Enemies to their Country may rest in Peace for the future and have an Opportunity by their future good Behavior to prove to the World what Malice itself must acknowledge and applaud and unless some such Method be Speedily taken (in our opinions) our County will soon discover that Committees of Safety are but Empty Names and the last Distress of Nations our only Asylum and Place of Resort If the Above Remonstrances should appear to you Gentl" Reasonable and worthy of Notice Your Compliance therewith will conferr very great obligations on Gent" Your most obedt hbe Servts New Boston July 18 1775 Charls mellen John Dickey William Dustan Committee of Safety for Frances Town Committee for New Boston Timothy worthly Committee for Weare Sam Philbrick [7-126] [Concerning Dr. Jonathan Gove, 1777.] State of New Hampshire-Hillsborough ss To the Honble the Council and house of Representatives for the state aforesaid The Petition of us the Subscribers humbly sheweth that whereas Dr Jonathan Gove of Newboston of the State and County aforesd is Now and for better than three Months last past has been a Prisoner Closely Confined by your Honors we understand for being inimical to the American Cause and for Contriving and Plotting the Distruction of this and the other united States and assisting the Enemies thereof. We beg leave to assure Your Honors that we have had an intimate acquaintance with him the sd Dr Gove for years before the Commencement of this unhappy and unnatural War, and what his thoughts have been Respecting the same we Humbly submit to God alone the only Searcher of Hearts and tryer of the Reigns of the Children of Men, but as to his Conduct he has been above his full Proportion in every Respect towards Maintaining and supporting both the civil and Military Goverment of this State and that the Town is Now Considerably indebted to him for what he has paid over and above his Proportion for the support and maintainance of the Present War, we wish Not to Clear the Guilty, or to bernish Crimes but beg leave to say that we do not nor ever did Conceive of him as A Dangerous Man to the state but (quite the Contrary) A good generous and Peaceable subject of Society, and faithful and succesful in his Imployment as A Physician verey tender of all Commited to his Care the want of whose assistance we verey tenderly feal in times of Sickness having scarcely anywhere else to go for Releif, Not having A Physician that we Can Depend upon within twenty Miles of us and knowing No Evil of him and being intimately aquainted with him beg Leave to intreat of your Honours that he may be liberated, and be Relieved from the Pains of Imprisonment and Restored to his Distressed Family and Friends again we fully Conclude that your Honours have No Persanal knowledge of him and that your Opinions must be founded upon the Evidence of others and we Can Conceive of No persons so likely to Evidence for or against him with Justice and truth as those who have had a long and intimate Acquaintance with him we have great Reason to belive that his Present Misfortunes have Reather arisen from Prejudice than from any good his accusers wish to do to the State or united States we only wish him Justice and Can't but think he has been wrongfully accused and Much injured. We fully Rely on your Honors Humanity and Desire of Doing Justice according to your Evidence and are fully persuaded that your Honors wish Not to punish the Innocent any More than to Clear the Guilty and that Your Honors Judgment will be swayed by that Evidence which is of the best kind, and humbly Conceave that no Persons Can be better acquainted with the General tenor of any Mans Conduct than those who have had a long and familiar acquaintance with him therefore we beg leave to Repeat that we do and Ever have Considered Him as a good Generous and Peaceable Member of Society, and that his behaviour has been such as Can and ought to be Justified Therefore we your Petitioners Earnestly pray that he May again have his Liberty and that he may be again a Benefit to and Receive benefit from Society in general and those of his Friends and Family more particularly and we your Petitioners as in Duty bound will Ever Pray New Boston August 25th 1777 James McFerson Gorge Cristey Alexander Patterson John McIntosh Reuben Smith Allan Moore Peter Cochran Paul m Ferson John Gordan Robert Patterson N" Clark Tobias Butler [R. 3-12] [John Hunter, wounded at Bunker Hill.] To the Honble Council and House of Representatives for the Colony of New Hamp'— Humbly shews John Hunter of New Boston in said Colony that your Petitioner was so unhappy on the thirteenth Day of January Last in the Evening-as to drop his Pocket book at his fathers door which he found the Next morning in which was to the Amount of fifteen Dollars and an half which was so tore by the swine at ye door as to Render it Quite unservicable which was all the money he was then possess'd of and which was his waiges he had Receiv'd for his pay as a Soldier in the Colony service, in Col° Starks Regiment in which service he was wounded in the Battle at Bunkers Hill-Wherefore your Petitioner prays your honors wou'd be pleased to order the treasurer to Exchange his torn bills or Grant him Relief in any way Your Honors shall think Proper, and your Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall Ever Pray & June ye 7th 1776 [His claim was allowed.