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WILLIAMSBURG, July 12, 1774.
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will expire at the End of this present Year, they most earnestly
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Payment, that they may be enabled to discharge the several Debts neces-
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made for paying them off as speedily as possible.

ALEX: PURDIE
JOHN DIXON.

LETTER IV.
To the INHABITANTS of the BRITISH COLONIES
in AMERICA.

BRETHREN,
THE Intelligence received since the preceding Letter
was written seems to render needless every Attempt
to prove, from former Transactions, my first Intention,
if Health had permitted, that a regular Plan has been
invariably pursued to enslave these Colonies, and that
the Act of Parliament for blocking up the Port of
Boston is Part of the Plan. However unprecedented
and cruel that Measure is, yet some Persons among
us might have flattered themselves that the Resentment of the Parliament
is directed solely against that Town. The last Advices mention two Bills
to be passing in Parliament, once changing the chartered Constitution of
the Province of Massachusetts Bay into a military Government, and another,
empowering Administration to send for and try Persons in England for
Actions committed in that Colony*.

By these Instances, we perceive that Administration has not only re-
nounced all Respect, and all Appearance of Respect, for the Rights of
their Colonies, but even the plainest Principles of Justice and Humanity.
Were the Representatives of the People of Massachusetts Bay called upon
to make Satisfaction for the Damage done to private Property in any late
Tumult there? No. Yet it was known, that those Representatives
had made ample Reparation for the Injuries committed on Occasion of
the Stamp Act. It was known that the like Reparation had been made
by the Assemblies of New York and Rhode Island. In short, it was
known that, notwithstanding the incessant Pains taken by many Ministers
to teaze the Colonists, by Oppressions and Insults, into Madness, yet they
have, with Difficulty, excited only a few Tumults, for which the popu-
lar Branch of the Legislature in the several Colonies has ever been ready
to atone, upon Requisitions from the Crown.

Great Clamour has been raised at home against Massachusetts Bay, on
Account of Resolutions at some of their Town Meetings, and other
Writings published in that Colony; and better it were that many of them
had been suppressed. The Truth is, that People, animated by an ar-
dent and generous Love of Liberty, saw, and peculiarly felt, the Projects
against the Freedom and Happiness of America. I know them well; and
if ever a State deserved the Character, they are a moral, religious, quiet,
and loyal People, affectionately attached to the Welfare and Honour of
Great Britain, and dearly valuing their dependence on her, Observant
and sensible as they were of the present and approaching Evils, some of
them adopted a very imprudent, but what appeared to them a very peace-
able and justifiable Method, of discouraging Administration from pro-
ceeding in such alarming and dangerous Measures, that of speaking in a
high Tone. Words were opposed to Injuries; and Menaces, never
designed for Execution, to Insults intolerable. What could they do?
Their humble Petitions, were haughtily and contemptuously rejected. The
more they supplicated, the more they were abused. By their Tears (and
Heaven knows many they have shed) their Persecutions flourished, as
Trees by Water poured on their Roots. Their very Virtue, and passi-
onate Fonndness for Concord for their Mother Country, occasioned this
objected Errour. “Surely (says Solomon) Oppression maketh a wise
Man mad.” A silly Man may disregard it, In playing the Fool, they
showed their Wisdom. This is the true History of those futile Pieces,
that produced so much solid Eloquence in Great Britain.

Riots and weak Publications, by a small Number of Individuals, are
sufficient Reasons with Parliament to ruin many Thousand Inhabitants
of a truly respectable Town, to dissolve Charters, to abolish the Benefits
of the Writ of Habeas Corpus+, and extirpate American Liberty; for the
Principle reaches all. But in England, the Press groans with Publica-
tions, seditious, treasonable, and even blasphemous. The Discontented
swarm over the Kingdom, proclaiming their Resentments. Many enor-
mous Riots have disturbed the publick Peace. The Sovereign has been

*By the first of these Bills, the Governour is to be invested with the
Power of a Justice of Peace, to call out the Military to Effect; though
the Minister says, in his Speech, “I shall always consider that a military
Power, acting UNDER the Authority and Controul of a civil Magistrate,
IS A PART OF THE CONSTITUTION.” By the second, Americans
are to be seized, confined, and carried to England, to be tried (that is,
hanged) on Charges for Acts done in a Colony. This is not all. Sol-
diers, and others, who shall commit any offence, such as murdering the
Colonists, under the Pretence of supporting the Authority of Parliament,
shall be carried to England to be tried; that is, acquitted. Of the Habeas
Corpus and Trial by Peers, “fiat nominis Umbra.”

That the absolute Power claimed and exercised in a neighboring
Nation is more tolerable than that of the Eastern Empire is in a great
Measure owing to their having united the judicial Power in their Parlia-
ments, a Body separate and distinct from both the legislative and executive;
and if ever that Nation recovers its former Liberty, it will owe it to the
Efforts of those Assemblies. In Turkey, where EVERY THING is cen-
tered in the Sultan, or his Minister, DESPOTICK POWER is in its Meri-
dian, and WEARS A MOST DREADFUL ASPECT.” 1 Black. 269, 270.

+ Both Houses of Parliament resolved, two or three Years ago, that
Persons might be sent for from any of the Colonies for Acts done there, and
tried in England, under the old Statute of Henry VIII. made before the
Colonies existed. The late Court at Rhonde Island was established on that
Principle. The Intention of Parliament in passing the Bill above menti-
oned is chiefly to screen Persons acting in Support of their unconstitutional
Claims. They have declared, they have no Doubt but that the 35th of
Henry has established a just and legal Mode of cutting American Throats.

”I can live, although another who has no Right to be put to live with
me; nay I can live, although I pay Excises, and Impositions more than I
do: But to have my LIBERTY, which is the SOUL of my LIFE, taken
from me by Power, and to have my Body pent up in a Jail” (then thrown
into a Ship of War, transported 3000 Miles across the Ocean, to a Land
of bitter, selfish, and revengeful Enemies, there thrust into the
Jaws of Dungeons) “without Remedy by Law, and to be so adjudged!
O improvident Ancestors! O unwise Forefathers! To be so curious in
providing for the quiet Possession of our Laws, and the Liberties of Par-
liament, and to neglect our Persons and Bodies, and to let them lie in
Prison, and that durante bene placito, remediless! If this be Law, why do
we talk of Liberties? Why do we trouble ourselves with a Dispute about
Law, Franchises, Property of Goods, and the like? What may any
Man call his own, if not the Liberty of his Person? I am weary of tread-
ing these Ways.” Speech of Robert Phillips, a Member of the wise and
moderate Parliament that met in the Year 1627.

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insulted in passing from his Palace to the Parliament House, on the Busi-
ness of the Nation. Is it to be concluded, from these Facts, that the
BODY OF THE PEOPLE is seditious and traitorous? Can his Majesty
believe that he is thought by his English Subjects in general/em> to be such a
Prince as some of them have represented him? Will the two Houses of
Parliament acknowledge that what has been spoken, and written, and
acted against them in England, expresses the Sentiments of the Kingdom?
Or will they say, that the People of England have forfeited their Liberty
because some of them have run into Licentiousness? Let a Judgment be
formed in both Cases, by the same Rule. Let them condemn those, or
acquit us.

Pretences and Reasons are totally different. The Provocations said to
beg iven by our Sister Colony are but the PRETENCES for the exorbi-
tant Severity exercised against her. The REASONS are these, the Policy,
despicable and detestable as it is, of suppressing the Freedom of America
by a military Force, to be supported by Money taken out of our own
Pockets, and the supposed Convenience of Opportunity for attaining this
End. These REASONS are evident, from the Minister’s Speech. The
System is formed with Art, but the Art is discoverable. Indeed, I do
not believe it was expected we should have such early and exact Intelli-
gence of the Schemes agitated against us, as we have received. Any
Person who examines the Multitude of Invectives published in Pamphlets
and Newspapers in Great Britain or the Speeches made in either House
of Parliament, will find them directed against the Colonies in general. The
People in that Kingdom have been, with great Cunning and Labour ꞗ,
inflamed against the Colonies in general. They are deluded into a Belief
that we are in a State of Rebellion, and aiming directly at a State of
Independency; though the first is a noxious Weed that never grew in
our Climates, and the latter is universally regarded with the deepest
Execrations by us; a Poison we never can be compelled to touch, but
as an Antidote to a worse, if a worse there be; a Curse, that, if any
Colonies on this Continent should be so mad as to aim at reaching, the
rest of the Body would have Virtue and Wisdom enough to draw their
Swords, and hew the Traitors into Submission, if not into Loyalty. It
would be our Interest, and our Duty, thus to guaranty the publick
Peace.

The Minister, addressing the House of Commons, uses several Express-
sions relating to all the Colonies, and calls the Stoppage of the Port of>
Boston “a Punishment indicated on those who have disobeyed your Autho-
rity,” Is it not extremely remarkable, after such a Variety of Charges
affecting all the Colonies, that the Statutes of Vengeance should be level-
led against a single Colony? New York, Philadelphia, and Charlestown,
have denied Freedom of Trade to Ships sailing under the Protection of Acts
of Parliament. Will not the House of Commons think the Inhabitants of
these Places “have disobeyed their Authority,” and that “a Punishment
should be inflicted on them?” Why do we not hear of some Measure
pursued against those Cities? Are they immaculate in the Eyes of
Administration, and Parliament? Has not each of these Places done real
Damage to the East India Company? Has there been even a Requisition
of Compensation for that Damage from any of them? Why is there
such a profound Silence observed with Respect to them? Because they are
judged by Administration, and Parliament, more innocent than the
Colony of Massachusetts Bay? NO. Because Administration, and Par-
liament, do us Americans the Honour to think we are such very Ideots
that we shall not believe ourselves interested in the Fate of Boston, but
that one Colony may be attacked and humbled after another, without
showing the Sense or Spirit of Beasts themselves, many of which unite
against common Danger.

Why were the States of Greece broken down into the tamest Submission
by Philip of Macedon, and afterwards the Romans? Because they con-
tended for Freedom separately. Why were the ancient Inhabitants of the
Kingdom that now harasses us conquered by their Invaders? Tacitus
will inform us: “Nor was any Thing more advantageous to us against
very powerful Nations than their Impudence in not consulting together
for the Interest of the Whole. Conventions for repelling a common Danger
were rare. Thus, while each State resisted singly, all were subdued.

Why did the little Swiss Cantons, and seven small Provinces of the
Low Countries, so successfully oppose the Tyrants, that, not contented
with an Empire founded in Humanity and mutual Advantages, unnecessa-
rily and arrogantly strove to “LAY the faithful and affectionate Wretches
”AT THEIR FEET?” Because they wisely regarded the Interest of
each as the Interest of all.

