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(-zW 6? J V' u -mUx II >-< a &a j ' ■® w I f i-1 A-AsAi4 - - : * a ■ Or, Thomas’s Bolton Journal. A Weekly, Political, and Commercial Paper --Open to all Parties, but by None. ‘DOthou Great LIBER 1 Y inspire our Souls,-Ami make oar Lives in THYPoffeflion happy,-Or, ourVcrths glorious m thy jusTPefence/ Vol. IL] Ta the PUBLIC. IT is proposed, that all the p oceedings of the towns in the MafTachufetts provi. ce, for .he preservation of the rights cf America.be collect ed and publifhcd in a volume ; that poftetity m»y know what their anceftora have done in thecnule of FREEDOM It is expected that the inha bitaats cfevery town, however small, will at thia time publish their sentiments to the world, that their names wirh those who have already publish ed, may be recorded in this catalogue of b AME, and handed down to future «g*«. FRIDAY, January 15. BOSTON. We hear that the fignah at the castle will for the future be, by hotfling the Union-Flag for a Man of War—a blue flag for a merchant ship —aSc. George’s Jack tor a Merchant Snow— atd a pendant for a brgantir.e. On the 31st ult.the Rev. Mr Abraham Wood was separated to the pafloral cffice at CheUcr-; field, in the prcvirce of New Hampflnrc. Extras of a letter from Lir.aou. “ We have the pieafure to inform the pub »c, that the Coun efs of Huntington, has purchased of the heirs of the late Rev. Mr. Whitfield, thcii rghts in the orphan houfc in Georgia, in order more t fleet ually to secure to the British color, tea the advantages of that Seminary, render it a public biefling —She has, to eiUbhfh and fu ykimend it, engagea'proper perform, who ate to ftii in he Georgia Packet for that place, and are ex petted co arrive there almost as soon as this account. MARRIED ] At Fairfield in Scotland, W|| s pam vampbe i, han. Esq; to Mils bally Cwn» King ham, second daughter of the rate Naihrr.i»h Cunningham, Eiq. of BofUm in New Eng-; land. DIED ) Mrs. Abigail Winter, Ccnfort o>j Mr. William Wimer, Notary Pub ic, and eldest daughter of the late Mr f ranch Gstcunibe, Merchant,deceafed —Mta Ann Clcimenr/hsi’e of Capt. J«mes Clemens—Mra. I unnewell wife of Mr Jofcpn Hannewel Biackfmitb.—At Ardovcr, Mis Phillips, widow of the hie Rev Mr Phillips,of that town, dectafed.—Upen his pafl'/ge frum the Weft-Indies, Caps, wn>uel Langdon, etdeft fooof the ret trend Dr. tangder. cfPor fm uth. SATURDAY, January 16. BOSTON. Cspt. Bulkier from C»d z informs, that the Moo s were about to in veil the town of Ceuta, on the Barbary coast, and it was expefled they toould be before that place in January nit- with Co 000 men. Cspt. Bulkley on the 3d of November in lat. 36 long. 7. (puke with Capt, J m a Gridler, in aieooccrfrom Bcfion to Gibialter om 34 days. NrwaoßT, "January ti. LHI Thurldry a cotfidcrabe bunch cf full-blown pansies was ga thered in the garden of Mr. Caleb Etrl, of this towt ; wh ch flowers were produced merely by the mildntfs c! the season, without any sflitlancc cf art more than is commonly ukd in all open gardens ai dmt ftiii to be fiten at the prirtirg efike In the fame gwrden have teen gaihered Within these few days, fine cabbage sprouts, ma if Ids, and dandilrvr.s full blown ; in another garden in town, we hear there are green peafe tear four ircbes hig> ; ai.d to (hurt, by accounts frem every quarter r,f the town and country, the whole vcgiiab’e world fccmsj-fl ready to flirt forth, d.eis’d in all the cunt ms cf blooming May. Lsfl Tucrd’y between e’evea ard tR-e’vc o’clock, A. M. Capt. Rohen Keeler, of his Ma jelly’s (hip Mercury, accompanied by a number of 1 fiker/ belonging to the cavy, proceeded to tie court-house in this town, in two racks,car*y in-with them his Mijefly'scvmm flhn,appoint ing the hon. Jofcph W> n ton. the hoc,. Bauiel Hoifmardeo, tnc hon FredtrickSmyth,’he hor. Peter Oliver and the hon. Robert Aj.bmnty, eomm : ffi rers to enquire into ar d ieror unto his Msjefty, a full ard trM ccount cf a J the dr cumiiarces relative to the attacking, p U.rering and burning, hit Msjefty’s f. hoouct th Gsf r ee ; and :o the aflcmblirg, armsof. uaii.it g and kad irg on the people concerned thercir; »r.d 10 the concerting and prrpuirg the laid attack, and cf all