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Or, Thomas’s Bolton Journal.
A Weekly, Political, and Commercial Paper --Open to all Parties, but by None.
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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*