Our own Experiences furnishes a mournful additional Proof of an
Observation made by a great and good Man, Lord President Forbes.
”It is a certain Truth (says he) that all States and Kingdoms, in Propor-
tion as they grow great, wealthy, and powerful, grow wanton, wicked,
and oppressive; and the History of all Ages gives Evidence of the fatal
Catastrophe of ALL SUCH States and Kingdoms when the Cup of their
Iniquity is full.” Another “Truth,” as “certain,” is, that “such
States and Kingdoms never have been, and never will be, checked in the
Career of their “Wantonness, Wickedness, and Oppression,” by a
People in any Degree dependent upon them, but by the prudent, virtu-
ous, and steady UNANIMITY of that People. To employ more Words
to elucidate a Point so manifest, would be the idle Attempt of guilding
Gold.

Surely you cannot doubt at this Time, my Countrymen, but that the
People of Massachusetts Bay are suffering in a Cause ll common to us all;
and therefore, that we ought immediately to concert the most prudent
Measures for their Relief, and our own Safety.

Our Interest depending on the present Controversy, is unspeakably
valuable. We have not the least Prospect of human Assistance. The
Passion of Despotism raging like a Plague for about seven Years past,
has spread with unusual Malignity through Europe. Corsica, Poland,
Sweden, have sunk beneath it. The remaining Spirit of Freedom that
lingered and languished in the Parliament of France has lately expired*.
What Kingdom or State interposed for the Relief of their distressed Fel-
low Creatures? The Contagion has at length reached Great Britain.
Her Statesmen emulate the Nimrods of the Earth, and wish to become
”mighty Hunters” in the Woods of America. What Kingdom or State
will interpose for our Relief? The Preservation of our Freedom, and
of every attendant Blessing, must be wrought out, under Providence, by
ourselves. Let not this Consideration discourage us. We cannot be false
to each other without being false to ourselves. We have the firmest
Foundation of Union and Fidelity, that we wish to attain the same
Things, to avoid the same Things. The Friendship of others might be
precarious, suspected, deceitful,

The infinitely great, wise, and good Being, who gave us our Existence,
certainly formed us for a State of Society. He certainly designed us for
such a State of Society as would be productive of Happiness. Liberty is
essential to the Happiness of a Society, and therefore is our Right. The
Father of Mercies never intended Men to hold unlimited Authority over

ꞗ Private Letters give a further Proof of this Fact.

ll The Act for shutting the Port of Boston orders that it shall
not be opened until “Peace and Obedience to the Laws shall
be so far
restored in the said Town of Boston that the Trade of Great Britain
may safely be carried on there, and his Majesty’s DUTIES DULY
COLLECTED,” &c. This it appears, if the Inhabitants renounce the
common Cause of the Colonies, the Port may be opened; if they adhere
to that Cause, it will remain shut.

*By the new modelling their Parliaments.

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Men ll. Craft and Cruelty have indeed triumphed over Simplicity and
Innocence, in Disobedience to his holy Laws. The Father of Mercies
never intended us fo the Slaves of Britons. Craft and Cruelty indeed are
striving to brand us with Marks infamously denoting us to be their Pro-
perty, as absolutely as their Cattle. Their Pretensions to a Right of such
Power not only oppose constitutional Principles, but even partake of
Impiety. The Sentence of Bondage against us is only issued by the frail
OMNIPOTENCE + of PARLIAMENT.

”Non sic inslectere sensus
Humanos edicta valent.”±

We cannot question the Justice of our Cause. The Consideration will
afford Comfort and Encouragement to our Minds.

Let us therefore, in the first Place, humbling ourselves before our
gracious Creator, devoutly beseech his divine Protection of us his afflicted
Servants, most unreasonably and cruelly oppressed. Let us seriously
reflect on our manifold Transgressions, and by a sincere Repentance, and
entire Amendment of our Lives, strive to recommend ourselves to divine
Favour.

In the next Place, let us cherish and cultivate Sentiments of brotherly
Love and Tenderness amongst us. To whom, under the Cope of Hea-
ven, can we look for Help in these Days of “Darkness and Trouble,”
but one to another! O my Countrymen! Have Pity on one another;
have Pity on yourselves and your Children. Let us, by every tender Tie,
implore you; let us mutually excuse and forgive each other our Weakness
and Prejudices (for who is free from Weaknesses and Prejudices) and,
utterly abolishing all former Dissentions and Distinctions, wisely and
kindly unite in one firm Band, in one common Cause.

If there are any Men, or Bodies of Men, on this Continent, who think
that an Accommodation between us and Great Britain, or that our own
particular Interest, may be advanced by withdrawing themselves from the
Councils of their Countrymen, I would wish them most deliberately to
consider the Consequences that may attend such a Conduct. What Step can
possibly be taken more directly tending to prevent an Accommodation be-
tween us and Great Britain than supplying the Administration with Proofs of our
intestine Divisions? What do our Enemies so ardently wish for as for these
Divisions? Has not the Expectation of these Events encouraged the Mini-
stry to treat us with such unexampled Contempt and Barbarity? Will not
the Certainty of these Events excite Resolutions in them to press us, to
take every Advantage of a People so industriously studying and labouring
to weaken and destroy themselves? The a Minister may, with Rea-
son, call upon the House of Commons, “Now IS OUR TIME to stand
out, to defy them, to proceed with Firmness and without Fear, to produce
a Conviction to ALL America that we are now in earnest, and that we
will proceed with Firmness and Vigour, until SHE SHALL BE LAID
AT OUR FEET.”ꞗ

I appeal to every Man of common Sense whether any Measure will be
so likely to induce Administration to think of an Accommodation with
us as our Unanimity. Must not, therefore, every Measure impeaching
the Credit and Weight of this Unanimity, in the same Degree, obstruct
all Accommodation? Will not every such Measure naturally produce
Haughtiness, Perseverance, and fresh Rigour, in our Oppressors? Will
not these still more enrage us, and place us farther from an Accommoda-
tion? If the PROTECTION and PEACE we wish to derive from our
Unanimity be taken from us, by the Imprudence of our Brethren who
break that Unanimity, or destroy all Respect for it in Great Britain, and
thereby encourage her to seize, what she will certainly think, the lucky

II “To live by one Man’s Will became the Cause of all Mens
Misery.” HOOKER”S Ecclesiastical Policy.

”Is not universal Misery and Ruin the SAME, whether it comes from
the Hand of many or of one.”
Bishop HOADLEY’S Discourse on Government.

”Of so contrary an Opinion was this good Man (Hooker) to that of
some others, who can never oppose one Extreme without running to
another as bad, if not worse, and think they cannot enough condemn
Rebellion without giving the divine Sanction to Tyranny and Oppression.
This Judgement ought likewise to be of the more Weight with such
as protects the most profound Veneration for the Memory of Charles I.
and the Honour of the old Church of England: because this Treatise,
in which it is to be found, was chosen, out of many others, by that
Prince, to be recommended to his Children, as the best Instructor they
could converse with; and was had in such Estimation by all Churchmen,
from the Time of its Appearance, that it may well pass not only for his
own Judgment in particular, but for the Judgement of the whole Church
of England at that Time.”
Bishop HOADLEY, Ibid.

”Would not the Unhappiness of this Nation, in particular, have been
the same, whether a late King alone, or by a FORMAL LAW, had
subjected it to the Religion of Rome, and the MAXIMS OF FRANCE?
And upon Supposition of such an Attempt, would not our late Deliver-
ance have been as glorious, as great and justifiable, as much wanted,
and as truly beneficial, as it was upon the Attempt of the King alone?
Would not the Invitation of the Prince of Orange, the Election and
Meeting of the Persons who made the Convention, and the consequent
Establishment in the Protestant Line, have been as requisite and as useful?
Nay, would not the Ends of Government have been more effectually
answered this Way than by SUBMISSION to a TOTAL DISSOLUTION
of ALL HAPPINESS at present, and of ALL HOPES for the future?
How then can it be said that the Ends of Government require that Degree
of Submission, upon the one supposition, which they are not allowed to
do upon the other, then the same MISERY and DESTRUCTION must
follow a Submission in both Cases, and the same UNIVERSAL HAPPI-
NESS must in both be the CONSEQUENCE of a JUST and WELL
MANAGED DEFENCE? Or would the Ends of Government be de-
stroyed should the miserable Condition of the whole People of France,
which hath proceeded from the King’s being absolute, awaken the
Thoughts of the wisest Heads amongst them, and move them all to exert
themselves so as that those Ends should be better answered for the Time to
come.” BISHOP HOADLEY, Ibid.

It was resolved by the House of Commons that this Bishop, then Mr.
Hoadley, and Rector of St. Peter’s Poor, London, “for having often
strenuously justified the PRINCIPLES on which her Majesty and the
>em>Nation proceeded in the late happy Revolution, had justly merited the
Favour and Recommendation of that House;” and accordingly ad--
dressed Queen Anne, ”that she would be graciously pleased to bestow
some Dignity in the Church on the said Mr. Hoadley for his eminent Ser-
vices, both to the Chruch and State.

”Whatsoever dishonours human Nature dishonours the Policy of
a Government which permits it; and a free State, which does not
communicate the natural Right of Liberty to all it Subjects, who have
not deserved by their Crimes to lose it, hardly seems to be worthy of that
honourable Name.”
Lord LITTLETON”S History of HENRY II.

”Without Goodness, Power would be Tyranny and Oppression, and
Wisdom would degenerate into Craft and mischievous Contrivance.”
Archbishop TILLOTSON’S Sermons.

”Etiamsi non sit molesius dominus, samen est miserrimum, posse si velit.”
CICERO. Even if a Sovereign does not oppress, yet it is a most
miserable Condition for the Subjects that he has the Power, if he has
the Will.

+ 1 Blackstone, 161.
± Edicts cannot so bend the common Sense of human Creatures.
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Opportunity for pursuing her Blows, what must be the Consequence?
We held up a Shield for our Defence. If our Brethren have pierced it
through, and rendered it useless, their Imprudence will, according to the
usual Course of human Affairs, compel us to change the Mode of Defence,
and drive us into all the Evils of civil Discords.

What Advantages can they gain that can compensate, to Men of any
Understanding or Virtue, for the Miseries occasioned by their bad Policy?
Their Numbers will be too small, in any Manner whatever, to controul
the Sentiments or Measures of the People of America. Their Conduct
never can prevent the Exertions of these Colonies, in Vindication of their
Liberty. It may, by Provocations, render those Exertions more rash and
imprudent; but their Numbers will be so extravagantly exaggerated, as
all Facts have been against us, on the other Side of the Atlantick, that
Great Britain may be deceived and emboldened into Measures destructive
to herself and to us. We are now strenuously endeavoring, IN A PEA-
CEABLE MANNER, by this single Power, the FORCE of our UNANIMI-
TY, to preserve our Freedom. Those who will lessen< that Unanimity detract<
from its Force, will prevent its Effect, and must be therefore justly char-
geable with all the dreadful Consequences to these Colonies.

