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- i. ' " - -.. . : V mm (November 20.) IzWM I O N 0 F -i; .-V- a 0 v : T"i tm' m w ' . M ' a i . . . - iN Saturday the ith or lait Month, about beven or the Uock in the Evening near Five Hundred People afTembled togetherin this Town, and Exhibited the Effigy of a certain Honourable Gen- 2 tleman , and after letting it hang by the Neck for fome Time, near the Court: Houfe they made a large Bonfire witha Number ? of Tar-Barrels, &c. and committed it to the Flames. The Reafon afiicned for the People's Diilike to that Gentleman, was, from being -informed of his having icveral Times expfefied himfelf much in Favour of the STAM P-DUTY. After-the Efficy was confumecL they went to every Houfe in Town, and bro't all the Gentlemen to the Bonfire, (and infifted upon their drinking," LIBERTY,, PROPERTY, and no STAMP-DUTY, and Confufion to Lord B-Tfc and all his Adherents, giving three Huzzas at the Conclufion of each Toaft.-- They-continued togetner until i2..of the Clock, and then difperfed; vithqutdoing:any:Milchiefi 1 of the fame Month, in the Evening, a great Numjer pf Jeople" again aflembled, and-produced an Effigy of LIBERTY, which they put into a Coffin,", and marched in folemn Proceffion with it to the Churchward, . a Drum in Mourning beating before them, and. the Town Belt, ihutHed, .ringings .3 Goleiui- Kncjac-ine-iameimei-r-DurDerore incy commiucu inc Douy co inc US Ground they thought it advifeable to feel its Pulfe ; and. when finding fome Re mains of Life, they returned back to a Bonfire ready prepared, placed the Effigy ' . oicings,'on finding that LIBERTY haJ ftill an Exiftence in the Colonies. Not the leail Injury was offered to anyPerfonr- , s-' -r.'vcr v"7? ' 0n Saturday the i6tlr of this Infti William HousTON,Efqy Diftributor of -STAMPS for this Province,ame to this Town-, upon which three or four Hun dred People inimediately'gatnercd'together,"witIrDrums beating and Colours flying : and ; repaired to' the Hpuleuhe faid 'St a m v-u f f i c e r put up at, and ihruted upon knowing, 44 Whether he intended to execute'lhis faid Office, or not?"-. He told them, 4 V He Ihould be ' very . forry to cxeciite any Officedifagrecableto the People of the Province." But they, not content with fuch a Declaration, carried him into; - the Court-HouftvhcrcCTfigncll'Refi fatisfadlory to the Whole. . As foon as the Stamp-Officer had comply'd with theif DeTife, ; they placed him " - )n an ArmChair, carried him firft roUnd the Court-HoDfe, giving three Huzzas at every Corner, and; then proceeded with : him rpund one or the Squard of the Town, and fat him dpwn at the Door oLhi$ Lodgings, formed themfclves in a .. . . ' ' - -lariie Circle round him, and gave him tliree Cheers;: They then efcorted htm into stam? the Houk, -where was prepared tne oeic ljquors to oe nau, ana rrcatea mm very ; Jiienteclv. In tl; Evening large ojifircw ' the btreets-witnouynaving lidhivi i, m large apiiai ieuers, in nis riac. 3 ..Via v ' " . Jv I -'I Thvy. had a lagerablenear the Bonfire, well fuinifli'd with fcveral Sorts of jiquors, -whe.re-'tney uranK in great-rorm; an tne iavounce American, loans, oivin- tluee'Cheers at .the Conclufion of each.' The whole was conducted with threat J W)rurUi.anu noi uic ieau unuii uutrcu iu any x eiiun. C Immediately. r. ... i r;1 -mm .3.
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