemble 20 Ghink of The sonic la:nees
The ayages, who Ctalea you The banks If the OEio
wee gentle lambs, compared With men, be,eayed OF tie,
berIcs Voa will find the fength of the Brth H. ON h.,
not been impaired BY his eOushing century two in te
woods Of America.
The Americans have hitherto viewed YOU with pit,. q,
part Of that aaeeasas machine, which was t to wur, ~,
lome lngGbe hands to dclroy the Brt contribution in
America. Bat you have lately discovered your relation 70
human nature, b. fhcwing that you poeE the pnsine Of
revengc The oyeeign of the Gntih empire the bile,
OF Europe, and the Neptune of the called forth the
widom and power OF both houie5 of parliament togctb.
with the flower of his troopso deprive merchant in BIZ
ton of his property in wharf, AS humble in your ints
ton of his meys recruitment, Of his royal proeiarns.
ton tor encouraging virtue and peiy you have chon the
fame the obed Of your revenge. You have deprived
ha OF his company OF cadets, and have condcenled to
aisn resf,n for IT, which viii be ratified at ST. Iarnes
/" Colonel Hancock has ltd me ii, and has NOT treated
with that rpAa that is due the governor of ire
province therefore dimils'd him IL viii no, he
Z" treated i'll by Colonel Hancock, any other man in
" the province
Could the truth of our reflections upon our oyere;gn be
wahed away, Of blood ouid not be wanting for that
PurPoe cannot however agree with the majority Of his
fubeets in attrlbuing to him Engis with to enave his
empire. Tyrants have always made pioneers If her nj n
iers but the Prefent minfy have placed our foyere
upon the fororn hope. BY nveaing him with diiere
tonary power to repeal the Bottom port bll they have
TAXED his popularity in America-hs revenues-and hi.
crown, upon the ueeels of hAm engagement-Let no,
fuffering countymen in Bottom call the wdom-;u(
tee and lenisy of our king in queaon. The power Of
proiossng your mey was forced upon him by his mnsrs
Let your rrecatons for vengeance, fall only upon the
heads of Butte, Mansfield and North. Mercy to fuch
wretehes would transform hsriefnto common proitute
Let nothing fatate your rage, till the afod oyeraows
with the blood The garden of liberty in England ffand.
need of fuch manure. Patriots American PATRIOTS l,aL
f. r ng up ipontaneoufy from il.
U Us MERIc ANUS.
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JOSHUA GARDNER.

A CQUAIE Is his Cufomers and the Psblie, that
he has for Sale by Wholeiale and Retail, at bis Shop
in COrnhl, BosToE, two Doors South of the Poa Office,
A general Allotment of Engliih Goods,
fuitable for the approaching Seaon, among which the
following Articles, wig. Supehne barry, caIet dab, and
light eooured Broad Cloths middng and priced ditto,
icaet and cmlon ditto, German SeIges, plain and nspt
Bath Beaver Coatings, Lambkin fcarlet Whitney, blue
and cloth cooured Devonihire Kerleys, YorhiIe Palms.
MKT Frzes MeEs uperine Olive cooured Velvet, Velve-
rets, Royal Rib, Coleheer and Drapery Baire uperhne
aret Cocheer Baizc, rcd and blue Dufls, Shaloon',
Tanme Duants, black and other coloured CAamancoes,
Cambeeens, EddHg and iuPerne double Camblets, yard
wide Grapes, Popins, Dorfeteens, Denmark Lufes: 80
78 and yard wide Irh Linnens, rh Sheetngs, ga and
rs Dowlas, 7S, yard wide and Apron width Manchester
Check, h1Ped Hollands, great Variety Of Mems ribbed
and PLAIN worried Hole, black and white fix ditto, Wo-
mems worried Hole, fur-ghread black and irab oooured
Bteeches Patterns, Mems worried Caps, Wsmens and
Chidrens fix and worried Gloves and Mitts of various
Colours Women's blue and PomPadore Gloves ard hitts,
white Lamb ditto plain Psck Peong and thick Satns,
black and white prged ditto, black and eoou3ed Taate,
black elwide Perfan, black, white blue and pink, halfc
PERTAINS and Sarfnet, black fpg-d Mode black and east
Snail, CheEauxde-ize black and white Blond Lace black
Bone do white thread Lace and Footngs black and white
Cagut, black and white Csuzes, Parfnet, Ribbons, fix
Ferrits, Cambrieks, plain and lowered Lawns, Lawn
Aprons, fix Handkerche, blacs Barcelona ditto check
and poted nnen Handerche, black gnaze ditto white,
grey and lpotted Fur Trimmings, black and white Mus
and TpPets, be grey ditto, brown, white and half ned
Buckrams, earf Twia, worried and ELK Knee Garters,
Death-Head and Balket Buttons, newell Faion Cod and
Silver Thread Buttons fewing Silk, eoloured Threads,
Scotch ditto large Aortment of creels and Woseds
Pins Needles, Tapes, Shoe, Coat and Quality Bindings,
good A6ortment Of Cutlery Ware, Writing and Bonnet
Paper, Ink Powder Rufia and Ravens Duck OEnabngs,
I'D. Iod. and zcd. Nails BY the caik, sc. Sc.
All which Goods viii be fold 70 low Rate, that The
Purchaier fhall have no Reafon to complain.
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BERLIN, [Gsmay] July -.

