The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-07-20

TIE PINK LRrrEN.-The following are the
afEdaIts referred to in the article we published q
week Or two since relating to the pink letter.
We find them in the Providence Daily Journal.
I, Nathan Nj. Spencer, of East Green
wich, in the county Of Kent, and the
State Of Rhode-Island, aged thirty -one,
cordwainer, on solemn oath, declare and
say, That was born in said East Green
wich, and, with the exception Of few
years, have ever resided there that ear
ly in the morning of the 9th of Novem-
Der last, according to bill and note here
matter named, left home in one horse
Wagon, to 60 to Providence to buy stock T;
that went by the way Of Old Warwick,
and took raw cow-hde to Mr.. Walter
man, of that place, tanner that q few
miles before l arrived at Pawtuxet,I over
took young man on foot, stranger to
me, took him into the wagon with me,
and carried him to the edge Of Providence
where he got out, and went on his way
in the old road, believe, while kept on
the new road into Providence. Accor-
ding to the best Of my recollection and it
was on this day, when, Just at the edge Of
Pawtuxet, met two gentlemen on foot
one of whom came up to the wagon, hand
ed me letter, and requested me to hand
it to one Of the hands on board the Fall
River steamboat. think he told me the
boat left for Fall RIVER at ten o'clock ,and
he wanted the letter to get there that
night. l don't think l should know the
man again. think he was youngish,
and had cloak on. l took the letter,
and put it into my hat. After riding some
distance, took the letter out, TO observe
it more particularly, when the gentleman
in the wagon with me said, why, you have
got yellow letter there. l observed no,
it is not yellow il has cast Off AZ
ter my arrival at Providence, I went down
to the Fall River boat, the "KIng Philip"
stepped into the boat, and delivered said
letter to man, who, from his dress and
appearance, l supposed belonged to the
boat. This was between 8 and 10 o'clock,
A. M. do not recollect the converse
ton between the maa on board the boat
and myself. think he at first hesitated
to take it. In relation to the letter, /
recollect distinctly il was on reddish pa
per, directed to some person in Fall River,
but to whose care l cannot say, nor
should l, probably, have any recollection
as to the person to whom it was directed,
but for conversation with my brothers,
after my return from Providence, in which
l spoke Of the letter before alluded to,
and inquired if Mr.. Benjamin Cornell,
formerly Of East Greenwich, had not a
daughter, or daughters, in Fall River, or
over that way. 1 have little or no doubt,
that it was on the 9th of November last,
that received and delivered said letter.
If the bill and note alluded to are correct
ly dated, l know it was on the 9th of
November last that went to. Providence
by the way of Old Warwick, and took the
stranger into my wagon and am conf
dent he was with me when l received the
letter as aforesaid II was he, or one of
my brothers, Richard or Thomas l.. / sell
dom 60 to Providence. Did not 90 there
within a month or six weeks before or af-
ter said day. When went to Providence,
on the aforementioned day, l had on a
blue camblet cloak, dark under clothes,
and black hat, with brim much wider
than the brims of fashionable hats. have
been shown, by Mr. George G. Mason,
the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the let
ter produced to the Court, at the trial OF
Mr.. Avery, as the one handed the engi-
neer of the steamboat, and the color and
appearance of said letter is the same as
the one handed me, and which put on
board the Fall River Boat.
Soon after the trial of Mr.. Avery, at
Newport, conversation was had between
myself and some Of my neighbors respect
ing the trial of Mr. Avery and particular
ly the testimony of the Engineer Of the
Fall River boat, and his identifying the
person of Mr.. Avery when lie delivered
the letter to said Engineer as stated by
him in his testimony. then mentioned
the circumstance ofthe letter aforesaid be-
ing handed to me, and stated l thought it
difficult to identify person under such
circumstances as the Engineer referred
to, for did not think should be able to
do so in the case Of the letter handed to
me. l was then led TO examine the bill
of Sheldon and Mason of articles which l
bought when went to Providence by the
way of old Warwick and took the stran-
ger into the wagon with me, and when as
| suppose ] took and delivered the letter
aforesaid. This bill, and also note
which gave for the articles and which ]
have since taken up, are dated on the 9th
Of November last. Before this the cir
cumstances above related never occur
red to me as having bearing on the case
Of Mr.. Avery.
knew Mr.. Avery when he resided in
East Greenwich. ! am not a member OF
the Methodist Church, but have usually
attended that meeting