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f BRITISH and AMERICAN
REGISTER,
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England Government!.
fc O 1C T A I N I N G,
T? CLIPSES, Vulgar Notes, Time of
Pi the S&i’s Entrance into the Twelve
Signs, Calendar, Sun’s Rising and 'Setting,
Moan's Riftng, Setting, Fall and Change,
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Sitting of the Superior and Inferior Courts
is the four Naw-EngUnd Colonies.
Di&ances of the mod remarkable Towns
from Boston, wijfc the intermediate Diilances
in computed Miles, with the bed Houses of
Entertain meat.
Table of the Value of Sterling Money at
Halifax, the different Parts of New-England,
New-York and Philadelphia, calculated to I
the oth Part of a Farthing.
- Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, Ac. for
She Continent of Anferict.
lid of the Pod-Office* of North-America.
Names of his Bffiqeftyr* Packet-Boatt, and
Commanders.
A Geographical Description of the World.
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Peers'of the Blood-Rojral.
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Dtftent- r
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* Karights of the Mod Noble Order of the
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Court erf Commow-Pleas.
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Receipt of Excheonm.
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Port-Office.
Conful* and Agents abroad for the Prosec
tion of Trade. • ,
Hi* Minister. in the Southern
aUffidiocbem Provinces.
K Foreign Minidert from the Southern and
■ln ■ ~4fc lfaftillM rgM| J *"*
OwCri ITOVUICcI.
Admirals of die Royal Nanry.
A compleat Lid of his M*jc*y’s U*d For
ccs and .Stations, with the Names of the Field
Officers. , , ' i r
Civil Brssch «f Ordnance.
Military Branch of Ordnance.
Staff-Officers in Great-Britain.
Admiralty-Office,
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Royal Hospital at GreeßWidu__
Province of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
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judges and Registers of Probate.
1 ulticxs of the Peace through the Province.
1 ulbces of the Peace for every County in the
province. . A / ,
Lid of the Baniden and Aetoroie* ax Law.
Cosnnuffionsrs and Qthcersof the Customs
for the Ports of Bodon, Salem and Falmouth.
Lid of the Holiday’s that are kept at the fe-
Mtal C adorn-Houses in America.
Or, Thomas’s Bolton, Journal.
THURSDAY, January 27, 1774.
I Court of Admiralty.
Poll-Office.
Notaries Public through the Province.
Selectmen, Town-Clerk, Treasurer, Over
leers of the Poor, Ac. for the Town of Bodon.
Rank of the Army and Navy.
A Lid of his Majesty’s Ships of War, in
America, under the Command of Admiral
Montague, with the Names of the Comman
ders, tad the Number of Gun* each Ship car
ries.
lid of Officers of the 64th Regiment gar
risoned at Caftle*Wiliam.
Fort Pownal.
South aim North Batteries.
Hi* Excellency’s Troop of Hade Guards.
The Ancient a&4 Hon. Artillery Company.
Governor's indenendentContpany of Cadets.
Officers of the Boston Regiment.
Officers of the Train of Artillery.
Officers of the Grenadier Company.
Field Officer* of the feverai Regiments of
Militia in this Province. , h - .
Officers of the Train belonging to the feverai i
Artillery Companies in the Province.
HARVARD-COLLEGE,
When founded.
Overseers, Corporation, Fellows, Tisafu
er, Profeffors, and Tutors.
Miniders. Churches and Religious Aflemblies.
Province of N E W- H A M P S H I R E.
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Honorable House of Aftembly, Jufticcs of the
Superior Court of JwUeatut e, J ulbces, Sfte
shrough the Province, Justices of the Peace
for each County, Bamfter* and Atcornies at
Lew, Court of Admiralty, Custom-House,
Poll-Master, Notaries Public, Field Officers
in the feverai Regiment* of Militia, D*rt
'mouth-College, Mmitters, Churches and Re
ligion* Affemblie*.
Colony of CONNECTICUT.
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Judge* of the Superior and Inferior Court*,
Judges of Probsfoe, Rafter, Sheriffs, Ac. Juf
tiees of the Pence for every County, Barrifter*
at Law, Cudom House Now-Ldndoo, Cudom
House New-Haven, Field Offieers of the feve
rai Regiments of Militia. Y ALE-COLLEGE
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for Ditto, Judices of the Peace, Berrifters and
Attomies at Law, Town Council for each
Town Hn the Colony, Grand Committee foj|
dm Colony, Court of Vice-Admiralty, Cuilon*
House Rhode-Illand, Mijwfters, Churches airt
Religious Affianblies, Field Officers of the
feverai Regiments of Militia.