—ED.] his John hunter mark test-Sam' Gilman jr— [R. 3-14] [Rhode Island Soldiers, 1778.] New Boston October yo 7 AD 1779 Acording to the Orders Received From Coll. Daniel Moor Dated August 5th 1778 directed to Cap' William Boyes in said New Boston Wherein order was Given to the Select Men of said town to pay ten Pounds Lawful Money to Each man that would go to Rhodisaland as a Volenteer Soldier as a Bounty and that it Should Be alowed to the town as part of our State tax and we the Select men of said town has payed ten Pounds Lawful money to Each man that went to Rhodisland whose Names folows Viz Capt William Boyes, Robert Petterson, Robert Waugh, Josiah Hichings, Archibald McAlester, John McAlester, Eliphlet Duston, James Willson, Samuel Caldwell Ruben Gregg, John McMillin Jur, Elisha Dodge, William Waugh, James McFerson, John Cochran, James Waugh Reuben Smith, John McMillan, Robert Willson William Living ston. P. S. Said money we Received From Alexander Willson Constable for the year 1778 Robert Campbell [R. 3-15] [Robertson and McMillan, wounded at Bunker Hill.] [Petition of Peter Robertson and Archibald McMillan addressed to the General Assembly.] Humbly Shews That your Petitioners were both wounded at the Battle of Bunker hill, and in Consideration of that Miss fortune a former assembly of this State granted the Pention of 20 per month each which was then some help in Suporting their Familys, but by the great Depreciation which the paper Circulation has Suffered it has now become of but Little Service Your Petitioners therefore most Humbly pray that your Honers will take their Case into your benevolent Consideration and Augment their allowances so as in some measure to relieve them in their Pressing necessitys-and Your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray Dated at Amherst March 1 1780— Peter Robertson [R. 3-16] [Jonathan Margery, wounded at Saratoga.] [Petition of Jonathan Margery addressed to the Council and House of Representatives.] Sheweth That at the commencement of the War, he voluntarily enlisted into the service of the State, in the Regiment commanded by Coll Starks, and afterwards in that commanded by Coll Hale; in which he served untill the 25th day of July 1777; when in an Action near Saratoga he received a Ball in his Hip, which has not yet been extracted: That his enlistment was during the War, and he being unable to perform duty in a marching Regiment, he returned home, since which, by order of the Honorable Committee of Safety, he has done duty, as an Invalid, at Port Washington, Piscatiqua-Harbour; during all of which time, he has been an obedient, diligent and faithfull Soldier. That he has a small Farm in New-Boston in this State partly improved, on which he could make a comfortable living for himself, and his Family, should the honorable Court be pleased to grant him a discharge from the Service; his pay as a Soldier, has been so small, and not received for so many months past, that his Family has suffered greatly; That his House, and small improvements on his little place, are all going to ruin, for want of his care and Labour; and his destitute Family in a short time must become a much greater burden, and expence to the community then his poor services as an Invalid-Soldier can possibely repay. He therefore most humbly and earnestly intreats your Honors to take his Case into consideration and grant him a discharge from the Service; and your humble Petitioner as in duty bound, shall ever pray. Fort Washington Dec' 31st 1781 Jonathan margerrey [R. 3-17] [Relative to Johnston Smith, 1782.] This is to Certifey to all to Whom it May Consarn that Johnston Smith formerly a Soldier Belonging to Newboston. being for Sum time Desserted is now Given him self up and Returning to his Duttey Sined by us James willson Select Men Newboston, June the 1st 1782 [R. 3-18, 19.] [Samuel Boyd stated that he was in the service of this state from New Boston; that when he left the service there was £22 his due, which had been drawn by one Robert Jones, on a forged order. The amount was allowed him.— ED.] |