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1 Extracts from " A Continuation Of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's Journal, After his Arrival at Georgia, To a few Days after his second Return thither from Philadel- phia. London : 1641."
Monday, April 21 [1740]. Went by Water about four Miles, and then rode, in Com - pany with many others, who came to meet me, to Greenwich in the West-Jerseys, about twelve Miles from Philadelphia. There being a Mistake made in the News, about the Place where I was to preach, I had not above 1500 Hearers. * * Rode back to Gloucester ; where I took Horse in the Morning, and preached with some Power to about 1500 People. It being but four Miles distant from Philadelphia,
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TO BE LETT,
Two very good Dwelling-Houses, fit for Stores or Taverns at Prince-Town, on the great Road from Trent-Town to Brunswick. Whoever inclines to Rent them may apply to Dr. Brinton Davidson, at the Place aforesaid .- The American Weekly Mer- cury, May 8-15, 1740.
RAN away the 13th Instant, from Samuel Dove of Freehold in Monmouth County, New-Jersey, a Ser- vant Man Named William Jones, a Welshman ; of middle Stature, dark brown Hair prety strait. ' He is a well set Fellow ; and had on a dark grey Home- spun Coat, a Stripped holland Jacket, Leather Breeches ; a new Home-spun Shirt and Old Shoes.
Whoever takes up said Servant and secures him and give Notice, or brings him home, shall have Forty Shillings Reward and Reasonable Charges paid by me.
Samuel Dove.
-The New-York Gazette, May 19. 1740.
many came in Boats from thence. And the Moon shining very bright, we went back to Town very pleasantly.
Friday, April 25 1740. Rose before Day. Sung and prayed with my own Friends and the German Brethren. Set out before Sun-rising, and reached Amwell, thirty-five miles from Shippack, where I had appointed to preach by six at Night. Some Thou- ands of People were gathered together, expecting I would have been there by Noon, but Mr. Gilbert Tennant and Mr. Rowland had given the People three Sermons.
Saturday, April 26. Set out for Brunswick about Eight. Reached thither by four in the Afternoon, and preached to about 2000 Hearers in the Evening.
Sunday, April 27. Preached Morning and Evening to near ? or 8000 People : And God's Power was so much amongst us in the Afternoon Sermon, that had I proceeded, the Cries and Groans of the Congregation, I believe, would have drowned iny Voice. One Woman was struck down, and a general Cry went through the Assembly. We collected both Times upwards of £20 Sterling for my Orphans.
Monday, April 28. Set out about eight in the Morning, and reached Woodbridge by ten, where I preached to about 2000 People. *
* After Sermon, I and my Friends dined at the Dissenting Minister's [the Rev. John Pierson] House, who invited me to preach ; and then we hasted to Elizabeth-Town, where the People had been waiting for me some Hours. I preached in the Meeting-House. It was full, and was supposed to contain 2000 People. Near ten Dissenting Ministers were present, and two Church Ministers ; but they did not tarry very long.
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THere is a large and convenient House in Amboy, standing by the Water-side, at the common Landing, which is to be Let, It is suitable for a Merchant, or for a Tavern, there being convenience for Brewing, Baking or Bolting. Enquire of William Thompson in Amboy .- The New York Gazette, May 19, 1740.
NOtice is hereby given, That there is to be Sold at the City of New-Brunswick in New-Jersey, the House wherein Francis Costigan, Esq ; now lives, and likewise the House wherein Mr. Samuel Bell- knap now lives ; both which said Houses are lately built, and in very good Repair, and convenient for Gentlemen, Merchants or others. They are situate over against the Court-House in the said City. The Title is indisputable, and a good Warrantee will be given. If any Persons are inclinable to Purchase, they may apply to Benjamin Price Attorney at Law in the said City, or to Mr. John Taylor, a Brasier in New-York .- The New York Gazette, May 19. 1740.
Whereas the Council of Proprietors for the East- ern Division of New-Jersey, have been inform'd that some undue Practices have been committed by one Dr. Jacob Arents,1 and some other Persons in taking
1 Dr. Jacob Arents, of Newark. From some of his conveyances of land it seems probable that he lived in the upper part of Newark, near or even north of the present Belleville. The late Rev. William Hall, of Elizabeth, published an article in the New- ark Daiiy Advertiser, of 5 August, 1874, in which he gave an account of a family bible, printed in London, in 1735, containing the following entries :
Memorandum. Aug. 1. Anno, 1739. Thy sole on Earth ; no abiding see, It is a spirit-and heavenlee. Dein Seele ist nicht von dieser Welt Noch ruht bis in Himmel's Zelt.