The third important Consideration I beg Leave to recommend to my
Countrymen is, to draw such Reflections from their Situation as will
confirm their Minds in that manly noble Fortitude so absolutely necessary
for the Maintenance of those inestimable Privileges for which they are now
contending. The Man who fears Difficulties arising in the Defence of Free-
dom is unworthy of Freedom. God has given the Right, and the Means
of asserting it. We may reasonably ask, and expect, his gracious Assis-
tance in the reasonable Employment of those Means. To look for Mira-
cles, while we abusively neglect the Powers afforded us by divine Goodness,
is not only stupid but criminal. We are yet free; let us think like Free-
men.

In the last Place, I neg Leave to offer some Observations concerning
the Measures that may be most expedient in the present Emergency.
Other Nations have contended in Blood for their Liberty, and have
judged the Jewel worth the Price that was paid for it. These Colonies are
not reduced to the dreadful Necessity. So dependent is Great Britain
on us, for Supplies, that Heaven seems to have placed in our Hands
Means of an effectual yet peaceful Resistance, if we have Sense and
Integrity to make a proper Use of them. A general Agreement be-
tween these Colonies of Non-importation and Non-exportation, faith-
fully observed, would certainly be attended with Success. But is it now
proper to enter into such an Agreement? Let us consider that we are
contending with our ancient, venerable, and beloved Parent Country.
Let us treat her with all possible Respect and Reverence.* Though
the Rulers there have had no Compassion upon us, let us have Compassion
on the People of that Kingdom; and if to give Weight to our Suppli-
cations, and to obtain Relief for our suffering Brethren, it shall be
judged necessary to lay ourselves under some Restrictions with Regard
to our Imports and Exports, let it be done with Tenderness, so as to
convince our Brethren in Great Britain of the Importance of a Con-
nexion and Harmony between them and us, and the Danger of driving
us into Despair. Their true interests and our own are the same; nor
should we admit any Notion of Distinction, till we know their Resolu-
tions to be unalterably hostile.

In the Meantime, let us pursue the most proper Methods for collect-
ing the Sentiments of all the British Colonies in North America on the
present Situation of Affairs; the first Point, it is apprehended, to which
Attention should be paid. This may be effected in various Ways. The
Assemblies that may have Opportunity of meeting may appoint Deputies
to attend a general Congress, at such Time and Place as shall be agreed
on. Where Assemblies cannot meet, such of the People as are qualified by
Law to vote in Election of Representatives may meet and appoint, or
may request their Representatives to meet and appoint.

When the Inhabitants of this extended Continent observe that regular
Measures are prosecuted for re-establishing Harmony between Great
Britain and these Colonies, their Minds will grow more calm. Prospects
of Accommodation, it is hope, will engage them patiently and peaceably
to attend the Result of the public Councils, and such Applications as
by the joint Sense of America, may be judged proper to be made to his
Majesty and both Houses of Parliament.

”Better is a little, with Righteousness, than great Revenues, without
”Rights.” PROVERBS xvi.

*”By Justice (saith the Scripture) the Throne is established,”
and “by Justice a Nation shall be exalted.” I resemble Justice to
Nebuchadnezzar’s Tree, shading not only the Palace of the King, and the
House of Nobles, but sheltering also the Cottage of the poorest Beggar.
Wherefore, if now the Blast of Indignation hath so bruised any of the
Branches of this Tree, that either our Persons, or Goods, or Possessions,
have not the same Shelter as before, let us not therefore neglect the Root
of this great Tree; but rather, with all our possible Means, Endeavours,
and unfeigned Duties, both apply fresh and fertile Mould unto it, and
also water it even with our Tears, that so those bruised Branches may be
recovered, and the whole Tree again prosper and flourish.”----------Mr.
CRESKELD’s Speech in the Parliament that met in 1727.

LONDON, May 4.
A NOBLE Peer went lately to Lord North, and after much Conver-
sation bid him take Care how he walked, and to be very cautious,
as he was surrounded with Enemies who hated and envied him, naming
Burke, Barre, &c. and all the Americans. Lord North cooly answered,
:My Lord, I took the Helm in a hard Gale of Wind, determined to
steer this Country through every Difficulty as far as possibly I could, at the
Hazard of My Life, and the Destruction of the sweet Society of Family
and Friends. As to your Burkes and Barres, it is well known they and
they and
their Masters both have often made Offers of serving under me; but they
cannot be trusted. I hold them in Contempt. And as to the Ameri-
cans, I mean nothing but what is fair.”

The Premier has hinted his Desire to a great Personage of retiring as
soon as America is, by his Endeavours, brought to a State of Tran-
quality. If this is true, we are not likely to have a Premier for some
Years.

Yesterday Lord Viscount Pitt, Son of the Earl of Chatham, was intro-
duced to his Majesty,, his Lordship being soon to set out to join his Regi-
ment destined for America. [This Expedition, it is presumed, is that
Gentleman’s late proposed Tour to the Colonies.]

It is talked that there has been more than one interview, between the
Premier and Lord Chatham, in the Ciourse of a Week.

Last Tuesday Morning a Duel was fought in Sun Tavern Fields,
Shadwell, between a Hatmaker on Wapping Wall, and a Tallow Chan-
dler in the same Neighbourhood, in which the latter received a Wound,
of which he languished till Wednesday Evening, and then expired.
Their Seconds were, an Apprentice to a Glass Seller and a Journeyman
Hair Dresser. To such a Height is this Evil arisen, that it is become as
general among the lower Class of Mechanics as among People of
Fashion; and every Shop Boy, who has but Courage to fire a Pistol,
thinks himself entitled, on the least Offence, to demand the Satisfaction
of a Gentleman. Pity it is that some Method is not used to put a Stop
to so iniquitous a Practice.

We are informed that a general Discontent prevails all over Ireland on
Account of the Stamp Act, and it is expected that next Sessions there
will be Petitions from all Parts of that Kingdom to Parliament praying that
the same might be repealed.

The Ministry have been greatly alarmed at the Conduct of the
Quakers, fearing the Firmness of that most honourable Body, who are
the only People which virtually maintain the upright and independent
Principles of the Oliverian Firmness. Alarmed at their standing forth to
support their American Brethren, they have left no Stone unturned to
warp their Virtue, and to bribe their Leaders.

It is pretty certain that the Measure of exporting fresh Troops to
America, rather than changing the Quarters of those already stationed
in that Part of the Globe, had its Rise from a Conviction that not a
Spot on that whole Continent can either with Prudence or Safety be left
indefensible.

A dreadful Hole is now opened between the Mother Country and the
Colonies; and some glorious Curtius must devote himself, or the two
Kingdoms will approach to Ruin.

In Order that the Bostonians shall not resist the Execution of the Laws
of this Country, Lord North proposes to send over 200 Surgeons, in
Order to draw their Teeth, and render them incapable of biting.

With the Death of the French King will, in all Probability, expire the
Peace of Europe.

The Lords conclude their Protest to the Bill for better regulating the
Government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England, as
follows: “Parliament has asserted the Authority of the Legislature of
this Kingdom, supreme and unlimited, over all the Members of the Bri-
tish Empire; but the legal Extent of this Authority furnishes no Argu-
ment in Favour of an onwarrantable Use of it. The Sense of the Nation
on the Repeal of the Stamp Act was, “that, in Equity and found Policy,
the Taxation of the Colonies, for the ordinary Purposes of Supply, ought
to be forborn; and that this Kingdom ought to satisfy itself with the

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Advantages to be derived from a flourishing and increasing Trade, and
with the free Grants of the American Assemblies, as being far more bene-
ficial, far more easily obtained, less oppressive, and more likely to be
lasting, than any Revenue to be acquired by Parliamentary Taxes, ac-
companied by a total Alienation of the Attractions of those who were to
pay them. This Principle of Repeal was nothing more than a Return
to the ancient standing Policy of this Empire. The unhappy Departure
from it has led to that Course of Shifting and contradictory Measures,
which have since given Rise to such continued Contradictions, by which
unadvised Plan new Duties have been imposed in the very Year after the
former had been repealed, these new Duties afterward in Part repealed
and in Part continued, in Contradiction to the Principles upon which
those repealed were given up; all which, with many weak, injudicious,
and precipitate Steps taken to enforce a Compliance, have kept up that
Jealousy; which on the Repeal of the Stamp Act was subsiding, revived
dangerous Questions, and gradually estranged the Affections of the Co-
lonies from the Mother Country, without any Object of Advantage to
either. If the Force proposed should have its full Effect, that Effect, we
greatly apprehend, may not continue longer than whilst the Sword is
held up. To render the Colonies permanently advantageous, they must
be satisfied with their Condition. That Satisfaction we see no Chance
of restoring, whatever Measures may be pursued, except by recurring,
in the Whole, to the wise and salutary Principles on which the Stamp Act
was repealed.”

BOSTON, July 18.

THE Inhabitants of Charlestown, South Carolina have sent about
200 Tierces of Rice for the Poor of this Town, who are Sufferers
by the Boston Port Bill, which arrived at Salem last Monday.

Friday last a Number of publick spirited Gentlemen at Marblehead
raised Subscriptions for 207 Quintals of Cod Fish, about 50 Jars of Oil,
and 40l. in Specie, for the Use of the industrious Poor of this Town at
this critical Conjuncture of our publick Affairs, which is to be forwarded
to-morrow, if the Weather permits.

By Accounts from the North, South, East, and West of this Province,
the Non-Consumption Agreement is come into with scarce a Dissentient
in many Towns.

Large Orders for Fall Goods have been countermanded, occasioned by
the Non-Consumptive Agreements.
By his Excellency the Hounourable THOMAS GAGE, General and Com-
mander in Chief of all his Majesty’s Forces in North America, &amp.c.

WHEREAS some Soldiers have deserted his Majesty’s Service,
belonging to the Regiments lately arrived from Great Britain
and Ireland, this is to give Notice, that all Soldiers who deserted from
said Corps previous to the 10th Day of this Instant, Month of July, shall
receive their Pardons, upon surrendering themselves before, or on, the
10th Day of August next ensuing; and on Failure of so doing, they are
not to expect Mercy.

Given under my Hand, at Head Quarters, at Boston, this 15th Day
of July 1774.

By his Excellency’s Command, GAE. MATURIN, Secretary.

NEW YORK, July 18.

WEDNESDAY Night last our Committee of Correspondence met,
and drew up a Set of Resolves on the present alarming Oc-
casion, which were printed in Handbills, and sent about the Town
the next Morning for the Approbation of the Inhabitants thereof, who
are to assemble at the Coffeehouse to-morrow at 12 o’Clock, either to
approve or disapprove of the same. At the same Time the People are
to testify their Approbation of the five Gentlemen nominated by the
Committee to attend as Delegates at the General Congress, viz. Mr.
Duane, Mr. Philip Livingston, Mr. John Alsop, Mr. Isaac Low, and
Mr. John Jay.

