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From F R I D A Y January n, to F R I D A Y January i8, 1765. 1
B O STON, (7 New-England) Oct. 20. flatter my fclf; w
-7-r-S ? and all the Britifli colonies on the continent. of !
Copy of a Letter from JOHN HUSKE, :Efq the ileps which ought to have been T
to the Committee of Merchants in Botton. taken for the mutual intereft of OrenuRrJtain
Copy of a Letter from JOHN HUSK E
to the Committee of Merchants in Be
.,. . , 0 . , r . , . "u "ci volumes, aim irom me oinimon or
Wtjlmtnfrr, Su Martin sXane, H J764' which, what has been done: muft.prve inef-
iLuiuai lui tuc lcrvice.or docq.
Gentlemen )
00 N1MarI wasfavoured w,th this publication, and .t is now thougJuadvife, " " :
3c 3 letter from you, as a corn-. abe tQ defef it to the approaching meeting of
0 1- mutee of the merchants at Bof- parliament when I. doubt not, but an oppor-
ton, dated the,ioth of- Fe.bru- - tunit wi offer of convinci yoll, thJtPthe . , -
:ir ... ... ... arv laft. accomoanied with a r , i n r ' , n
ftate bf the tirade of vour oro-
vince, and a requeft that I might ufc my inter
eft and influence in obtaining fome favourable
alterations in the renewal, i&attempted cf the
then expiring fugar aft;1 The regard due to
fb -refpeftable a body of merchants, the im
portance of the fubjefl, and, the particular ef
teem I entertain for each of "youf to whom I
have the happinefs of being, perfonally known,
' fm - . ----- -- - v . ..' I ' . . .
m u it nave com manded an imm eaiate acknow
impcaenment ot my
publifhed in all the American newspapers, ,
was nne, malicious, and tntamous n the
jCfflJlniyft beg leavCtb irour worthy
friend for the exculpation of '
my publicbehaviour, who heard what palftd
in the houfe of commons : he has alfo feen the
trait m e n t ioned, a n d ctan give you a clear and
circumftantialtietaij of jhe wholes But as tb-
my private conduft, you will 71 lierfuided
lnuuige me m uyingetore you. a rew anec-
, , ::zirc-tl r- f-j- ' 1 - r ",uu' wvuig.uviorc; you. a rew anec
ledement ot the honour voudid me had not . .w:u.. .7 :.;r r . 1
r . .. , ... . . : "vj.flHu. u'.uiuuic cue ctiwi or mem 10 tne-
an oppofition to a bill, then dependmg in the neceflity of my vindication,; not the vanity of
houfe of commons, which affeaed youriradei afTecling confr quence. J777 "7-
nayigation and commerce, in feveral eflential From my arrival in England to this dav, !
points, exclufive of what you wrote oni; fo have done-every thing that the "narrow comv
enffaced mv attention as to make that mark :tc ( aui -..-Ai ' -- 1 1 ,
f 'u iyM!n,C.mpat,4e V'y,0Ureal mtf reft mit of, to aHerthe aft complained of by the
' The ?,H be,ng P' .1 Mvei o" P'y'"? merchants qf:Bofton, fo as to make it aiifwer-
to your favour, but finding on.refleaion great- their wimes, upon the principle of fuch change
er difficu ty in conveying an adequate idea of being for the intend of the whole Empire :
what had been oppofed, . and what-had been and to procure other riSIlations r.fpea.hrr fe.
propoled, than.l at firft. apprehended, I deter- vcral branches of American trde, kc. which'
mined on poftponing myanfwer, that it might labour under injuduMoUb and ddiruclive im-
oa accompanied vvith a. Uttle tratt, which 1 pofts and: reftriaions,. and-which no , power,
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