This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...his said Letter holds up to us the Idea, that even your Excellency had been consulted, and approved said plan! that Government was unable or unwilling any longer to support us, therefore we had an undoubted right to take such measures as we should judge proper! Said Letter and paper being laid before ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...his said Letter holds up to us the Idea, that even your Excellency had been consulted, and approved said plan! that Government was unable or unwilling any longer to support us, therefore we had an undoubted right to take such measures as we should judge proper! Said Letter and paper being laid before the Inhabitants, after consideration thereon, at a very full meeting, they unanimously came into the Resolutions inclosed. We herewith send your Excellency a Copy of said Letter and of the paper which accompanied it, not doubting but your Excellency will take such measures as will not only frustrate the designs of our Enemies, but deter others from following such counsel as must end in their own destruction. We have no doubts of the good disposition of your Excellency and the other branches of Government toward us; we have often experienced your bounty and care, without which, we should be now groaning under that Tyranny, which our internal enemies are now striving to bring on us, under the specious pretext of Neutrality. We therefore hope we shall not now be given up for a prey, but that our political fathers will yet continue to protect us, and animate us still to hold out, and perservere in the defence of the Liberties to which we are intitled, and untill the Independence of America shall be acknowledged by our Enemies. We have undoubted intelligence that our Enemies are determined to take off some of the principal persons among us, most obnoxious to them (which may easily be done) thinking by that means to drive us into measures to which they have in vain endeavoured to allure us. Our coasts are daily in fested by the numerous Privateers of the Enemy which rendezvous at Bagwaduce; and we have too much reason to believe a correspondence is...
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