other infuitaor ohAruiliors,’-. hich have brea given co Liutenart Duddingflcr, and to Lia b aj fly’s feis.ee io genual id dx tike; cl THURSDAY, January 21, 1773. Rhode Iflsod, &c. and being : n the council chanioer, waited until the arrival of the comm f* Benets, when tne comm (lion was publkkly de livered, and proclaimed in preffence of a great number df perl-rnsj after which James Brenton and J met Clarks, Efqrs; were appointed Secre tarie. ; and the court heve fct fevely day since tor the defpatch of business i o’clock an express artivad in town, withdifpatches, as we hear, from Ad miral Montagu to the II >n. crmmiGioncis for. enquiring into the circumßaoccs of burning thy Gopee, &c. and it is (aid that the Admiral la txftSta in town on Tuesday or Wednesday. Lail Wednesday, the General Aftembly of the Mjflachufetts-ihy met at Bollbn, when his Excellency, Governor HutchinfotP, -made a very Itemed, Unfible SPEE. H I EflilttMed, by !»me, fully equ-1 to a FIFTEEN HUNDRED poun der. * , c MONDAY, Jauary 18. BOS VON. At a meeting of the fre. holders ano other inbabi tanti of tbe loun of DORCEdfER, qualified, as the law dir sth for voting in town fftrs,an Tutfia) Dmmbtr 29, An. Dorn, iyyt, to galty wafiifd. Deaton 3AM UIL TorLtFF, Wodofator. “ THE beletttnen comtHunicsied to the town the votes and pioceedmga of the town of 4eriHn, on the 20th of November last, con taiaioq a Ifste of the rights of the colonlfts, and 'of this 1 province in particular, and aifo nfrtTirt the infringements committed thereon, Md after ! due confidcraiioa* the town Mauimouflv <* committee to curfider tad report at journment of this meeting, what infringements have been m»Je upur our rights sod privileges, and to draught inltrwdioM fur tLeir rsprcftnta tive accordingly. A true copy fwm Dorcefler Records, Attest. Noah < lap, ‘Totrn Clt'k." At a meeting of the freeholders and other inha bitanu of the town cf Dorcefter, qualified as the law direda for voting in town s, 01, Monday January 4th, 1773. by adj.urnmeni the 29 b of December I*4. •* THE committee appoint'd aha 29th of December hft, reported, according to order, md the town then came into the following RE SOLU PION » unanimously, v>z ••1. RE OLVED, That all lawful go vernment waa iniiitu cd by, end in.ended for the prsfe vation of the iivo», liberties and pro-; penies of the people, and that the imposition of any law, ordiaaact or command, leading to coDt oul the sdions of freemen, being made without their cor.l rt, is a iawlefs ufu-pauon. •« a. RtjolviA, That the frvcral Ads of the B iiifh par iament tending to cbntroul the inter nal commerce and maoufadurea of the coionifta, and more efpccialiy ta take taeir monies from them without their cor sent, are erfive of e very principle of go d and lawiul government, and tend to the immediate deftrudion of what that was intended to prefer.e. •• 3 Refolvtd, That the appropriating of a ny part of a revenue so railed, far the fuppoit of ciri goverr ment and the asminiftratbn of juflice in thia province, ia contrary to the plain inicn.ion of the charter, and a great grievance, as it renders (he governor and the judges depen danton the crom This flagrant alteration of the contiitution of this province, hath the ftrorgefl tendency to turn ».i its f ienda and fer vania into its enemies, and unduly to inflame them to the prejudice cf the people, in ali their sdminitfrsuons. •• 4. Rttolved. Thet the wresting out of cu hands the principal tort efa of ihi» province, whereina.e depofi ed rear all cur ftorea of de fence, and putting it into the hands of these o ve. whom cur go-ernor has ccclated he has do cunircul, is a great grievance. “ c. Rejoiveb, 1 ha. the powers extended to the C. uris of Admi alty, is another grievance which we have jufl cause to complain cf. •• 6. Rtittota, That at a time when open attacks upon our happy cor.ftituiion are multi plied, it is incumbent upon the people to be . watchful* a«d eipecially at this time, when we lareaia.mcd with a new and unheard of grie ' varce, in a late afl p-ffea by the Brit sh parlis meat. wh«:. k by the crown ia impowered, so that perfo. a foppofed to be guilty of cert.in fo’iuie , tni\ be hurried awsy fr<an toy county L Nu.h A’fttiica, wht e