The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1777-10-16
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Leccr ,E n ~nh tnei: ref pective char.tts .,
-rd h, feouri.y o! their psrscn', whieh you
:,suqrcfcd 70 ccmmu:ican 10 theT, ard
info. n ,hca, th,t cc-riseci will be pow
id IL. their acc ommodation in the 'uTney,
uuieh n y csus to prsvde t,emielse,
herewith, - |. is prOpolsd that they 60 II
Saturdsy mnrsinp next.
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7.r iI@bs S"vant.
L. MATLAlk. Sec.
Thuriday, Sep. 4 W..
To Col. w. kkADF
To III. .CON N q X E ESS.
The REMcNsTsAhcS of the Sublcriosr',
Ci,ze. Of PbilaGs!fS.a.
Sbe4v,tb.
"HATwe are row ccn6fed By .
, military guard, having been aieaed
and deprived cf our Lioe''y. BY order Of
the Pie GdsAt and CouRcil OF Penniy 'vanis,
ilcoatausncs ofs R.iolve ma:e by yoa,
sn the ash day of the lsR m'nth, Re-
ecmGesdins to the Executive Pswe" OF the
f:ve:a! rates. to app, ,ehend and ieeurs all
psfons, Who have in Their general eonduet,
and converatior evidenced fpch ion in
imicsl to the Csoie Of Ame'ies," and par
ticrlarly naming US, tee iub(cribs's, "'oge-
,her with all laeh papers, in our pc hsi!loas
Is may be of \ political IA ure )" the copy
Of which rsfolvs, W. Gould not ebtsin'ull
yeRerday afterneon.
Cosfcicu, of our inn:c,ncs, and that we
have miniae ed no jua oecas,a, to have cur
chus6ters thus naduced, and IL urioply
treated we have remonitrated to The lad
PnGdea, aud Coaseil, againf their abb
Eary, unjuR, and illegal p'e eeedisg' aga:na
Us, aad demanded our undogb.sd isht Of
being heard bv them Knowing we can
marifeit the llhosd and injuhiee, Of any
irjarioas charge, Or ufricioE', they, Or
you, may entertain, concerning Us; but We
lle dsAisd the opportunity OF faeh a hear
ing, and were lsft evening info: med, by
their order, that thsy have reiolved to fsnd
Us to Stanton, in the County Of Auguaa;
in Virginia, to be fecured the'e-and ws
are new tod, that place is aPPoia.rd BY you
for cur COZ hrement.
We therefore, BY our love to our eosn-
Try, whofs tru: intsref and PROPERTY we
Fave Readily purfusd, tArosg b the eourls If
cur condu6 ard eonveEiations, ald in iftics
to sur cha, 6tsrs, as Fieemen and Chrifti-
ans, with ths freedom a.d rsiolu,ion, ~hich
irfueaees men, conlcious Of being void Of
jut cauis Of offsAce, are bouad remosf-
nate alainf your arbitrary, u'jua, and
cruel treatment CT Us, our cha aeters aAd fa.
niiies, aad sg.ina tbs cou:fe Of proceed.
ing you have chcfs and fub.ciibed. by which
the Liberty, Properly. and Cha'ia +, of
every Freemsn in Ame .iea, is, CT may be
endangered. cf you are rot Pefional-
ly known 10 ~, ncr are We to )Cu; aod
few Of you hive had h. opportunity Of con.
vsrGng with any Of us, or If knowing any
thi:g more Of oar conduct and converlation,
than what you have received ffem others,
and shas we are fAbjeasd to the uEjua fsf-
pieions you have sstestained, from the un-
eertain reports Of our sdverf,fies, and are
coHdsmnsd, unteard, to be deprived Of our
Eof endsa';ns ecnIestion,, and temporal
sijoymenu. whin our perfoual ears Of them
is m,R imaediat;ly ne eGary.
We are thereto e engaged, In the mott 10
lsmA msnner, to Gall upos snd iEtsat you,
TO reconGder the c. sfle # your procsedinss
Isfpta nR II; and ei her by ycu !elve', 6
the isid PHhdeht md Coun il, to give %
the 0PpeHusiy Of b a'isg and anr~sriog
to evssy n,atssr feggsaed to, and entsitain
Cd by you or Thea, ssa;nA us; b isg al
fured we hsll spotsr io b. Tse / issds to.