Province ofNOVA-SCOT.IA.
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Aflembly, Clerk of the Crown, Secretary,
Treasurer, Register, Receiver of the Quint
rents, Attorney and Solicitor General, Land-
Surveyor, Ac. Court of Vic©-Admiralty,
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ers for taking Bail in the Supreme Court, In
ferior Courts for each County in the Province,
juitkse of the Peace for each County m the
Province, Officers of his Majesty’s Customs,
Deputies %the out Ports, Colleaor* of the
Duties of Impost and Exdfe, Lift of Officers
of his Majetty’a 59th and 65th Regiment* da
domed at Halifax, Field Officers of the Militia
in the Province of Nova-Scotia, foe. Ac.
AELACK roan HORSE, about four
teen hand* high, ferayad kmm the bibbnalm', table
inHiaefatt.bgTutfliircwa!. A^f«^rrtur>-
for tkflir tntbkf by ELLis KA *•
T.ihPRIHTIM.
TWO COMPOSITORS, who
undmfi and the Bu&nef*, and •**
fober/y «it, in wanted
A SMART, adive Lad, who U nrithjr
I TICE t« the Priori* BoTOefo W»« of « ****
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in thy Poffs ill*>o happy, Or, our Deaths glorious in THY Jin-T Defence*
fa An aft for constituting, regulating and govern-
H iag in a public goal or woi knoufe, in the
Copper mines in Simibury, in the colony of
[j Connecticut; and for the puniihmeot ot
certain atrocious crimes and relonies,
(C<mti*utd from t*r l*ft.)
B* it farther en*4bd by the lutharity «forefi»id, Tbatf*<k
avtrfttrt, amd tin mmfttr of fiud tool sod wtrk bmjt,fer
tbobr <•*«, labour omftrvkt, Jbau b* allowed futb rrujon
obk jMiifadum and rmuud, as Laid aj/mbty jball affiant j
ta btfaid oat if tit earnings tfjutb fri/mtrs and bind mem,
if nbtrwi ft omtiftbeCeiidy treafnry.
And ft be Btitftcr.er any voter jeer w overjeers (fir the
tim beings) es (aid pesLJbail ntgUff er refisft t • menu* M
afirefaid, or (ball be itberwife negligent in bis er their day,
be er they tball be liable te (mb fine *r emniJbmnt ms the Ge~
nerat MmbU (ball order.
Auden it lurthcr tnsdke d by the authority afbrt&U, ’tbmt
whoever J, ball summit burglary, by br. aking up any dtottiing
bepfi, tr jbop, wherein geeds, wares, er mtrebaadina are
hepe, er jball mb any per Jon in the field er highway, er Jba/l
prejmdse ta ferae, aunt crfin, er alter amj es the bills ej credit
of tbit colony, or of the bills of credit es easy other es the Eng
lifi> Colonies er province on tuts continent j or Jball otter and
pet of any fuel firged, altered, or counterfeit bill ■ er Uilt ,
knowing turn :o be feck { tr that Jball ctmndl, advijt pre
| cure, or any ways aijift in thefirging, cotsnttrfdtmg, imp’tut
[ ingfftampmr, altering or fignmg of any fdjc, firged, and
counterfeit bill or bills, knowing them to be fnth }or that fall
i engrave any plena, or make any infirument te be ujed for any
| oftkefnrpoftt afirefaid } or that fall stamp, er any otltr-
I ways counterfeit any of the feveraiforts of coin mentioned in
j an AS of Parliament made and pajf.d in the fifth year of the
reign if Qgee* ainao, entitled, Am Mt fcr afceruuung the
* ratuoffbreifn coin* in her Majefty’i plantation* in Ameri
ca $ or any other (pedes or forts efgjM orfilver coins, turreatly
,finding in this colony { er that Jball otter or pel «jf any fuel
‘tfffbttrfih coin or emits, knowing the fame to be bajt,faije, and
'XakmJftms or that Jball make any tnjbmaent er infiramencs
tfifdbe t&JLrfating one of the corns afortjatd, or Jball be aid-
SKSWI Y(TfSr^^. r e iegnkamt‘ titrtoj,
Jen or ptrfenx fe efftudmg, fiat! fir the ferfi offmt, J ‘ff*r
impnfeamcni in said goal and week-beujt, and then hfef,
to bard labtur for a term not exceeding ten years, at tbe dikre
tiotttf the court before which (nth cosrviclion jball be bad.