I. Aren's-I was boren Nov. 11th, 1673, about two o'clock in the afternoon, in a city called London, belonging to the Dutchy of Holstein Gottorp. This bible is a gift to my beloved daughter, Margaret Warne. She was borne the 6th of Nov. 1703, at Mr. Sonmans plantassion near Amboy in East New Jersey.
Newark, April 12th, 1742. A memorandum. In the course of iny pilgermath I have
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upon them to dispose of sundry Tracts of Land, be- longing to the General Proprietors in common, and not appropriated to any one by Patent or Survey recorded; and thereby deceiving many honest and well meaning People into the Purchasing of such Lands. Now publick Notice is hereby given by Order of the aforesaid Council of Proprietors, for the preventing of any farther Impositions on the good People of this Province, that they may be aware how they Purchase any Lands of the aforesaid Dr. Jacob Arents or any other Person without being fully convinced that the Lands by them offered to Sale have been duly patented or Surveyed and re- turn'd by the Surveyor General, and that the return of the Survey thereof is upon record, without which appearing, they may depend on it, an Imposition is
read the Holy Bible from the beginning to the end, with the books called Apocrypha, from 1689 Jan. to this day, being the 12th of April, 1742, 42 times, [ say 42 times.
In 1708, while at Aniboy, and evidently under the influence of Peter Sonmans, lie ar- rested one John Barclay, "on Whit Sunday as he was acoming out of ye Church from ye Holy Communion."-N. J. Archives, IV , 88. The arrest was the outcome of a quar rel between Barclay and Sonmans, and the latter had taken it upon himself to issue a "commission of rebellion" out of the Court of Chancery, for the arrest of Barclay, and had delivered it to Arents to execute .- Ib., III., 447, 451. Both Arents and Son- mans were indicted for this affair, although the blow was principally aimed at Son- mans, by his numerous enemies .- Ib., IV., 88. In 1709 Arents describes himself as of Amboy, and a " Practiser of Physick."-Ib., III., 447. In 1717 lie and his three children -- Nicholas, Mary and Margaret-were naturalized by act of the Legislature .- 1b., IV., 293, 382; XIV., 55, 56, 69. In 1719 he was appointed by the town of Newark as one of the committee to meet with the committee of Acquackanonk to adjust the boundary line between the two towns .- Newark Town Records, 128. In the Elizabethtown Bill in Chancery he is given a very bad name ; the gravamen of his offence seenis to have been that having acquired title to extensive tracts of unsurveyed lands he sold parcels to various persons, and did not have them surveyed and recorded by the East Jersey Proprietors' agents, to the serious loss of the Surveyor General and the Register at Perth Amboy. See the Bill in Chancery, passim, and N. J. Archives, VI., 308, 309, 345. As his will is not recorded at Trenton, it is not known when he died, or whether he died intestate. A sketch of Dr. Arents will be found in the History of Medicine and Medical Men of New Jersey, by Dr. Stephen Wickes, Newark, 1879, condensed from the article by the Rev. William Hall, cited above.
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intended. And if any Purchasor neglect this Care, he is to blame himself if he be imposed on.1
Perth Amboy,
Febr. 28th, 1739.
By Order of the Council of Proprietors. Law. Smith, Reg. -The New York Weekly Journal, May 19, 1740.
This is to give Notice, that there is a Stage-Wagon now ready, which will attend at Perth Amboy Ferry every Tuesday, and at Burlington every Thursday, they being the two most convenient Places for a speedy Transportation of any yet practised from New-York to Philadelphia. Said Wagon will go the old Post Road from Amboy as far as Croswicks Bridge, and if Lading presents, will go with it to Burlington ; or it may be carried at a small Expence from Bordenstown to Burlington or Philadelphia by Water, in a few hours Time. Passengers will be car- ried from either of the first mentioned Places to the other for Four Shillings Procl, per Passenger, and all Goods at reasonable Rates, Security is given by the Wagoner, for the safe Conveying all Goods de- livered into his Charge.