Wednesday last arrived here, from Greenock, Captain Bogg, with
about 300 Passengers, among whom were Mr. Cummings, his Lady and
Family, Captain Macpherson, his Lady and Family, and the Reverend
Mr. Addison, &amp.c.

July 25. Captain Maitland, of the Ship Magna Charta, has brought
over a Quantity of Tea to Charlestown, South Carolina; but as the
Persons to whom it was consigned refused to receive it, the Captain, we
are informed, proposes to carry it back with him to London. From the
same Place, we are informed that a second Present of Rice from the Gen-
tlemen of that Province, to the indigent Sufferers at Boston, is preparing
to be sent to that Port.

Thursday last three Transports arrived here from Boston; they are now
taking in Ordinance, and a Proportion of military Stores, among which
are 500 Barrels of Gunpowder; and we hear the Royal Welch Fusiliers,
now here, are to embark this Week on Board the said Transports,
with a Detachment of the Train of Artillery, and to sail directly for Boston,

Friday last the Brig Matty, Captain Cochran, arrived here from
Greenock, with about 70- Passengers; and we are told that a large Ship,
with 300 Passengers more, was to sail from Greenock in about 14 Days
after Captain Cochran, for this Port also.

It was last Week reported in this City, but not credited, that a Soldier
on Duty in Boston had been shot at with an Arrow by some Person un-
known, but the Massachusetts’s Gazette of the 18th Instant confirms the
Account, and that it happened on the Morning of the Saturday before.
The Arrow is a remarkable One, and to be seen in the Camp.

WILLIAMSBURG, August 5.

ON Monday last, the 1st Instant, there was a very general and full
Meeting of the late Representatives of this Colony, who still con-
tinue sitting upon the weighty Matters intrusted to their Deliberation by
their several Constituents. We cannot, with Certainty, at this Time,
publish any of their Councils and Determinations; but next Week we
expect to be able to communicate the Whole to the Publick, which (at
least as far as we are able to judge) will be such as will do Honour to
the Colony, revive the Spirits of our suffering Fellow Subjects to the
Northward, and, in all Probability, secure the Rights and Liberties of
America, from every Invasion thereof.

The Resolves of the Counties of Fairfax, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward,
Brunswick, Lancaster, Suffix, Accomack, and Charles City, are come
to Hand; which we should with much Pleasure have inserted in our
Gazette, had it been possible. We had neither Time, nor near Room
enough, for them; and therefore can only observe, that they contain the
like patriotick Sentiments with the Resolutions of several Counties already
published, and profess all due Obedience to the Sovereign of the British
Empire.

By a Gentleman from the Northward, we learn that Captain James
Hudson, of Newbury Port, in the Massachusetts Government, has
for some Years carried on an extensive SALT WORK at the Town
of Salisbury, near that Place, making at least 200 Hogsheads yearly of
most excellent Salt, equal, if not superior, to any imported; and that,
in prosecuting the Business, he has extracted an Oil from the marine
Waters that will cure green Woonds, without any other Application.
He has also extracted the EPSOM SALTS, which have been chymically
proved, and fond them to be genuine. Captain Hudson likewise says, that
Salt may be made to greater Advantage in the southern Governments;
which is pretty demonstrable, from a late Experiment made by Mr.
James Tait, new this City, who, we hear, will be encouraged to per-
severe in his Endeavours to serve the Publick, many Gentlemen having
subscribed considerably to enable him to erect the necessary Works. –The
same Gentleman informs us, that the unhappy Situation of the Massa-
chusetts Government (to which Captain Hudson is a warm Friend) having
hitherto prevented his receiving from the Legislature that Encouragement
which he justly merits, has been generously patronized by the People of
the County in which he resides, who purchase his Salt in Preference to
any other, and have complimented him with a very handsome Sum, in
Token of their Regard for a Person who has in a great Degree devoted
himself to the Service of his Country.
Extract of a Letter from Baltimore Town, in Maryland, dated the
25th Ult.

”It is with inexpressible Pleasure that I can, at this Juncture, from
indubitable Authority, assure you, and the respectable People of Vir-
ginia, that a complete Plan for Establishing a NEW AMERICAN
POST OFFICE has been lately executed throughout the different
Governments in New England. It has been liberally encouraged, and
warmly patronized, by a very considerable Number of our principal
Gentlemen; and no Doubt seems now to remain of its being soon car-
ried into Execution, all over the Continent. Indeed, under the present
dreadful Situation of our Affairs, the great and general Utility of such
an Establishment must be obvious to every One; for, if we consider the
Footing on which the present American Post Office is, we much hold
it to be a Species of baneful and unjust Taxation, at least equally dan-
gerous with any other that we have opposed.-------MR> WILLIAM
GODDARD, Printer here, who has conducted this Business hitherto, in-
tends setting out for Williamsburg in a few Days, that he may be present
at the general Meeting of our late House of Representatives, and to lay
before your Committee of Correspondence the several approving and

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recommendatory Letters he has received, from other Committees, on
this Subject; and if they give their Sanction to this Scheme (of which
we have little Doubt, when we reflect upon their noble Struggles in
Support of their Country’s Freedom) it will be immediately executed,
in a Manner, it is presumed, that will give general Satisfaction, and
rescue American Correspondence out of the Hands of our wicked and
designing Enemies.”

A farther Account of ELECTIONS, viz. For Albemarle, THOMAS
JEFFERSON and JOHN WALKER, Esquires. For Amelia, JOHN TABB
and JOHN WINN, Esquires. For Amherst, WILLIAM CABELL
Junior, and JOSEPH CABELL, Esquires. For Augusta, CHARLES
LEWIS and SAMUEL M^cDOWELL, Esquires. For Bedford, JOHN
TALBOT and CHARLES LYNCH, Esquires. For Berkeley, ROBERT
RUTHERFORD and JOHN HITE, Esquires. For Botetourt, ANDREW
LEWIS and JOHN BOWYER, Esquires. For Brunswick, FREDERICK
MACLIN and HENRY TAZEWELL, Esquires. For Buckingham, JOHN
NICHOLAS and ANTHONY WINSTON, Esquires. For Charolotte,
PAUL CARRINGTON and JAMES SPEED, Esquires. Gor Culpepper,
HENRY PENDLETON and HENRY FIELD, Junior, Esquires. For
Cumberland, WILLIAM FLEMING and JOHN MAYO, Esquires. For
Dunmore, FRANCIS SLAUGHTER and ABRAHAM BIRD, Esquires.
For Elizabeth City, HENRY KING and WORLICH WESTWOOD,
Esquires. For Fairfax, GEORGE WASHINGTON and CHARLES BROAD-
WATER, Esquires. For Fauquier, THOMAS MARSHALL and JAMES
SCOTT, Esquires. For Frederick, JAMES WOOD and ISAAC ZEENE,
Esquires. For Fincastle, WILLIAM CHRISTIAN and ROBERT DOAKE,
Esquires. For Goochland, JOHN WOODSON and THOMAS M. RAN-
DOLPH, Esquires. For Halifax, NATHANIEL TERRY and MACAJAH
WATKINS, Esquires. For Hampshire, JAMES MERCER and JOSEPH
NEVILLE, Esquires. For King George, JOSEPH JONES and WIL-
LIAM FITZHUGH, Esquires. For King and Queen, GEORGE
BROOKE and GEORGE LYNE, Esquires. For Lancaster, JAMES SEL-
DEN and CHARLES CARTER, Esquires. For Loudoun, FRANCIS
PEYTON and JOSIAH CLAPHAM, Esquires. For Louisa, THOMAS
JOHNSON and THOMAS WALKER, Esquires. For Lunenburg, RICH-
ARD CLAIBORNE and THOMAS PETTUS, Esquires. For Northamp-
ton, ADIEL MILBY and JOHN BOWDOIN, Esquires. For Northum-
berland, PETER P. THORNTON and RODHAM KENNER, Esquires.
For Orange, THOMAS BARBOUR and JAMES TAYLOR, Junior,
Esquires. For Prince Edward, PETER LE GRAND and WILLIAM
BIBB, Esquires. For Princess Anne, WILLIAM ROBINSON and
CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, Esquires. For Prince William, HENRY LEE
and THOMAS BLACKBURNE, Esquires. For Richmond, ROBERT W.
CARTER and FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, Esquires. For Southamp-
ton, EDWIN GRAY and HENRY TAYLOR, Esquires. For Spotsylva-
nia, GEORGE STUBBLEFIELD and MANN PAGE, Junior, Esquires.
For Stafford, JOHN ALEXANDER and CHARLES CARTER, Esquires.
For Westmoreland, RICHARD HENRY LEE and RICHARD LEE,
Esquires.

Marriages.] JAMES DUNLOP, of Port Royal, Merchant, to Miss
BETSEY HILL, od Essex County; an agreeable young Lady, with a
Handsome Fortune.

Deaths.] Captain FRANCIS GAINES, of King and Queen County.
Reverend ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Rector of Washington Parish,
in Westmoreland.

* * In the Copy of Verses addressed to the Author of Considerations,
&c. inserted in our last, dele the Word and before Address, in the first
Line, as it was an Errour of the Press.

FRIDAY, Agust 5. This Day the Commissioners on Behalf of this
Colony, to attend the General Congress at Philadelphia the 5th of next
Month, were appointed by Ballot, and are as follows, viz. The
Honourable PEYTON RANDOLPH, Esq; Moderator of the present
Meeting, RICHARD HENRY LEE, GEORGE WASINGTON,
PATRICK HENRY, RICHARD BLAND, BENJAMIN HARRI-
SON, and EDMUND PENDLETON, Esquires; and a Sum of Money,
amounting nearly to 1000l. is to be raised by Subscription from the
several Counties, and paid into the Hands of the Treasurer, to defray the
Expenses of those Gentlemen in Congress.

By the northern Port, arrived this Afternoon, we have the Resolves
of the Province of Pennsylvania, which will be published at large next
Week. At present, we can only observe, that they are fraught with the
most liberal and patriotick Sentiments, and empower their Delegates at
the General Congress to acquiesce in any Agreement of Non-importation
and Non-exportation that may be then adopted, and to endeavour to
have then so formed that hey may be binding upon all, and permanent,
should the publick Interest require it; also to come into any other Mea-
sures, which may tend to the Salvation of AMERICA.

To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.

GENTLEMEN,
I PROPOSE submitting to the Pdblick, so soon as Business of greater
Importance will permit, a candid and impartial EXAMINATION of
a late extraordinary Pamphlet, entitled “Considerations on the present
”State of Virginia:” In which an humble Attempt will be made to
correct some material Errours in Point of Fact; to shew the Futility of
the Author’s Reasoning on so important and interesting a Subject; to
vindicate America in general, and our late HOUSE of BURGESSES in
particular, from the severe Reprehension, the illiberal and unjust Censures,
to which he hath laboured so very industriously to expose them.