And if any fntb perjea Jball commit the like (fence a /***•
time, andbt tltreef en-.nFttd as afirefaid, bt erfiefiallfef
fer imprisonment in said goal and wwk-bmje+nd therebe kept
to bard labour as afirefaid, for and during lit term of bis or
ftltft UTaI iltfe
Be It further enaAad, That any person or per font who have
been eeavtUed of any of the aferrfiid creams, eacept that of
barfs fiaaling, and have net received tbt pumfimeeter con
finement to which bo er they have bttn, on fucb convißtenftn
tenud, bofiavutg efcapod, or otbtrwife avoided the fame,
. without wheel of lb, court, or tbit afftmbly, ea being re-taken
in tbh colony, Jball be by the Superior Court fomented and feat
to said prlfoa, bt the Jam manner, and under the fame rcgnla
tiens at ptrfoat who Jball be hereafter convicted by *f
tbit oB , there te remamfirjucb term as fold court Jball or
der and dvreß. m e ,
Provided neverthelefi, Tbdt any per Jon conwßtd of a Je
tmd offence efbarfifiealmg, mao (ejentencedtejasd prtfenfer
aporter term than that that of bis natural life, according to
, the dtreßten of tbt court, before whom fucb convichw is bad j
any thing m this aft to tbt contrary notwirhftanding.
Be it farther enaded by ths entbonty a/ortfiud. That any
per (on m perfects who jball bt gniltj, aid co*acttd tfnuyor
the afirefaidermm jball bopstni/bedas ietbu oßu provided,
and «m otberwife i any toon, ufago m cuflem to tbe con
h further enaflad by the authority
itoreuid, That nmbtngin this aßpal! exempt, or be confin
ed to exempt, mdifebarre any per Jon or terfons financed by
I this oßfrem any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture, or dtfabditui
I enbkb fucb ojftnder, art berotefort made habit to, by any of
L tbt laws es this colony.
I Prom tha ParruSTtvAKiA JovanA*.. D«* **•
I et TEA ! how I tremble at the bane&l name ,
ra. w* to* •» 0- x-
Sm AN Po«erity believe, that the conltm
tional libertiea of North-Ameneane were
on tbe point of being given up fee tea ?
oar tact U dwindled, and become V**™*
that were k » premU . century
■ff ?■ ***22r£2ZSg2 , mm H**
ornament, of hi* eaample. *
rSJSESffiSSJSI
“ tni « That coftee and
He ft.’.* mm a m*y “** [ f
- ten am forbidden in Sweden, that a
u ’ f*i imufiv >— roiuntariit given toffee, ta tbt Engltjb
1 W effdrmung tra”—i am.
aoc so ttr~* pood foolie, perfc. erancs, or fetf
tStXSSJtSXS
JSinaaafod UmAfoafo* es a nervowend Lng«.dArt»c,
[Numb. 156.
in tha UMuuiot white it ta introduced, that w« nmy, by at
| tending to the health of any ckp, difcuvcr, whether thn ia
hahttants drink tea or not. And that it would ha one of
i tiro gjeaUit bietfuigi to Mur opt to prohibit the itnporutron
■ of thele leave*, which contain an attnd tan five gum, and
* lew aiinngent particle*, and nothing ialutary eS all.
Dr. Cohen, prefect prdehdr of medkinc in Edinburgh,
■ who baa t A reputation u* uaprovlag tha (homy of phyUc ,
conricten both Eta and oorfbc ae deleter mt, and having mii
auevoo, eltcCh on tha norvowlyAem ■, though habit abate*
10 tuane degree their eSadU. 1 hat all tha vutua* afcrihdT
to tham, may be foiriy attributed te the hec water, whida
; undoubtedly relieve* ia cafice of rigidity .—That tee weaken*
the toaeof the itomach, and thcivfont 01 tha whole Iftknm*
inducing tr tutor t and jpnjmodic afftHnnt. That water et
the liune warmth, impregnated with Ibma of Out own
plant*, ii attended with nona of thde harm*.
That hem botanical analogy, taa belong* te so order es
pi nu ot the nnrtmk kind, via. the cmduuatm.
T hat hence the Afiotu s da not ufc it till it ia a yeas old,
and that ha emetic quality Ihewt In acrimony ia not then
diiiipaccd. Hence he conclude* Tba and Corraa tan
fedatrtm, weakening the toaeof the iykem, and diminkbing
the force ot the nervous power.