itch er me u.ry have been to have been committed, to be tried in any county in England, where his Mwjcfty or his lucce/brs shall jadge proper ; which appears to us to come little (bort of any couit of inquifidon, and appears phinly to us deft rudive of the main pillar of the Bnu/h con ftitutiou. “ 7. Rtltlwd, That the representative of this town be, and hereby is inftruded, to jo’n in any motion or motion.', in a conftitutionit Way, to obtain not only atedtefsof the afore mentioned grievances, but of all others; and that you in no wife consent to give up any of our righta, whether derived from ua.meorby com pail. So trolling you. Sir, with the con dud of all that ia dear, we rest, wifhiog you fucccfa and that wTdom neccflary to direfeE “ 8. That the sincere and hearty thanka of thil toWn be given to the town of floftuo, for the care and attention with which so nfpcdable a number of its worthy inhabi tat is have watched for the common good, and hsve communicated thedargerous michinatiors of our letilefa enemies, who might otherwise have finifhed their plar, ar d have involved us in the molt reined ile I a dcftiuttion before ibis d«y- , . ... •* 9 Rt/olved, That Capt. Lemuel Robm fon, Capt. John Homans, and Mr Samuel How, be, a*.d hereby are chofcn a com mi’tee of this town, in order to watch over our liber ties end correspond with committees of other towns appointed for that purpose; ar.d also to to this town fhch ir.novations and grie as may happen, together with fnch mea luiwss they may think proper and effedua) for , T*at a ccpr of th* ’foregoing re- "ftST*es ne ai'etted by the 1 own Llest, and for warded by the Selcdmen, to the ccmmitte: of coricfpondcnee in (he town of Buftoa. A uue copy frem Dorchetter Record*. Noah Clap, Town Cierk." At a legal meeting' ct the freeholders ard other • inhabitanta of the town of BROOKLYN, en Friday ihe *rith day of December, Anno Domini, 1772- “ THE Se’cthnea acquainted the town in their wairmt for calling tins meeting, That they had received a letter from the freeholders and i sh. b.tints of the town of Rollon, together with eheir votes and proceedings, at a legal meeting on the 20. h of November lift, to be communi cated to this tewn tor confiJeration—The fame was reid and cbnfiJercd, and the following votes palled, and vo:ed that a committee of seven gentlemen be appointed to con Iki er thereof and report whit fiiouid be proper m be done by the town, then the following gentlemen were cho sen, viz William Hyflip, Esq; Isaac Gardner, Esq. Deacon Ebenezer Davis,. Capt- Benjamin White, MelDs. Jfaac Child, John Goddard and John Harris, and then adjourned till the 28th cf this intt. December. “ The town after receiving the report of the committee at the said adjournment, the following votes were p»fled by the town unanimously, at as foil a meeting as ufua), v iz. •• Ift Rottd, That the lights of thecclonifts, and this province io particular, as men, as chriftians, and fubjefl., set forth in the said votes and p oceedings of the town of Boston, are in the opinion of this t wn well stated, and appear to be founded on the laws of na ure, di vine revelation, the Briiifh conlikution, and the charter oi this province •• ad, rated, That the infringements and violation of those rights, as alio ft forth there in, are in the opinion of this town g eat grie vanxs. which this people have for year* past been burdened with, and for the redrda of which petitions aod remonilrances have been made, but hitherto in vain. •• 3d. rated, That the raifiog a revenue within this piovince by anaflum.d power m the Brhifli HoAm of Commons to give and grant. ur money wilhOoa our corfent, and appropriating the mooies so raised for the fuppon of the go vernment of thefiovince and the payment of the charge a of toe adminiftranon cf juflice therein, is repugnant to the firft principle', of a free constitution, and the obvious meaning and (pi. it of the royal charter of this province. ** 41b. Koted, That an cftabl.foment for the fuppa-c of the governor of the province, and the judges of the fnperior cou t, &c. (if the latter be already made as we have just icalon to sppre hend) to be paid out of the mjiii-i railed aa a* orefaid. independent of t!»: