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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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nothing hinders me from attempting it, but the hazard of doing what may be thought a presumption in one so much a stranger to him, nevertheless, I am desired by some considerable Persons to move you, that you would wait upon his Lordship, and fully acquaint him with the Matters now laid before you, May the Almighty prosper you; I am, Sir, Your Obliged Servant, &c.
Sir, I may inform you of one Action lately done among us, which I know you will be pleased withal. Upon the advice of ⟨p. 10⟩the extreme Distress whereto the French Invasion had brought St. Christophers and Nevis, the People of New-England, in a most Christian manner expressed their Charity towards those, who perhaps would have hardly done the like for them, on a like Occasion. We made a Collection for the Relief of their Necessities, the Collection was, as I am told, between 7 and 800 l. in this Collection, there were two Churches in Boston, the South and the North, one gave somewhat above a 100 l. the other gave a little under it. Certainly, a Country so ready to serve Her Majesty, and to help their fellow Subjects, ought to have a room in the Thoughts of all good Men in the English Nation. The foregoing Letter carrying with it so many undeniable Truths, the World must of consequence concede with the general Exclamations of the now Distressed New-Englanders. Indeed the Public had not been alarmed with these Distant Calamities, had the inexorable Authors of them adhered to reiterated Grievances, from those who too severely suffered under their Protection. The Author of this Letter, who is a Person of a Character beyond the reach of Envy, and one who is a great Blessing to his Native Country, had not invoked the Protection and Assistance of others, without a due sense of the Danger his innocent Neighbours and Country-men were exposed to. To Report all the Letters of Complaint from these Provinces, would be too Voluminous and tiresome to the Reader; we will only mention one more, which, tho' short and plain, carries nothing but Veracity with it.
Sir, I may inform you of one Action lately done among us, which I know you will be pleased withal. Upon the advice of