A Member of the late and present
HOUSE OF BURGESSES.

≥The Publick would be much obliged to those
Gentlemen of the Faculty, who have an Opportunity
of examining inro the Nature of the Distemper amongst
the HORNED CATTLE (wich too generally prevails
at this Season of the Year) for their Opinion relative
thereto, and to publish what they think the most probable
Method of relieving the Sick or preventing the Disease.

Advertisements.

Just imported, and to be sold on very reasonable Terms,
TWO fine ENGLISH MARES of the Hunter Breed, one of which
has a Foal. They are both young, very large, and may be seen
by applying to Mr. Purdie in Williamsburg, who will also make known
the Terms to any Gentleman inclining to purchase them.

LOST in the Night of the 18th of July,
between Westham and Hardin’s Ordinary, on the Three Notched
Roads, an old LEATHER POCKETT BOOK, in which were several
useful Papers, among them an Order from Mr. John Stuart to <Captain
Robert Goode, for 20l. likewise a Note of Hand from said Stuart for 5l.
payable the last Day of December next, and many others that I do not
remember the Contents of; there were two Blackhead Pencils, but no
Money in the Book. Whoever contrives the said Book, with the Papers,
to Mr. Giles Hardin, Mr. Richard Crump in Manchester, or the Subscri-
ber in Chesterfield County, shall be rewarded for their Trouble.
(1ll) ROBERT DOUGLASS, Junior.
N. E. I forewarn all Persons from taking an assignment of any of
the above Notes.

KING & QUEEN, August 1, 1774.
WHEREAS, on the 28th of June, two
Men, who called themselves JOSEPH ABRAHAM and
ISAAC DALYON, called at the Subscriber’s, and got sundry Necessa-
ries to the Amount of 18s. and at the same Time purchased a DOUBLE
POLL CHAIR with a Top to it, painted dark Green, with a double
Set of Harness, for which they were to pay 12l. on their Return from
Williamsburg, which they said, at farthest, was to be the Monday Fort-
night after, when they were to bring with them two young Ladies; and
as, from their not returning agreeable to their Promise, there is great
Reason to believe they were a Couple of Sharpers, and may have assumed
fictitious Names, I hereby off a Reward of 40s. to any Person who
will secure my Chair for me, upon giving me Notice. They were both
dressed alike, viz. brown Jeans Coat and Jacket, Buckskin Breeches,
with Boots and Spurs; one had a white Hat, the other a black one.
They came on Horseback, and tied their Saddles behind the Chair; one
of the Men is of a fair Complexion, the other is very brown.
(ll) JOHN GARDINER.

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AUGUSTA County, July 17, 1774
WHEREAS one DANIEL M^cGINNIS,
who pretends to be a Schoolmaster, is indebted to the Subscri-
ber nine Pounds, and has absconded from these Parts, I hereby offer a
Reward of 40s. to any Person who will secure him, and give Notice to
me. He is an Irishman, about five Feet seven Inches high, wears his
Hair tied behind, and has much of the Brogue; had on a blue Coat and
Jacket, with new Buckskin Breeches.
(1ll) ANDREW MEEK.

AMELIA, July 1, 1774.
IN the beginning of April last, two Men
came to my Shop in the Country, with a broke down Waggon, in
Order to have it repaired, and in it a Team of five Horses. One of the
Men, who called himself the Waggoner, said he had Business at Peters-
burg, and would return by the Time the Wagon could be ready. The
other said he came from England about four years ago, was then on his
Way back, and called himself Thomas Ferney. Each of them took a Horse
and went off, and I have never heard of them since. The other three
Horses, Harness, Waggon, Waggon Osnabrug Cover, and ten Bags
marked I, are at my Plantation. One of the Horses is a BLACK, has a
Scar in his Forehead, some Saddle Spots, about four Feet nine or ten
Inches high, paces slow, dockt, and branded on the near Buttock I;
another is a SORREL, has a white Mane and Tail, shod before, dockt,
and branded on the near Shoulder A; the third is a DARK BAY, his
hind Feet white, shod before, is very lame, occasioned, as is supposed,
by his Shoulder being out of Joint, four Feet eight Inches high, but has no
Brand perceivable. They are all poor, appear to be old, and the Hair
much rubbed off by the Traces. The Waggoner wore an old Coat and
Jacket of Dove coloured Duroy, Buckskin Breeches, Felt Hat, Dowlass
Shirt, and a Pair of Very bad shoes; has short dark brown Hair, a small
round full Face, about five Feet eight Inches high, and appears to be
about 22 Years of Age. Ferney has light tied Hair, a think Visage, fair
Complexion, and a little marked with the Smallpox; wore an old Sur-
tout Coat, fine Shirt, and Hat, wrote a Variety of Hands, and exceed-
ing well, said he had been a Schoolmaster in Virginia and Carolina, and
is about twenty Years of Age. It is supposed the Owner of the Horses,
Waggon, &c. lives in Pennsylvania, from whence the Waggoner said he
brought Wheat; but his Waggon giving Way, obliged him to sell some,
and lodge the rest on the Road. The Owner may have the Things in
my Possession on proving his Property, and paying Charges.
(1ll) ROBERT COUSINS.

To be RENTED annually, or for a Term of Years,
SWAN”S POINT FERRY and BOATS, with two good Dwelling-
Houses, all necessary Outhouses, an exceeding fine Pasture, and
Land sufficient to work four Hands, under a good Fence. For Terms
apply to the Subscriber.
(tf) JOHN HARTWELL COCKE.

SWAN”S POINT, August 3, 17774.
AGREEABLE to the Wish of many
Gentlemen (my Friends) I have rented the Houses, &c.</em at Col.
Bland’s Mill, in Prince George, and intend (God willing) to open Tavern
there the first of January next. I have contracted that the Houses shall
be in good Repair, and furnished with a good Stable, &c. As I have
an extensive Acquaintance with Gentlemen who travel that Way, shall
hope for small Favours when convenient, and will endeavour to deserve
them. Many small Debts are due to me for Ferriage, &c. at this Place,
which would be of infinite Service in my present Circumstances, and I
hope they will be discharged before my Departure, nor shall I have any
Inclination to keep such Accounts in future.
(2ll) THOMAS FENNER.

DUMFRIES, July 28, 1774,
THE DUMFRIES JOCKEY CLUB
PURSE of 100 GUINEAS will be run for on Tuesday the 25th of
November next, which is fixed on for the first Day of the Dumfries Races
for this Year. No Person will be allowed to start a Horse, Mare, or
Gelding, for this Purse, but an actual Member of the Club. There will
be a Subscription Purse for the second Day, and another the third Day
of the Races, the Particulars about which will be advertised hereafter.
-----A Premium of 5 GUINEAS will be given to the Person who brings
the largest and fattest Bullock to this Market the Saturday before the
Races, a Premium of 3 GUINEAS for the six largest and fattest Mut-
tons, and a Premium to the Person or Persons for the two largest and
fattest Veals.
RICHARD GRAHAM, Secretary.

HALIFAX, July 22, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony Immediately.
THOMAS MURDOCH,

WILLIAM & MARY College, July 28, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the COLONY soon.
SAMUEL SHEILD.

NORFOLK, July 30, 1774.
WILL leave this Colony, in a few Weeks,
(ll) JOHN BRUCE.
** The School, kept here by Mr. Bruce, for some Years past, will
be continued to its usual Extent by Mr. Stevenson, The Debts that
shall become due to the said School in Mr. Bruce’s Absence will be col-
lected by Mr. James Ingram, his Attorney, to whom such as intend to
enter any new, or withdraw any of the present Scholars, will be pleased
to make known their Intentions.

To be SOLD, on Saturday the 6th of September, at
the late Dwelling House of Mr. JAMES RANSOM,
deceased, in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County,
SUNDRY NEGROES, and the PLANTATION whereon the said
Ransom lived, containing 373 Acres, reserving the Widow her
Dower. Part of the Purchase Money must be paid down, and short
Credit will be allowed for the Remainder. (1ll)

To be SOLD,
TWO likely young Virginia born NEGRO WOMEN about seven-
teen Years of Age each; they are good Spinners, and understand
most Sorts of Household Work, though of late they have been employed
in Plantation Business, and are reputed very good Hands. A reasonable
Credit will be given to a punctual Purchaser, on giving Bond with good
Security. ELIZABETH MARTIN.
KING WILLIAM, August 1, 1774.

To be SOLD, on Thursday the 18th Instant (August)
at Sussex Courthouse, being Court Day, to the highest
Bidders,
UPWARDS of 100,000 Wt. of TRANSFER TOBACCO,
belonging to Albemarle Parish, in said County. Credit will be allowed
until the 25th of April for near 40,000 Wt. of the said Tobacco, the
Purchasers giving Bond with approved Security. (2)

To be SOLD, on FRIDAY the 2d of September, at the
late Dwelling-House of Mr. Thomas Tinsley, de-
ceased, in Hanover Town.
NINE very valuable SLAVES, together with all his personal Estate,
consisting of every Kind of useful and fashionable Household and
Kitchen Furniture, a valuable Stock of Cattle, Hogs, Horses, and
Sheep. At the same Time will be rented the Lot and Houses thereon,
being a Dwelling-House, Smokehouse, Dairy, Kitchen, Stable, Billiard
House, two very good Shops, and a Garden well paled in. The Build-
ings are all in good Repair, and remarkably well calculated for keeping a
Tavern. Twelve Months Credit for all Sums above 25s. will be allowed
the Purchasers, on giving Bond with approved Security to the Subscriber,
who requests the Favour of all Persons indebted to the Estate to make
speedy Payments; and those who have Demands against it to make them
known, without Delay, to Leighton Wood, Junior, who is empowered
to adjust the same. All Debts not punctually discharged are to carry
Interest from the date of the Bonds.
(4) AGNES TINSLEY, Administratrix.

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IF WILLIAM LEADAM, who came to
America some Years ago, of Beverly in England, and
lived somewhere about Ocracock in North Carolina, be living, and will
apply to the Postmaster in Williamsburg, he may hea of something to
his Advantage; if dead and left any issue it will be taken kind of any
One to inform him, that he may communicate the same to his Relations
in England. (ll)

For SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Spotsylvania County, six
Miles above Fredericksburg, containing about
700 Acres, with a Dwelling-House, &c. the Property
of the late Doctor Sutherland. This Land will be
sold altogether, or in Lots. The Terms may be
known by applying to the Subscriber, in Fredericksburg.
(1ll) WILLIAM SUTHERLAND.