Z ~ + X Al = YIN 2" "a
having had a private audience with
the King, fet out for the Court Of
.Drelden, from whence he will pro-
coed to Vienna ; and it is iaid that
the tour of this General to the mott
eminent Courts of the continent, IS
about fome bu6neis highly inteTeit-
ing to Great Britain.
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IA N T D,
A WET Nurle to 60 into Family.
4 Enquire Of the Printer.
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n O S T D N.

~ Cart. Stny, 4Ubo arrived at NeeVpor iee 1Icacy
.'ncI,bt, and CAPT. Callahan, arrived ar Salem o"
Mes1ay Ian, qve baVe rsseVs tie fsh's0'Tg EH'Spf'"
Indulgence, yix.
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food oppofte in body, and being now armed
ieemed as eager for an engagement as the fol-
diers. For iometlme the aipect of affairs was
diimal and, had not the Governor, ailited by
the magiftrateS and other men of weight allured
them, chat all legal means ihould be taken for
bringing the criminals TO jultice, the conie-
quenceS would have been terrible. Nothing,
however, could induce them to retire, ill the
folders, wrought upon by the periualions of
their two principal officers Quilted the field,
and retreated to the barracks, leaving Captain
Preiton, and the party, that had fired, to the
mercy OF the law.
Deeply affected by the tragedy of the pre-
ceding night, the principal inhabitants held a
town-meeting, which igni6ed to the Lieutenant
Governor, the neceility of Immediately remov-
ing all tile troops for the peace and iafey of the
town. The Governor replied, that he had no
authority to remove them but that Colonel
Dalrymple had agreed to remove the twenty
ninth regiment to Cattle William, till further
orders ihould arrive from General Gage and
that the fourteenth ihould be laid under re-
itraints, which would prevent all future diff
turbances.
This propofal would not iatisfy the Bofoni-
ans they Unified on a total and immediate
removal of all the troops and their demand
was, after iome coniultation, mple3y with by
Colonel Dalrymple. For the iecurity of the
town, and for preventing the reicue of the con-
hnedioldiers, ftrong military watch was kept
by iome volunteers, till the two regiments de-
parted. Thus did the virtue of theie citizens
put an end to the tyranny of a military govern
ment, and prove to us, and to all other nations,
how advantageous, and even necefary, it is
for the body of the people to know the ufe of
arms or, upon any other plan, their lives and
properties are at the diipoial of few merce-
narles.
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For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
Mr. TuoMAs