These ertedta, fcnfiUe people of age and operknee, merit
have obiemd, in Ipite of uw pi of education and
habit t And 1 am bold to fay, I nevtr law a man or wo
man, who* from youth waa land os, and prafliiad drinkiig
it tieciy, who Wm not rendered a weak, edaminete and
creeping valetudinarian for life.
1 cannot hope (hat the itamgeft argument*, ean prevail
with the Dave* of thi, penekloue custom, to tachange it
for milk, the moil cafy nnurithment of nature j but it map
be eapedhxt, whatever they do themfolvm, they will cnttiw
ly deny it to their children, to whom it I* • flow but dan
gcroua pnifon.
1/ W» mud, through custom, have feme warm tea, erne
or twice a dap, why may we no t exchange thi* flow potion,
which not only deitroy* our conftilution*, but endengae
our liberty, end dminrour, country of so many thouiand
pound* n year, for tom of our own Amentum plants j many
of which may be found, pkafoot to the take and very fo
jutary, according to our varioua cocttitutiona.—£ven drink.-
and flatulencies, which were the effia* of Greta and Bob*
teas, m delicate corribtairioo*. Here permit me to propofo
a till of lereml kind* of tea*, with a hint of their ufo* J
any of which would be mote plcefint than Bohea, aec.
provided w* had ufod them a* fon^—
~ Sm&frn Root, fined thin and dried, wkb cajfimgt
of Lignum ram, moke* a ten exceeding agreeable, when
made weak j* it beautihe* and frooothe* the complexion,
prevea’, plcurifie*, feureie* and cuchexie, Src.
u Sweet Marjoram, and a bttle Msnt, rdkare the
head and nerve., iti eng then the ftorearh, help aU Uw dfo
gdtiuM, are good in caiarrb, and attbma*, and affo giving *
tyxxi colour to the Ain, prevent byfterie* and me la nr holy.
J. Mmbcrtf Thyme, and d UstU Hyffap, «*oe t bn
ipinti, and make chearfuj, aafo are good agfoafo sold 4U
ttZSAtZZmt* wmmm
greoi,j are gfnUy aitnngeat, ftimubKi«i*, »ad
excellent in (even, when joined with a little lemon juice I
guod for weak itomach*, gput*, vertifew «nd cechexm.
j. Ros emery and Lavender, r»6fti*nt for duordo* c
the head, and weaknefo of the nervout fylfo*, irrMtest
by India teat, or otherwifc } they resolve raid humour*,
ftrenxthening the ftamach, aad raufo the ipkit*.
so A very few fiaaU twigs of wbao Oak, wiU drfodm
the fun, with two leave* and a half of jwatt Myrthmm
Thi* so exaftly counterfeit* the India tea*, that a good
coiiooilteut might be mistaken in them I These are Aping
and very fbengthening, in all wafting difeafce end flues,
fuiuble to Women with Child, and good against agwa.
y. Uovar, with a lints CbamemsU. Thi. _«* “
fmt, and ha* done wander, in obdruAion* of the fpken,
liva, kc. See Baron van Swietsm, Itc.
..»• T ”y rt:
"T 1 L, " n "* i«i»t th.
strength, mitigate pain
fecial to oonfompttv* and fcverifli to woundi,
JSa?3SS"«t 7z
not the malt pkafoot, but tolereW, *»d sejmn^ rfthn
principal anriipafinodi** } ha* cured many of A* foUm«
fecknefe, purging by (meat ud urine, sod de&oy.ng wot m ,
better chan the narcotic Fink-Reef.
,i. Pine Buds, aad Uffer fiorvah, malm a tea fof
fc-jypf lo cure mod ague*, ahd are very poweitu* dieietic*,
removing induretMM of the foleen, Uver, rein* an* ma-
Ground Ivy, with a Me Lavender Cotton, or
Reman Worwwmd, or Swtbernwmd,
obfonaAiooa, prevent malignant and tnfoAwn* cure
aad and kill worms in Children.
Fennel Seed and inner Bark ts Magneha, txwmoo
ly called Spke-wotd } thi* ii a powerful remedy agamlt
rad Lome, 'fj"****'”
l^rSthehmrandwound.oftbebreafe.ialfeti.te.
ifo Teo%* of the Lipoid Amber Tree,
icd sweet Gum,) with er without /ktmr* «/J *
tea, sweetened with honey* n veey pcAoaal, »nd a
nrd Jammr.Thrfe together, cr
adware 7£Z** Ml highly , bcmebcak as
r.jtuknt .«* ,- 4ye f“ > ,
focter wfoerary, and guri la afi turmon. t •
aad fluxei-
• Every [mt es U> s *»>*;•