To be SOLD, for ready Cash, at Amelia Courthouse,
on Thursday the 25th of this Instant (August) be-
ing Court Day,
A TRACT of LAND, containing by Estimation,
100 Acres, whereon the said Grigg now lives,
and adjoining the Lands of Thomas Pavery, George
Highwater, and George Long. It is sold by Virtue of
a Deed of Trust from William Grigg, to John Tabb,
Esq; and Richard Booker and Co.
THOMAS SHORE.

RUN away from the Subscriber, in Amherst
County, the 10th of July, a Mulatto Woman named SALL,
though commonly goes by the Name of Sally Grey; she is of a middle
Size, well shaped, Virginia born, and about 25 Years old; had on, when
she went away, a brown Linen Jacket and Petticoat, and I cannot learn
that she carried any other Clothes wither. She is of a numerous Family
of Mulattoes, formerly belonging to a Gentleman of the Name of Howard,
in York County, from whence I purchased her a few Years ago, and
where she may attempt to go again, or perhaps into Cumberland,
or Amelia, where I am informed many of her Kindred live. I shall
esteem it a particular Favour of those Gentlemen who have any of her
Relations in their Possession, to have her apprehended, if she is discovered
lurking about their Plantations; and I will give a handsome Reward,
besides what the Law allows, to any Person who will deliver her to me.
(6) GABRIEL PENN.

WILLIAMSBURG, August 3rd, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Negro
Man named BEN, middle sized well set, very black, has lost his
right Eye, stoops a little when he walks, appears to be about 50 Years
old, and speaks such broken English that it is scarce possible to understand
what he says; had on, when he went away, an Osnabrug Shirt, and an
old Pair of white Russia Drab Breeches pretty much torn. Whoever ap-
prehends the said Slave, and conveys him to me in Williamsburg, shall be
rewarded for their Trouble, besides being paid what the Law allows.
PETER PELHAM.

LANEVILLE, August 3, 1774.
STRAYED from hence the 12th of last
Month, a likely BLACK HORSE, three Years old last May, about
fourteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane, and Switch Tail. He has
been very lately broke to the Saddle, though never rode much. Whoever
brings hm to me shall have FIVE DOLLARS Reward.
RICHARD CORBIN, Junior.

STRAYED from the Subscriber on Wed-
nesday the 17th of July, a BAY HORSE about fourteen Hands
high, with a hanging Mane, and Bob Tail, and branded on the near
Buttock O. I will give 10s. Reward to any Person that brings him to
me, in Williamsburg. JONATHAN PROSSER.

CABIN POINT, July 28, 1774.
STRAYED from this Place, about two
Months ago, a SORREL HORSE with a roached Mane and Bob
Tail, is about fourteen Hands high, and seven Years old. Any Person
who will give me such Intelligence of the said Horse as I may get him
again shall have 40s. Reward, and if they deliver him here be allowed
reasonable traveling Charges. JOHN WRIGHT.

STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
scriber’s Plantation near Williamsburg, about ten Days ago, a ROAN
MARE about fourteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Switch
Tail, paces slow, and has the usual Marks of a Work Beast; her Brand,
if she has any, is forgot. Whoever brings her to the Subscriber, or to
Mr. William Douglas, at Providence Forge (where she belongs) shall have
20s. Reward; and if stolen 5l. on Conviction of the Thief.
WILLIAM HOLT.

TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, eight HOGS, marked with a Crop,
Slit, and Underkeel in the right Ear, and a Crop and Slit in the
left. Also thirteen unmarked SHOATS, Posted, and appraised to
7l. 19s. (ll) RICHARD SWEPSON.

TAKEN up, in Surry, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE, about eight
Years old, fourteen Hands high, his two hind Feet white, paces
slow, canters shod before, dockt, but not branded. Posted, and ap-
praised to 20l. WILLIAM BROWN.

TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a BLACK MARE about four Feet two
Inches high, twelve Years old, and has a Star in her Forehead.
Posted, and appraised to 35s. (ll) WILLIAM HOWLE.

TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a BLACK MARE about four Feet
three Inches high, has a few Saddle Spots, branded on the near
Buttock I, and marked with an Underkeel in the right Ear. Posted,
and appraised to 5l. (ll) THOMAS JAMES.

CHARLOTTE, July 14, 1774.
THE STORE in this County heretofore
kept by Mr. Robert Cuninghame, for Account of Mess. Alexander
Speirs and Co. of Glasgow, is now under the Direction of Mr. Christopher
M^cConnico. It is hoped that those who have Accounts still open on the
Books will be speedy in their Application to have them settled. Such as
have Claims on the Company, for Dealings with Mr. Cuninghame, are
required to make them known immediately, that they may be adjusted.
The Store will be supplied to the usual Extent.
JAMES FAIRLIE.

To be SOLD, and entered upon immediately,
THE PLANTATION of Moses Hare, deceased, of Hertford County,
North Carolina, with several Pieces of valuable Land adjoining
thereto, the Whole about three Miles in Length and one in Breadth;
there is on the Plantation about 150 Acres cleared, with a beautiful
Meadow before of about 100 Acres, which affords a charming Prospect,
and makes an excellent Pasture; it is in very good Repair, with extra-
ordinary good Improvements of almost all Kinds, lies on the great Wag-
gon Road from Suffolk Town in Virginia to the greatest Part of Carolina,
and is most commodiously situated for a Store and Tavern, with many
other Conveniences too tedious to mention. Any Person inclinable to
purchase may have a great Bargain, by timely applying to Captain Ed-
ward Hare, near the Premises, or the Subscriber, near Bath Town, in
Beaufort County. MOSES HARE.

To be SOLD, by the Subscriber, in Petersburg, for
Cash, Wheat, or Tobacco,
BARBADOS RUM and SPIRITS, Muscovade SUGAR, WHITE
GINGER, PEPPER, Russia DRILLINGS and SHEETINGS,
Women’s Calimanco SHOES, 4d and 8d NAILS, some Boxes of assorted
DUROYS, SAGATHIES, and TRIMMIMNGS, also a few Pieces of
fashionable SILKS. EMANUEL WALKER.

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THE Ship TRIUMPH will certainly sail
for London in six Weeks, agreeable to Charter; and will take in
Tobacco, on Liberty of Consignment, at 8l. Sterline per Tun. Any
Personinclinable to ship Tobacco in her will be pleased to send their Or-
ders to Mr. James Donald at Manchester, to Mr. Charles Duncan at Bland-
ford, to Captain Rogers, at Bermuda Hundred, or to the Subscriber at
Curle’s, who will be extremely obliged by the Assistance of his Friends.
PHILIP MAZZEI.

WILLIAMSBURG, July 28, 1774.
GEORGE HAMILTON, CARVER and
GILDER, just from Britain, and new in this City, hereby informs
the Publick that he intends carrying on his Business in all its Branches,
viz. Looking-Glass Frames in Burnish or Oil Gilding, Girandoles,
Ornaments and Decorations for Gentlemens Houses, Chimney Pieces,
Door and Window Cornices, Mouldings and Enrichments, Hall and
Dressing Glasses; all the above after the new Palmyrian Taste.----
Any Gentlemen wanting Designs of the above Articles may be furnished
either at their respective Houses in Town or Country, or at Mr. Edmund
Dickinson’s, Cabinet Maker; where old Frames may be re-gilded, and
Glasses new silvered, History and Portrait Paintings (though much de-
faced) cleaned and renewed to their former Lustre, also Chairs and
Chariots gilded.

To be RENTED from Year to Year, or for a Term
of Years, and to be entered upon the 1st of Septem-
ber next,
A CONVENIENT TENEMENT in this Town, at present in the
Possession of Mr. Andrew Johnson; whereon is a commodious
Storehouse, with a large Counting Room and Lodging Rooms under the
same Roof, Lumber Houses of different Sizes, and for different Purposes,
Stables, Chairhouses, and a Garden well paled in. Any useful Repairs
may be made the Tenant, and the Expense deducted out of the Rent.
The Terms, which are extremely low, may be known by applying to me
in Petersburg. BOLLING STARK.

STRAYED from the Subscriber, the 12th
of May, a YELLOW BAY MARE, near fourteen Hands, with
a Blaze Face, and had a bad Sore on her off Side. As she was bred in
Prince Edward County, she will probably endeavour to return there.
Whoever brings the said Mare to me, in Richmond Town, shall be well
rewarded. (2) JAMES BUCHANAN.

YORK Town, July 27, 1774.
MY Mulatto Fellow CORNELIUS ran
away from this Town about five Weeks ago; he was appre-
hended at Fredericksburg, brought here and imprisoned, and last Night
broke Jail. While he continued at Fredericksburg unmolested, he passed
for a Freeman. His Wife, a Mulatto, was in Company with him; both
were considered as free People, and hired in the Harvest by some Plan-
ters. Their Scheme was to get Money, and to proceed back upon the
Frontiers of Virginia. Whosoever apprehends the Mulatto Fellow in this
Colony, and delivers him to me, will be entitled to a Reward of 5l.
or if secured in any of the County Jails, and immediate Notice thereof
given to me, 3l. if taken in Carolina, Maryland, or any other Colony,
and delivered to me, 8l. and if taken in another Colony, and secured in
any of the County Jails here, 6l.
JOHN H. NORTON.
N. B. The Fellow is middle sized; he carried with him a Russia Drill
Postilion Coat and Waistcoat, and an old blue Livery Cloth Suit.

Five Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Richmond Town, the 28th of
June, a likely Negro Man named YORK, about 23 Years of Age,
five Feet nine or ten Inches high, well made, has a Scar upon one of
his Wrists, occasioned by a Burn, but I cannot tell which. Whoever
delivers him to me, or secures him in any of his Majesty’s Jails, so that
I get him again, shall have the above Reward, besides what the Law allows.
(4ll) DICK HOLLAND.

RUN away from the Subscriber, in Cum-
berland; about the 7th of July, a likely Virginian born Negro Man
named MOSES, about 24 Years of Age, and middle sized; had on,
when he went away, a brown Linen Shirt, Hempen Rolls Breeches,
white Plains Waistcoat, and Castor Hat about Half worn; carried with
him a new Felt Hat, a Pair of Shoes, Worsted and Thread Stockings,
a short striped Holland Coat and Waistcoat, and a Pair of Leather
Breeches, which makes it probable he may alter his Dress. He is a sen-
sible Fellow, and a great Rogue; pretends to have a Wife at Mr. Emanuel
Jone’s, in Williamsburg, where it is probable he may be lurking. Who-
ever will take up the said Negro, and secure him in any Jail, so that I
get him again, shall have 40s. Reward, and if brought to me 3l.
(2ll) HENRY MACON.