Bottom, March Q, I774.
IT HE arrival of the brig Fortune, Benjamin
Gorham, matter, from London, with
quantity of Tea, confgned to ieveral perfons
here, having given rife to many reports, iome
of which have been injurious to the characters
of the owners of iaid brig, they beg the favour
of you to inform the public in your next paper
of the following particulars, namely,
That the owners of faid vehel, foley
with view and defgn to have her fold in
London, procured freight for her to that place
that ihe failed the twenty-frf of September
laR, and having fprung leak at fea, returned
into port the fifth of October, and being re6tted
failed again the FIFTEENTH of October, with
infru6tions to their friends in London, to
fell her at 70 low price, that they had notthe
leaf doubt of her being fold but if the limit
ed price could not be obtained, and full
freight could be procured for her to Bottom,
that fhe lhculd return; or if they could only
procure the greater part of her freight, then to
lhip a quantity of Hemp on the owners account
TO I'll her up and fend her back, yet choofing
and urging the fale of her, if to be efeeted-
that having concluded their directions, they
added in poltlcript the following words.
"P. S. We are informed, the India company
intend to ihip aquantity of tea to this place in
private ihips-if our brig ihould come back on
freight, we absolutely refuie to take on board
any tea for that company, let the offer be never
70 advantageous, or our lois in the fale of the
vehel never 70 great" The owners then pre-
fumed, that having guarded 70 efeetually
againf the briggs bringing any tea for account
of that company if offered, they had perform
ed the duty they owed to their country, and
this they did of their own accord, and with
out precedent.
No news of this brig came, from the time
fhe failed TIL fhe returned into this port, en-
Sunday LATHE Gxth infant, about three O'Clock,
P. M. when, to the great concern OF the owners,
they underfood quantity of tea had come in
her on freight, which cau6ng general uneaf-
neis, they aiIocn and as often as opportunity
offered, readily, chearfully and publicly de-
clared their Willingness to let the vafel go back
again to London, either with her whole freight,
or with the tea only, offering to run the rifque
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For the MASSACHUSETTS, SPY.
Mr.. THOMAS,

Mr.. THOMAS,
TT gives me pain to hear respectable charac-
tiers icandalized, but there is no fecurity
againit the licentious tongues of the friends IF
goUernmenf ,falfely 10 called. The owners of the
brig Captain Gorham) which arrived from
London lait Sabbath-day, viz. Mears. Valley,
Thompion and Boyer, are Represented as i'm
porters of that universally detected article Bobea
Tea. The public may be ahured that the report
is both malicious and falfe. The fact is, that
the whole of the tea being but wenty-eight
and an half chefs, by Captain Gorham,
was fhipped without orders, that the owners
abovenamed absolutely forbad the gentleman
to whom the brig was conigned TO put on
board any tea let the lois to them for want of
freight be ever 70 great, that upon the arrival
of the brig in this harbour, TWO of the owners,
together with H. Lloyd, Efq; and another gen.
tleman applied to the Collector Mr.. Harriion
for leave 10 iend back the veilel without break
ING bulk that Mr.. Lloyd was very deiirous
the tea fhould be returned, and offered hand
iome fun of money to facilitate the return, but
to 70 purpoie. Mr.. Harriion refuied to COM
ply with any propolal relative to refhipping the
tea, informed the owners that as the veflel had
been twenty three hours in port that there
remained only enc bow for them to conGder
whether it was bef to report the arrival of the
brig, adding that after the expiration of that
hour ihe would be liable TO be ieized, and the
m iterfubje6ted to fine of one hundred pounds
ferling for his neglect, to avoid which penalty
he reported the arrival, and the people by the
obiinacy of the cuaom-houfe were again reduc-
ed to the fad dilemma either to deitroy the tea
or fubmit to the extorted revenue, and by the
fame obainacy, the proprietors of the tea have
been lubje6ted to heavy lois.
March 9. PHIL ANT HROP.
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Capt. Henihaw, touched at the lie of May
for water, and was told of a pirate iloop being
off that iiland, mounting eight guns, COM
manded by Frenchmsn, and it was iaid ihe
came from Coracoa had taken fome provif-
ons out of two whaling Hoops, took thcCaptains
on board his vellcl, ihewed them large guam
thy of dry goods, and deGred they might pay
themfelves; and that it was imagined the pr
rate had taken the goods out of fchooner,
that had been on that coat.
A ichooner named the Dove, from Africa,
with about an hundred negroes on board for St.
Augultine, was loft in the night of the 18th Of
alt month on the coat of EAT Florida, about
league to the iourhward of Smyrna the maj
ter two mariners, and about eighty of the ne
groes were drowned, the Others fwam aihore.
The ichooner went Immediately to pieces.