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The deplorable state of New-England, by reason of a covetous and treacherous governor, and…The deplorable state of New-England, by reason of a covetous and treacherous governour, and…
The deplorable state of New-England, by reason of a covetous and treacherous governor, and pusillanimous counsellors : with a vindication of the Honourable Mr. Higginson, Mr. Mason, and several other gentlemen, from the scandalous and wicked accusation of the votes, ordered by them to be published in their Botson [sic] news-letter. : To which is added, an account of the shameful miscarriage of the late expedition against Port-Royal.The deplorable state of New-England, by reason of a covetous and treacherous governour, and pusillanimous counsellors : with a vindication of the Honourable Mr. Higginson, Mr. Mason, and several other gentlemen, from the scandalous and wicked accusation of the votes, ordered by them to be published in their Botson [sic] news-letter. : To which is added, an account of the shameful miscarriage of the late expedition against Port-Royal.
Boston : London: printed in the year 1708. Reprinted by Samuel Kneeland?, 1721
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That he had the Confidence nevertheless to apply to the General Assembly for an Address to Your Majesty in his Favour, but his Application was received with a General Murmur and Contempt, and nothing done therein.
And altho' he hath since Endeavoured to obtain Your Majesty's Good Opinion by Collecting a Number of Names of Persons under his command and Influence to give him a Character,
Your Majesty's Petitioners, who Apprehend their Wives, Fa•iltes and Estates to be in Imminent danger under such a Governor, do therefore Humbly Pray, that this matter may be speedily Enquired into, and that Your Majesty would please to give such Directions thereupon, as to Your Majesty's Great Wisdom shall seem meet. And your Petitioners shall ever Pray, &c.
Your Majesty's Petitioners, who Apprehend their Wives, Fa•iltes and Estates to be in Imminent danger under such a Governour, do therefore Humbly Pray, that this matter may be speedily Enquired into, and that Your Majesty would please to give such Directions thereupon, as to Your Majesty's Great Wisdom shall seem meet. And your Petitioners shall ever Pray, &c.