RUN away from the Subscriber, in WEST-
moreland, on Sunday Night the 10th of July, a Scotch Convict
Servant named THOMAS SCOTT, by Trade a Tailor, about five Feet
seven Inches and a Half high, rather slim made, pretty much marked
with the Smallpox, wears his own light coloured Hair tied behind, has
a down Look, is much inclined to drinking, fond of playing at Cards,
will push himself into any Company, speaks much in the Scotch Dialect,
and is fond of singing Songs; had on, when he went away, a Kind of
Drab Cloth Coat, black Cloth Waistcoat, white short Osnabrug Breeches,
white Thread Stockings, a black Silk Handkerchief about his Neck, and
a Pair of double rimmed Silver Plated Buckles in his Shoes. He stole,
and carried with him, a Pink Coloured Duroy Coat and red Poplin Waist-
coat they were only cut out, but I make no Doubt of his having got
them made up, and wearing of them; also some Silver Lace, with which I
imagine he will lace his Hat, which is not very old, though not very
fine, and several coarse and fine Shirts. He made an Attempt to get
over Mr. Fantleroy’s Ferry on Rappahannneck but did not succeed. Who-
ever will bring the said Servant to me, or secures him so that I get him
again, shall have a Reward of 10l. besides that the Law allows.
RICHARD CADDEEN.

ROBERT BRUCE,
WATCHMAKER,
At the House above Mr.ANDERSON:S Tavern,
MAKES and REPAIRS all Sorts of WATCHES
and CLOCKS, and will be much obliged to those
who please to employ him. He returns his most grate-
ful Thanks to his former Customers, and begs a Conti-
uance of their Favours. (ll)
**WATCHES sent from the COUNTRY shall
be done with Expedition, and returned with Care.

FOR SALE,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Surry County, beautifully situ
ated on James River, a little above Swan’s Point, containing about
1300 Acres, well timbered with Pine and White Oak, and a Stream with
a Dam across it sufficient to carry a Saw Mill runs through the Middle
of the Land. Any Person inclinable to purchase may know the Terms
by applying to Captain James Belsobes at Cabin Point, Colonel Herbert
Claiborne in King William, or the Subscriber at Huntington.
CHARLES HARRISON.

FOR SALE,
TWO THOUSAND Acres of LAND, lying on the River Shenando,
in the County of Frederick, eight Miles above Ashby’s Gap. One
Third of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, and an ex-
tensive Credit will be given for the Remainder. Mr. James Brown will
show the Land to any Person inclinable to purchase, and I shall be on
the Premises the last Week in September next.
(tf) NATHANIEL BURWELL.
ISLE OF WIGHT, July 19, 1774.

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POETS CORNER.
The CHOICE of a WIFE by CHEESE.

THERE liv’d in York, an Age ago,
A Man whose Name was Pimlico;
He lov’d three Sisters passing well,
But which the best he could not tell.
These Sisters three, divinely fair,
Show’d Pimlico their tenderest Care;
For each was elegantly bred,
And all were much inclin’d to wed,
And all made Pimlico their Choice,
And prais’d him with their sweetest Voice.
Young Plim, the gallant and the gay,
Like Ass divided ‘tween the Hay,
At last resolv’d to gain his Ease,
And choose his Wife by eating Cheese.
He wrote his Card, he seal’d it up,
And said with them that Night he’d sup;
Begg’d that there might only be
Good Cheshire Cheese, and but them three;
He was resol’d to crown his Life,
And by that Means to fix his Wife.
The Girls were pleas’d at his Conceit,
Each dress’d herself divinely neat;
With Faces full of Peace and Plenty,
Blooming with Roses under twenty;,
For surely Nancy, Betty, Sally,
Were sweet as Lillies of the Valley.
But, singly, surely buxom Bet
Was like new Hay and Minionet;
But each’d surpas’d a Poet’s Fancy,
For that, of Truth, was said of Nancy;
And, as for Sal, she was a Dona,
As fair as those of old Crotona,
Who to Appelles lent their Faces,
To make up Madam Helen’s Graces.
To these the gay, divided Pim,
Came gallantly smart and trim;
When every smiling Maiden, certain,
Cut of the Cheese to prove her Fortune.
Nancy, at once, nor fearing---caring,
To show her Saving, eat the Pairing;
And Bet, to show her generous Mind,
She cut and threw away the Rhind;
While prudent Sarah, sure to please,
Like a clean Maiden, scrap’d her Cheese.
This done, young Pimlico reply’d,
”Sally I now declare my Bride:
”With Nan I can’t my Welfare put,
”For she has prov’d a dirty Slut;
”And Betsy, who has par’d the Rhind,
”Would give my Fortune to the Wind.
”Sally, the happy Medium chose,
”And I with Sarah will repose:
”She’s prudent, cleanly; and the Man,
”Who fixes on a nuptial Plan,
”Can never err if he will choose
”A Wife by Cheese-----before he ties the Noose.”

WE the Subscribers, having for some Time
past experienced very great Inconvenience arising from the Un-
certainty of the Time of our Meeting in Williamsburg, have now resolved,
and are determined, for the future, to meet there every 25th Day of
October and April; of which we give this publick Notice, that those who
have Business to transact with us may know when to attend.
JAMES LYLE. NEIL JAMIESON.
ARCHIBALD RITCHIE. JAMES GLASSFORD.
DANIEL M^cCALLUM. WILLS COWPER.
ROBERT DONALD. MATTHEW PHRIPP.
JAMES FAIRLIE. JOHN HAMILTON.
JAMES DONALD. THOMAS SIMPSON.
ALEXANDER BAINE. JOHN GILMOUR.
JOHN FISHER CHARLES GILMOUR.
WILLIAM MITCHELL. JOHN HAY, & Co.
RICHARD ADAMS. BENJAMIN BAILEY, & Co.
ALEXANDER BUCHANAN. ANTHONY WARWICK.
ANDREW CHALMER. INGLIS & LONG.
EDWARD JOHNSON. FIELDIING LEWIS.
NINIAN MINZIES. ARCHIBALD CUNISON.
THOMAS MAIN. HENRY MITCHELL.
ROBERT RUTHERFORD. JAMES ROBISON.
ARCHIBALD M^{cCALL. JAMES SOMERVELL.
McCALL & SHEDDEN. WILLIAM HENDERSON.
ADAM FLEMING. JOHN GLASSELL.
THOMAS RUSSELL. ANDREW CRAWFORD.
HECTOR ROSS. RICHARD HANSON.
NEIL McCOULL. JAMES INGRAM.
JOHN LINDSAY. WILLIAM HARRISON.
JAMES GIBSON, & Co. EDUMUND PENDLETON, Jun.
JOHN JOHNSON. JOHN BAIRD.
ROBERT BURTON. THOMAS SHORE.
ARCHIBALD BRYCE. PATRICK COUTTS.
ARCHIBALD GOVAN. MOSS ARMISTEAD.
ANDREW JOHNSON, Jun. EILBECK, ROSS, & Co.
EDWARD BRISBANE. JOHN TABB.
WILLIAM JOHNSON. CORNELIUS CALVERT.
THOMAS YOUNGER. ROBERT PLEASANTS, & Co.
SIMON FRASER. THOMAS EVANS.
THOMAS HODGE. EDWARD STABLER.
JAMES McDOWALL. DAVID RUSSELL.
DAVID COHRAN. GEORGE PURDIE.}

WILLIAMSBURG, July 19, 1774.
JAMES SLATE, TAILOR from London, begs Leave to inform the Publick that has just opened Shop the
second Door below Mr. Anderson’s Tavern, where he carries on his Busi-
ness in all its Branches, and will be much obliged to those who may
please to favour him with their Custom. (ll)

TAKEN up, by the Subscriber, the 14th
of June last, a Negro named SAM, who appears to be about
fifty Years of Age, about five Feet Inches high, speaks bad English, and cannot, or will not, tell his Owner’s Name; had on Negro Cotton
Jacket and Breeches, also a Jacket made of Virginia Cloth. There being
no Jail in this County, I have put him with my Negroes, and shall be
glad that his Owner apply for him as soon as possible.
ARCHELAUS AUSTIN, Jailer.

COMMITTED toBedford Jail, a Servant
Man named THOMAS FLINN, who says he belongs to Thomas
Badget, near the Rocky Ridge, He is about five Feet six or seven Inches
high, well made, and appears to be about eighteen Years of Age. The
Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away.
(ll) SAMUEL FARR.

To be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, on Monday the
1st of August, at the Subscriber’s Plantation in King
George, opposite to Port Royal,
TWENTY very likely Virgina born SLAVES, consisting of Men,
Women, Boys, and Girls. Good Merchants Notes will be re-
ceived, payable at the October General Court, and a Discount of five per
Cent. allowed for ready Money. T TURNER.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12 s. 6 d a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for
3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after.-----** All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with
Care and Expedition.

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For SALE,
MILLSTONES, Dutch FANS, RIDDLES for FANS, WOVE
WIRE for ROLLING SCREENS, LOOKING GLASSES of
every Kind, BRASS CHARIOT BOXES, BRASS CHAIR NAILS,
BAR IRON, Madeira WINE, Demarara and Jamaica SPIRITS, and
a strong Top CHAISE quite new(tf) JOHN SYME.
NEWCASTLE, July 14, 1774 .

For CHARTER, to any Part of EUROPE,
THE SHIP Anne, Thomas Wilson Master, Burthern
520 Hhds. Or 14,000 Bushels. For Terms ap-
ply to me in Norfolk, JOHN WALKER.
**Who has for Sale a Quantity of exceeding
good coarse SALT, on reasonable Terms.

YORK Town, July 18, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately,
and shall return in a few Months.
WILLIAM GOOSLEY.

Pursuant to a Decree of the Honourable General Court,
and by Letter of Attorney from Colonel George
Mercer of Virginia, now in London, will be sold
at publick Auction,
ABOUT 3500 ACRES of LAND in the County of Loudon, near
West’s Ordinary, about twelve Miles from Leesburg, forty from
Alexandria, and thirty five from Dumfries, on Potowmack. This Land is
well known, by the Description of Bull Run Mountains, and is very fertile.
---Also 6500 Acres on Shenando River, in the County of Frederick, op-
posite to Snicker’s Ordinary, and binding on the River about seven Miles.
As this Tract is Part of a Survey one of the first in that Part of the Colo-
ny, its good Quality cannot be questioned, it is well watered, will admit
of two Mills on Land Streams, and others on the River; there are now
on it six Plantations well improved for Cropping, 110 Slaves, and very
large and choice Stocks of Horses (some of the Dray Breed) black Cattle,
Hogs, and Sheep; which, together with the Crops of Corn and Wheat
now growing (expected to be upwards of 2000 Barrels and 5000 Bushels)
will be sold on the Premises, on the 24th Day of November or next
fair Day.----The Loudoun Lands will be sold at West’s Ordinary, on the
21st Day of the same Month. Both Tracts will be laid off in Lots to suit
every Kind of Purchaser, who may see them by applying to Mr. Francis
Peyton, near the Loudoun Land, and Mr. William Dawson, who resides
on the Shenado Tract. Among the Slaves are two good Blacksmiths,
two Carpenters, and an exceeding trusty and skillful Waggoner. The
aged black Cattle, and grown Hogs, will be fattened for Slaughter.-----
Purchasers above 25l. will be allowed twelve Months Credit, on giving
Bond and Security to the Subscribers, who will be prepared to make
Conveyances. JOHN TAYLOE.
(20) GEORGE WASHINGTON.

