Thomas's Massachusetts spy, or, Worcester gazette. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1811-1821, 1821-03-07

Iage Factory, at the time Of its destruc.
ton BY fire. These arbitrators were, The
oPHrLus WHEELER, Esq. Maj. Gen.
SALEM TowN,jr. and BEzALEEL TAvr,
jr.Esq.-men whose names are pledge
for the justice Of the decision.
Here might well desist. But 1t Is,
perhaps, due to the publick that should
inform them of the circumstances at.
tending the origin of the Circular
which Messrs. Marble and King have
appended to their advertisement, and by
which, they say, it appears, under my
own hand, that the machinery of the
Factory, at the time of the fire, belong
ed to them as well as myself.
AS soon as it appeared that my EEL
low-townsmen were about to take meas
ures for repairing in some degree the
loss / had sustained by the destruction
ofthe Village Factory, Messrs. Marble
and King came forward, and pretended
to have been Interested in the property
destroyed, and 10 be entitled to share
in the donations which might in conse.
quence be made. Perceiving that these
men were determined to persist in their
claim, and Experimenting the effect which
conflicting claims would hBye upon the
sympathy and charity of the community.
my friends advised me not to resist the
claim, at that time, but to unite with
Messrs. Marble and King in soliciting
aid from the publick, and leave it to BE-
afterwards settled by ar6ityators, to be
chosen By the inhabitants Of the town,
whether there ~as any foundation for
their claim, and to zvhom the monies,
contributed by the fap6lick, should be-
long. With much reluctance acced-
ed to this advice reluctant, however,
not because feared the result of such
reference, but because | was unwil-
ling to seem to yield, even for a mo.
ment, to the unwarrantable pretensions
of Messrs. Marble and King. That
this &C, was to be construed as an &C.
acknowledgement of their claim was never
intended. Mcssrs. Marble and King
themselves did not pretend any such
thing, DUNG the Whole Progress of The
investigation before The or6ityators. In
deed, they d.d not even aaude to the
Circular, as furnishing any sort of eyi.
dence. II is altogether new pretence,
devised since the decision of the grbi.
traitors was published to the world.
They we'll knew it mas understood bv
query one who had any concern in the
TRANSACTIONS, that, SO far from my intend
ing to acknowledge their claim BY the
course adopted, the ultimate reference
OF the claim 10 Srbitrators was recoe-
nized before could be induced to con-
sent 10 that course. Asf
The claim Das, at length, SO refer.
red, aud decided to be wholly unfound.
ed. The arbirators expressed them.
selves "cfearly OF the opinion that the
legal and equitable interest ia the vii.
lage Factory. at the time of its destruc-
ton by fire." were in me, aud that i
was fairly entitled to all the money!
which was contributed, generally, for
the sufferers by that FIRE. Their deci.
sion was published at length in the
Spy Of the 10Th July last. To that and
to the gentleman by whom it was made,
| refer for satisfactory answer 10 all
the suggestions and insinuations which
the ingenuity or honour of Messrs.
Marble and King, or their advisers,
may hereafter advise, 10 the hope OF
justifying themselves for imposing up.
on the publick a claim which, it has
been decided, had no legal or equitable
foundation. AMASA BRAMAN.
d1iA6u,y, FEB. IA, 1891.
THE undersigned hereby certify
that, within their personal knowledge,
the foregoing statement, made BY Dr..
Braman, respecting The Circular-that
he was advised and signed it, only in
view of the decision of impartial men
then to be made. is correct. And since
that decision has been made, to prevent
any further use being made of that Cir
GUAR, we hereby revoke it, SO far as our
names are concerned of which reyoca.
ton the publick are requested to take
due notice. JOSEPH GoFFE,
AARON PIERCE,
CALEB BURBANK,