frccg’fa and g-an t [Numb. 102. of the commons of thia province, are in the o pinion of thia tewn leading ard alarming flops U-w*rd» rendenngtbe whole executive power im epet dent of the peep e, tad fettirg up an •bfoldte defcotic fovet n.c t in the province. “ Yotta I hit the representative of this town be, ad hereby is inftruded to exetc hie utmoll powers and aliliries in the General Af lembly, withconflant p-tfeverance in promoting fitch mea ures there as will tend U’ceJily and ef feduady to remove tbofe and other intolerably g-ievances enumerated in the afordaid votes and oroceedi. gi of the town of Boftbn. *• Cth. r«ted, That (hefreeholders and inha bitants of the town of Bolton in thus clearly Hat ing ’’Ur lights, ar! holding up- so many <f our gHevai ces in one view, have done an accept able icrvicc to this town and province, and thee the sincere and hearty thanks of this town be hereby given to them therefor. •• 7th, rated, That there be a committee now chufen to wiit.’ to the committee of corrcfpon dence in Boston, and communicate to them a true attelled copy of the foregoing votes, and al lo further tocorrefpond with (aid committee of Boßod or any other towna if they (hall think it needful. “ Then the town made choice of the follow ing gentlemen for the pm >fe aforefaid, viz, William Hyflop, Esq; Isa. ' Gardner, Esq; Dccou Ebenezer Davis, Cap. Benjamin White, Meflrs. Isaac Child, John and John Hanis, A true copy, per order, Antft Isaac Gabdnix, Town Cltrh '* “ To th tomvitteoof itT'muiiifatioii and (orrif fondtatt at Bofott. “ Brooklyn, janbary a, X 77V GlNTtrMin, •• THE freeholders arid other Inhabitants of this town, at a meeting legally aflernbled upon the 28th of December last, by adjournment, having duly confide*ed a fetter from the town of Boston, di refled to the Seleflmen of this town, secompanied with a (Ute of the rights of the co lonies, ard of this province in particular, as also a lift of the infringements of their rights, to be commu. icated to thia town, take this op po.tunity to reiu n you out hearty and unfeign ed thank-# which Were voted by fsid town ; foe the early care chat you took in claariy and truly dating <>ur rights and privileges, and making manifdl ths many and gLiing violations and m fr'ugemer.ts thereof, which if not speedily pre vemad mult inevitably ruin the conilhution of this province as fctt.ed by the charter granted by King Wi liatn and Queen Mary of glorious me mory, and alfo-hac this town think themfelvea happy io being always ready to add their mite towards withlhnding any arbitray despotic mea fu.es that arc or may be carried on to overthrow the conftuution and deprive ua of all our inva luibie lights ani privileges, wnich are and ought to be aa dear, or dearer than life itfelf. We have inclofed you a copy of the vatea and proceedings of the town so tar as we Lave gone. •• May he that rdle'h in the kingdom of men dlrefl all our couofcis, and grant faccefa to ali our lawful endeavours, that are, or may be ta ken for the prefetvanon of the civil and religious rights and privileges of the colonies, and of thia province in particular.So as that we thechikh'ea of so worthy progenitor*, may be enabled to transmit to our children those invaluable rights I and privileges, as we had them l to us. They were many times in trouble on vari ous eccounts, and in their afl.fliam they cried to GOD sad he delivered them ; and if wetheir children follow their etemple, may depend up on the fame fuccefa they had ; wnich GOD grant may be the ude wi.h us in cur prefect diffi culties. M We wi/h all prosperity to the town of Bos ton, end may opening wisdom diie& all her. cor-fultations and fela. •* We a e with g eat refpefl, gee t lease a, Your friends and servants, In the common cause of our country, William Htslof, per order.’*. We learn from the ecnety of Berkffiire, that about five werks fiice, one of hia Majelly’a jnf , ticca of the peace for the c- unty of Afbtny, sued his warrant sg’inft lev oral phrMe th* town of Sheflie d and hodtbrsdge, upon a fofpi cicn 'hat they had bren concerned inctisnser* feiting the bills of credit of the p osbee of New- Yusk The comp aioaru acccmpeeicd with Mr. Wiliams, fiuiifFcf tie county of Berk*