COMMITTED to Bedford Jail, a Servant
Man who says his Name is JOHN FORBES, and that he belongs
to John Hook, in North Carolina, a thick well made Fellow, of a reddish
Complexion, five Feet six or seven Inches high, and about fifty Years of
Age. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. (ll) SAMUEL FARR.

RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of
Wight, near Milner’s Warehouse, on the 13th of June, a Mulatto
Man named SAM, about 35 Years of Age, five Feet four or five Inches
high, of a pleasant Countenance, a remarkable Scar on one of his little
Fingers, and has lost some of his fore Teeth; had on, and carried with
him, a Pair of brown Rolls Trousers, an Osnabrug Shirt, and an old
Negro Cotton Jacket. I have heard he is making for Norfolk, in Order
to get on Board some Vessel, and it is probable he may try to pass for a
Freeman; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring
or carrying him off, at their Peril. I will give 3l. Reward to any Person
who will deliver him to me, or secure him so that I may get him again.
(ll) MATTHEW JORDAN.

RUN away from the Subscriber, in Buck-
ingham a Negro Woman names BESS; had on, and carried with
her, a green Calimanco Petticoat, a striped Holland Waistcoat, a
Negro Cotton Petticoat, a Virginia Cloth one striped with Copperas and
filled in with blue Yarn, two Osnabrug Shifts, one new, the other old.
Whoever brings the said Negro to me, at Buckingham Courthouse, shall
have 5l. Reward if taken in Carolina, and 40s. if in Virginia, besides
what the Law allows. ARCHELAUS AUSTIN.

TAKEN up, inBedford, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE about three
Years old, four Feet two Inches high, has a small white Spot on
his left Cheek, dockt, but not branded. Posted, and appraised to 7l.
(ll) ROBERT EWING.

TAKEN up, inChesterfield, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE COLT two
Years old, four Feet two Inches high, a Star in his Forehead, and
a Snip on his Nose. Posted, and appraised to 5l.
(ll) JOHN AMONET.

TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a DARK BAY HORSE with several
Saddle Spots, appears to be Hipshotten, has a few gray Hairs at
the Root of his Tail, had on a Bell with a Patch at the Edge, and branded
on the near Shoulder M. Posted, and appraised to 55s.
JOHN PHELPS.

TAKEN up, in Spotsylvania, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE about four
Feet seven Inches high, a Star in his Forehead, shod before, and
branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock C. Posted, and appraised to
9l. (ll) JOHN TRUE.

TAKEN up, in Goochland, a large DARK BROWN STEER about
five Years old, marked in the right Ear with a Crop and Under-
keel, and branded on the left Horn HM in a Piece. Posted, and ap-
praised to 3l. JOHN LEE.

TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a YELLOW BAY MARE about twelve
Years old, thirteen Hands and a Half high, a Star in her Fore-
head, several Saddle Spots, and branded on the near Buttock H. Also
a GRAY FILLY belonging to the Mare, about six Months old, with
a Snip on its Nose. Posted, and appraised to 5l.
(ll) JOHN AMONET.

TAKEN jup, inDinwiddie, a small Red COW about four Years
old, with Part of her Tail off, marked with a smooth Crop and
Slit in her right Ear, and a Half Moon in the left. She has since had a
Calf. Posted, and appraised to 55s.
(ll) JOHN JONES.

TAKEN up, in Bedford, a Negro Man
named FRANK, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, about 25
Years of Age, his left Thumb has a Cut on the Joint that he cannot
move it, is a little now-legged, and has been a good Deal whipped,
as appears by his Back; had on a Check Shirt, and a Pair of Pompa-
dour coloured Breeches. He says he was imported about twelve Years
ago by Colonel Tabb, and lived at his Home Plantation for some Time,
but, for twelve Months past, he lived with one William Basdale, in
Prince Edward, who he will not agree is his Master. The Owner is
desired to take him away, and pay Charges.
(ll) SAMUEL FARR.

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To be SOLD,
THE Sloop PROVIDENCE, Burthen about 45 Tuns, only nine
Months old, very well built, neatly finished off, completely sound,
has large Accommodations, and sails remarkably fast. For Terms ap-
ply to Captain Charles Thomas at Norfolk, or to
(tf) BENJAMIN HARRISON, Junior.

RUN away from the Subscriber, who is
removed from Boyd’s Hole, on Potowmack River, to Buckskin Creek
on Notoway River, Dinwiddie County, on Saturday the 2d of July, a
likely well made Mulatto Fellow, named HARRY about 22 or 23 Years
of Age, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, some Scars may be seen on
his Arms and Back if stripped, has remarkable high Insteps, speaks fair,
and is very subtle and insinuating, is very fond of Dress, and cannot bear
to go barefoot; had on, when he went away, a dark brown Cloth
Livery Coat turned up with Green, Waistcoat of the same, striped Velveret
Breeches, a white Shirt, Shoes and Stockings, all his Clothes a little
ragged, and I do not doubt his having a Variety of them. He is very
well known in many Parts of Virginia and Maryland, having constantly
travelled with me. As he was bred in Fairfax County, it is probable he
will make there to his Mother, an old Negro Woman formerly the Pro-
perty of the late Parson Green of said County, but has, I believe, been
set free some Years. All Masters of Ships, and other Persons, are hereby
forewarned from harbouring or conveying him out of the Colony, and I
will give 50s. Reward, besides what the Law allows, to any Person that
will deliver the said Slave to me, or secure him in any Jail so that I may
get him again. (4) THEODORICK BLAND.

PETERSBURG, June 26, 1774.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
criber, about the first Instant, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE above
fourteen Hands high, from six to eight Years old, remarkably well set,
paces, trots, and gallops, is short docked, his Mane and Tail remark-
ably black, has a Hole in one of his fore Hoofs occasioned by Gravel, but
his Brand, if any, forgot. He was bred in Surry by Mr. Brown, but
has been used in Lunenburg all last Winter and Spring. As he was
missing a few Days after I had him, I have some Reason to think he was
carried off by a runaway Negro Boy of this Town, who was seen at
Williamsburg the last Meeting. I will give 3l. To any Person wo will
bring him to me. (tf) HENRY LOCHHEAD.

For LIVERPOOL,
THE Ship GREENWOOD, Mackey Reed Master, loads at Norfolk,
has two Thirds of her Cargo already engaged, can take in 200
Hhds. Of Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. Any Gentleman inclin-
ing to ship by her will please to send their Orders to Mr. Richard Raylor
of Petersburg, Mr. Richard Squire Taylor in King William County, or to
us at Norfolk.
(tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.

To be RENTED, from Year to Year, or for a Term
of Years,
BLEVOIR, the beautiful Seat of Honourable George William Fair-
fax, Esq; lying upon Potowmack River in Fairfax County, about
fourteen Miles belowAlexandria. The Mansion House is of Brick, two
Stories high, with four convenient Rooms and a large Passage on the lower
Floor, five Rooms and a Passage on the second, and a Servants Hall
and Cellars below, convenient Offices, Stables, and Coach-House ad-
joining, as also a large and well furnished Garden, stored with a great
Variety of valuable Fruits, in good Order. Appertaining to the Tract
on which these Houses stand, and which contains near 2000 Acres (sur-
rounded in a Manner by navigable Water) are several valuable Fisheries,
and a good Deal of cleared Land in different Part, which may be let
altogether, or separately, as shall be found most convenient. The Terms
may be known of Colonel Washington, who lives near the Premises, or of
me in Berkeley County.
(tf) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.

NORFOLK, April 21, 1774.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Number
of Vessels will be wanted this Summer to bring about 6000 Tuns
of STONE from Mr. Brooke’s Quarry on Rappahannock, and land the
same on Cape Henry for the Lighthouse. Any Person, or Persons, in-
clinable to engage in such Work, are desired to treat with Matthew
Phripp, Paul Loyall, and Thomas Newton, Esqrs. The Directors of the
Lighthouse will also be glad to purchase one of two FLAT BOT-
TOMED VESSELS from 80 to 120 Tuns Burthen
(tf) BASSETT MOSELEY.

NEABSCO FURNACE, April 1, 1774.
RUN away from the Neabsco Furnace, on
the 16th of last Month, a light coloured Mulatto Man named
BILLY or WILL, the Property of the Honourable John Taylor, Esquire.
When I tell the Publick that he is the same Boy, who, for many Years,
used to wait on me in my Travels through this and the neighboring
Province, and, by his Pertness, or rather Impudence, was well known
to almost all my Acquaintances, there is the less Occasion for a particular
Description of him. However, as he is now grown to the Size of a Man,
and has not attended me for some Time past, I think it not amiss to say
that he is a very likely young Fellow, about twenty Years old, five Feet
nine Inches high, stout and strong, made, has a remarkable Swing in his
Walk, but is much more so by a surprising Knack he has of gaining the
good Graces of almost every Body who will listen to his bewitching and
deceitful Tongue, which seldom or ever speaks the Truth; has a small
Scar on the right Side of his Forehead, and the little Finger of his right
Hand is quite straight by a Hurt he got when a Child. He had on when
he went away a blue Fearnought and an under Jacket of green Baize,
of Cotton Breeches, Osnabrug Shirt, a mixed blue Pair of Stockings a Pair
of Country made Shoes, and yellow Buckles. From his Ingenuity, he
is capable of doing almost any Sort of Business, and for some Years past
has been chiefly employed as a Founder, a Stone Mason, and a Miller, as
Occasion required; one of which Trades, I imagine, he will, in the Cha-
racter of a Freeman, profess. I have some Reason to suspect his tra-
vellijng towards James River, under the Pretence of being sent by me on
Business. Whoever apprehends the said Mulatto Slave, and brings him
to me, or to his Master, the Honourable John Tayloe of Mount Airy, or
secures him so as to be had again, shall have double what the Law allows,
and all reasonable Charges paid by
(tf) THOMAS LAWSON.

For SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Amelia County, containing 500 Acres, about
four Miles below the Courthouse, it is remarkable fine Land for
Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in good Order
for Cropping, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary
Houses. Any Person inclinable to purchase may depend on having a
Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to
(tf) WILLIAM MARSHALL.

For SALE,
ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO
LAND, inAmherst County, whereon are several Plantations and
Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the
said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a
Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two
Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a
never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack, who
lives at one of the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made
known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, interest being
paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid
agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by
Colonel William Cabell, at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be
made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel
William Cabell, or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed
for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose
to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, on or near some
navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree.
(tf) CARTER BRAXTON.