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NHG-P.769.003
10 Feb 1769:11 (644)
The following letter is taken from the Public Advertiser,
November 2, 1768.
I am told many of our countrymen are greatly grieved at the
news from America; whereas I look upon the Boston Gazette as
entertaining a farce as the Padlock--Remark only how it sets
out!
. . . [30 lines about discord between the mother country and
the colonists]
One thing I love the colonists for, and that is, they speak
out. They have beat the drum, and openly declared
themselves their own masters; and where's the harm in this?
everyone of us would do the same, if we were sure we could
support it. In God's name leave them to themselves; do not
throw away powder & shot upon them: Let them form an empire
among themselves, if they can unite so many discordant
interests.
[32 lines, signed] F. K.
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