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151.
To the public : Being informed that many of our fellow-citizens entert[a]in apprehensions that we may continue as usual to transact trade and business ... we will shut up our store ..
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Murray, Robert, 1721-1786
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152.
To the publick : Fellow citizens, Your sense and humanity have, the last evening, firmly declared against the cruel and unwarrantable measure of banishing from their country two unhappy persons ..
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Friend to order
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153.
To the publick : We the committee, who were appointed by a large number of our respectable fellow-citizens ... to draw up a line of conduct, to prevent the Messrs. Murrays involving others in a breach of the association, do humbly report--that no such line ought to, or can, in our opinion, be drawn up by us ..
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154.
Whereas we the subscribers have broke the Association of the late Continental Congress, by unloading a part of the cargo from on board the ship Beulah ; we do declare that we are sorry for the offence we gave the publick thereby, and that we will for the future strictly adhere to the said Association ..
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Murray, Robert, 1721-1786
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At a meeting of the inhabitants of the city of Annapolis, on Wednesday the 25th day of May, 1774, after notice given of the time, place and occasion of this meeting ..
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156.
At a very full meeting of delegates from the different counties in the colony and dominion of Virginia : begun in Williamsburg the first day of August, in the year of our Lord 1774, and continued by several adjournments to Saturday the 6th of the same month, the following association was unanimously resolved upon and agreed to
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157.
The following extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress, we are induced to publish thus early purely to ease the impatience of the public : Association, &c. ..
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United States. Continental Congress
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158.
Gentlemen, The evils which we have long foreseen are now come upon this town and province, the long meditated stroke is now given to the civil liberty of this country? : ... The bill for blocking up the harbour of Boston is replete with injustice and cruelty ... There can be no doubt of our succeeding to the utmost of our wishes, if we universally come into a solemn league, not to import goods from Great Britain ... we have drawn up a covenant ..
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Boston Committee of Correspondence
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Gentlemen, The evils which we have long foreseen are now come upon this town and province, the long meditated stroke is now given to the civil liberty of this country? : ... The bill for blocking up the harbour of Boston is replete with injustice and cruelty ... There can be no doubt of our succeeding to the utmost of our wishes if we universally come into a solemn league, not to import goods from Great Britain ... we have drawn up a form of a covenant ..
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Boston Committee of Correspondence
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160.
In Provincial Congress, Cambridge, December 5, 1774 : Resolved, that the proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia on the fifth of September last, and reported by the honourable delegates from this colony, have with the deliberation due to their high importance been considered by us ..
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Massachusetts. Provincial Congress
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161.
In the House of Representatives. The report of the delegates of this colony in the late Continental Congress : held at Philadelphia, being made, accepted, and approved.--Resolved, that the Association entered into and signed by them in behalf of this colony, ought to be faithfully kept and observed ... Test. Richard Law, clerk
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Connecticut. General Assembly. House of Representatives
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162.
Proceedings of the general Congress of delegates from the several British colonies in North-America, held in Philadelphia, September 1774
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United States. Continental Congress
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163.
To the freeborn citizens of New-York : Gentlemen, As I conclude every individual is now called upon to contribute his mite in supporting the cause of liberty ..
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Moderate man
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164.
To the inhabitants of New-York : I am much alarmed to find some of my fellow citizens who mean well to the cause of American freedom, under the influence of a strange and mistaken opinion, that it would be proper to withhold all provisions and clothing from the soldiery at Boston ..
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Humanus
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165.
To the people of New-York. : Though the association lately set on foot, was on pretence of keeping the peace of the city, yet it is evident that it has a direct tendency to disturb that peace ..
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Citizen
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[New York] : [Printed by John Holt], [1774]
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166.
To the publick. New-York, October 27, 1774 : Whereas Thomas Charles Williams ... has, in a most daring manner, insulted the inhabitants of British America, by purchasing and shipping 17 packages of tea ... whoever shall be found to harbour or conceal the said Williams, will be deemed an enemy to the liberties of America, and treated accordingly
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Legion, active 1774
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167.
To the public : The sense of the city relative to the landing the India Company's tea ... it is the desire of a number of the citizens, that at his departure from hence, he should see, with his own eyes, their detestation of the measures pursued by the ministry and the India Company, to enslave this country..
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168.
The association of the Sons of Liberty, of New-York : It is essential to the freedom and security of a free people, that no taxes be imposed upon them but by their own consent, or their representatives ..
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Sons of Liberty
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169.
Fellow citizens, friends to liberty and equal commerce
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Student of Law, active 1773
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170.
New-York, November 5, 1773. To the friends of liberty and commerce : Gentlemen, It must be strongly marked on your minds, that the end of the last non-importation agreement, was to obtain a repeal of the tyrannical act of Parliament, that imposed a duty on glass, painter's colours, paper, tea, &c. which was designed to raise a revenue from you, without your consent. You know, that so much of this act, as imposed the duty on tea, is yet unrepealed. Your honour, is therefore, bound to maintain the non-importation agreement, until this act is repealed ..
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Cassius, active 1773
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171.
To the free-holders and free-men of the city, and province of New York : Brethren, While the enemies of our country endeavour, by chicane and false reports, circulated in private, to sap the foundations of liberty ..
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Tradesman, active 1773
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172.
