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A memorial of the present deplorable state of New-England, with the many disadvantages it…
A memorial of the present deplorable state of New-England, with the many disadvantages it lies under, by the male-administration of their present governor, Joseph Dudley, Esq. and his son Paul, &c. : Together with several affidavits of people of worth, relating to several of the said governor's mercenary and illegal proceedings, but particularly his private treacherous correspondence with Her Majesty's enemies the French and Indians. : To which is added, a faithful, but melancholy account of several barbarities lately committed upon Her Majesty's subjects, by the said French and Indians, in the east and west parts of New-England. / Faithfully digested from the several original letters, papers, and mss. by Philopolites.A memorial of the present deplorable state of New-England, with the many disadvantages it lyes under, by the male-administration of their present governour, Joseph Dudley, Esq. and his son Paul, &c. : Together with several affidavits of people of worth, relating to several of the said governour's mercenary and illegal proceedings, but particularly his private treacherous correspondence with Her Majesty's enemies the French and Indians. : To which is added, a faithful, but melancholy account of several barbarities lately committed upon Her Majesty's subjects, by the said French and Indians, in the east and west parts of New-England. / Faithfully digested from the several original letters, papers, and mss. by Philopolites.
London: printed by Benjamin Harris, 1707
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Sixthly, The Governor, with his Son Paul, not being Content with what Money they come fairly by, and over greedy of Gain, are very Screwing and Exacting upon the People, particularly upon sundry Inhabitants, taking away their Privilege in catching ⟨p. 6⟩of Whales, a Privilege they have Enjoyed many Years before; that is, (under Pretence of Drift Fish) what Whales are taken by Her Majesty's Subjects, he takes from them by Force, not giving them the Liberty of a Trial at Common-Law, but for his own Ends, decides the Matter in the Admiralty, where his Son Paul is the Queen's Attorney and Advocate, thereby Encroaching the whole to themselves, a thing never heard of before, and very much to the Prejudice of Her Majesty's good Subjects there, and that without Remedy.
Sixthly, The Governour, with his Son Paul, not being Content with what Money they come fairly by, and over greedy of Gain, are very Screwing and Exacting upon the People, particularly upon sundry Inhabitants, taking away their Priviledge in catching ⟨p. 6⟩of Whales, a Priviledge they have Enjoyed many Years before; that is, (under Pretence of Drift Fish) what Whales are taken by Her Majesty's Subjects, he takes from them by Force, not giving them the Liberty of a Tryal at Common-Law, but for his own Ends, decides the Matter in the Admiralty, where his Son Paul is the Queen's Attourny and Advocate, thereby Encroaching the whole to themselves, a thing never heard of before, and very much to the Prejudice of Her Majesty's good Subjects there, and that without Remedy.
Seventhly, As to the Address the Governor Obtained, pretended to come over from the General Assembly at Boston, in his favour, for his Continuance, it was no more than what he Clandestinely procured, by sending to his particular Friends; such, who being either Related to him, or bore Commissions under him, dare not deny his Request, and was never approved nor allowed of by the Assembly; but on the Contrary, had not the Majority of the Country, waited in Expectation of Her Majesty's Favour, in sending another Governor, they would largely have signified their Resentments and Dissatisfaction, in the Administration of Dudley's Government.