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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, MassachusettsBrooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts

Name: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Author: Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

Advertising; New England -- Social life and customs

Whereas we the Subscribers did some time since sign an Address
    to Governor Hutchinson, which, though prompted to by the best
    Intentions, has nevertheless given great Offence to our
    Country; We do now declare that we were so far from designing
    by that Action to show our Acquiescence in those Acts of
    Parliament so universally and justly odious to all America,
    that on the contrary we hoped we might in that Way contribute
    to their Repeal, though now to our sorrow we find ourselves
    mistaken.--And we do now further declare that we never
    intended the Offense which this Address has occasioned, that
    if we had foreseen such an Event, we should never have signed
    it; as it always has been and now is our Wish to live in
    Harmony with our Neighbors, and our serious Determination to
    promote to the utmost of our Power, the Liberty, the Welfare
    and Happiness of our Country, which is inseparably connected
    with our own.

                 JOHN NUTTING,      ANDREW DALGLEISH,
                 N. GOODALE,        THOMAS BARNARD,
                 E.A. HOLYOKE,      NATH. DABNEY,
                 WM. PYNCHON,       WILLIAM PICKMAN,
                 EBEN'R PUTNAM,     C. GAYTON PICKMAN,
                 FRANCIS CABOT,     JOHN TURNER,
                           N. SPARHAWK.

    In Committee of Safety, Salem, 30th May, 1775.

    The Declaration of which the above is a copy, being presented
    and read, it was voted unanimously that the same was
    satisfactory, and that the said Gentlemen ought to be received
    and treated as real Friends to this Country.

                     By order of the Committee,
                                  RICHARD DERBY, _jun., Chairman_.

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    Whereas I the Subscriber was so unfortunate (some Time since)
    as to sign an Address to the late Governor Hutchinson, so
    universally, and so justly, deemed an Enemy to American
    Liberty and Freedom, I hereby in this public Manner declare
    that at the Time I signed the said Address, I intended the
    Good of my Country, and that only; but finding in my Sorrow it
    had not that but quite a contrary Effect, I hereby renounce
    the same Address in every Part, and hope my injured and
    afflicted Fellow-Countrymen will overlook my past Misconduct,
    as I am ready to assist them in their Struggles for Liberty
    and Freedom in whatever Way I shall be called upon by them.

    Londonderry, June 6, 1775.                   JOHN PRENTICE.

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    _To the Publick_:

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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts

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