To the friends of liberty and trade, of the city and county of New-York : Gentlemen, the celebrated Pennsylvania Farmer, having been frequently called upon in public, to give his sentiments relative to the measures that should be adopted to battle the present design of the ministry, and the India Company, to enslave America, he is, from the stile, and other considerations, supposed to be the author of the following letter, published in Philadelphia, which is republished, for your information ..
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Sons of Liberty
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173.
To the worthy inhabitants of the city of New-York : the cause, fellow citizens, which I espouse, asks nothing but an impartial judgment ..
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Poplicola, 1749-1811
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174.
To the public : Whoever seriously considers the impoverished state of this city ; especially of many of the poor inhabitants of it, must be greatly surprised at the conduct of such of them as employ the soldiers ..
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Brutus, active 18th century
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175.
An answer to the citizen's address to the public, published the 18th instant
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Plebeian
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176.
A citizen's address to the public : I expect that my fellow citizens, after they have sufficiently amused themselves in reading the late publications that have been pushed under their doors, will patiently and candidly attend to me, in my turn ..
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Citizen, active 1769
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177.
At a meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Boston : legally qualified and warn'd in public town meeting assembled, at Faneuil-Hall, on Monday the 12th of September, A.D. 1768
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Boston (Mass.)
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178.
The importance of the colonies of North America : and the interest of Great Britain with regard to them, considered. Together with remarks on the stamp-duty. [Five lines from Thomson]
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Ray, Nicholas, 1715 or 1716-1788
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Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, quinto. : At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the nineteenth day of May, anno Dom. 1761, in the first year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued by several prorogations to the tenth day of January, 1765, being the fourth session of the twelfth Parliament of Great Britain
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Great Britain
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180.
Martis, 29 die Octobris, A.D. 1765. In the House of Representatives : According to the order of the day ... ordered, that all the foregoing resolves be kept in the records of this House ; that a just sense of liberty, and the firm sentiments of loyalty may be transmitted to posterity
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Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
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181.
The regulations lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, considered
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Whately, Thomas, -1772
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London : Printed for J. Wilkie, 1765.
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182.
Remarks on several Acts of Parliament relating more especially to the colonies abroad : as also on diverse acts of assemblies there : together with a comparison of the practice of the courts of law in some of the plantations, with those of Westminster-Hall and a modest apology for the former, so far as they materially differ from the latter : Wherein is likewise contain'd, a discourse concerning the 4 1/2 per cent. duty paid in Barbados, and the Leeward Islands
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Blenman, Jonathan
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183.
An act for transporting and victualing of voluntiers inlisted in this colony to serve in the expedition therein mentioned
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New York (Colony)
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184.
Papers relating to an act of the Assembly of the province of New-York for encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. : and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada
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185.
The laws of the British plantations in America, relating to the church and the clergy, religion and learning : collected in one volume
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186.
To His Excellency Brigadeer Robert Hunter, Esq ; captain general and governour in chief in and over his Majesties colonies of New-York and New-Jersey, and all the territories and tracts of land depending thereon in America, and vice-admiral of the same : the humble address of the General Assembly of the colony of New-York
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New York (Colony). General Assembly
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187.
The charter granted by His Majesty King Charles II. to the governour & company of the English colony of Connecticut in New-England in America
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Connecticut
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188.
To all whom these presents may concern : Had I not been an eye and ear witness of the late rash measures in this province, I could not have believ'd that an infant colony of England, as yet sucking her breasts, could thus have flown in her face ..
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New York (Colony). Governor (1710-1719 : Hunter)
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189.
By His Excellency, Joseph Dudley Esq. ... A proclamation : Whereas Her Majesty by her royal proclamation, for settling and ascertaining the current rates of foreign coines, in Her Majesties colonies and plantations in America ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the third day of March 1704 [new style, 1705]. ..
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Massachusetts. Governor (1702-1715 : Dudley)
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190.
An abridgement of the laws in force and use in Her Majesty's plantations : (viz.) of Virginia, Jamaica, Barbadoes, Maryland, New-England, New-York, Carolina, &c. : digested under proper heads in the method of Mr. Wingate and Mr. Washington's abridgements
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London : Printed for John Nicholson at the King's-Arms in Little Britain, R. Parker, and R. Smith, under the Royal-Exchange, and Benj. Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleet Street, 1704.
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191.
By the Honourable John Nanfan, Esq ; His Majesties lieut. governour and commander in chief in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation : Whereas Coll. Nicholas Bayard and Alderman John Hutchins, together with some few other persons, disaffected to this His Majesties government ... have incited the people to disown the present authority ... Given at Fort William Henry in New-York, this 24th day of January, 1701 ..
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New York (Colony). Lieutenant Governor (1697-1702 : Nanfan)
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By the Honourable John Nanfan, Esq ; His Majesties lieut. governour and commander in chief in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation : Whereas several private commissions ... Given at Fort William Henry in New-York, the 29th day of January 1701
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New York (Colony). Lieutenant Governor (1697-1702 : Nanfan)
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193.
An historical account of the rise and growth of the West-India colonies : and of the great advantages they are to England, in respect to trade ; licenced according to order
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Thomas, Dalby, Sir
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London : Printed for Robert Dutton, 1810.
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194.
A discourse and view of Virginia
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Berkeley, William, Sir, 1605-1677
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