All Persons having Goods to be sent per said Wagon, may order them to left with Pontus Stelle at Perth Amboy, or Joseph Borden's at Bordenstown, who will take proper Care they shall be sent accord- ing to order .- The New York Weekly Fournal, May 19, 1740.
1 The above is also printed in Dutch, May 26, 1740,
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New-Port, May 16 .- Cleared Out, Van Emburg and Miller for Amboy .- The Boston Weekly Post-Boy, May 19, 1740. No. 319.
A Letter sent from the Rev. Mr. Whitefield to a Friend in England.
I would preach the Truth as it is in Jesus and as I love all that love him, so I must reprove all that do not walk worthy of the holy Vocation wherewith they are called God has now bro't me to New Brunswick, where I am blessed with the Conversation of Mr. Gilbert Tennant, mention'd in my last Journal. Indeed he is a good soldier of Jesus Christ, and God is pleased in a wonderful Manner to own both him and his Brethren. The Congregations where they have preached have been surprizingly convicted and melted down. They are unwearied in doing Good, and go out as I do into the Highlands and Hedges to compel poor Sinners to come in .- The New- England Weekly Journal, May 20. 1740. No. 683.
BROKE out of Goal in SOMERSET County, New- Jersey, the four following Men, viz.
Gilbert Miller of about 50 Years of Age, Lame in one Hand, and Arm, tall and thin : Had on a brown Kersey Great Coat, a linnen Facket, a Shoemaker by Trade, and wears a leather Apron : an Irishman. Edward Hoper, pretty thick, full-faced, and of middle Stature : Had on a homespun grey facket, linnen Breeches, grey Stockings and good Shoes ; a Black- smith by Trade, Long Island born.
Edward Bonnel, a lusty full fac'd young Man : Had on a duroy Coat much worn, of an ash colour,
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linnen Facket and Breeches, white yarn Stockings, nar- row toed good Shoes : a Blacksmith ; New-Jersey born. Evan Harry, a Sadler by Trade, of a middle Stature, black Complexion : Had on, a brown Great Coat. Linsey woolsey Facket, good leather Breeches with Knee Buckles, grey yarn Stockings, strong Shoes, much worn, short Hair or Wigg, a Pennsylvania born. Whoever takes up and secures all or Part, shall have Twenty Shillings Reward for each, and reasona- ble Charges, paid by
William Hollinshead, Sheriff. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 22. 1740.
Custom House Rhode Island, May 23. Cleared Out, Jaques for Amboy .- The Boston Weeky Post- Boy, May 26. 1740. No. 320.
In the Gentleman's Magazine for March we have the following Representation of the Value of Paper- Money, or Bills of Credit, in the Plantations.
The Jerseys, 160 for Iool. Sterling.
Custom House, Boston June 2. Entred In, Stilli- well from West-Jersey .- The New-England Weekly Journal, Fune 3. 1740. No. 685.
New-Port, June 6. Cleared out, Gibbs for Am- boy,
Custom-House Boston, June 7 : Entred In, Still- well from West-Jersey .- The Boston Weekly Post- Boy, Fune 9. 1740. No. 322.
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Custom-House Boston, June 14. Cleared out, Stillwell for West-Jersey .- The Boston Evening- Post, Fune 16. 1740. No. 254.
THESE are to desire the Proprietors and sharors of Propriety in the Eastern Division, of New-Jersey, to meet at the City of Perth Amboy, On Munday the seventh day of July next in order to Consult of their Affairs.
John Hamilton.
Perth-Amboy Fune 7th. 1740.
-The New York Weekly Journal, June 16. I740.
Boston, Outward Bound, Guest for Rhode Island and Amboy .- The Boston Weeky News Letter, Fune 19-26, 1740. No. 1,892.
Salem, June 20. Outward Bound, Rackwood for Jersey .- The Boston Weekly Post-Boy, Fune 23. 1740. No. 323.
RUN away from Thomas White of Shrewsbury a certain lusty Negroe Fellow called James, he has had his Right Shoulder out, and is still so, which by lifting up his Arm may be soon discover'd ; he had on when he went away a Homespun Coat, thread Stockings, and a new pair of Pumps. Whosoever takes up the said Negro, and Secures him so that his Master may have him again shall have Twenty Shillings as a Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid by
Thomas White. -The New-York Weekly Journal, June 23. 1740.
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Philadelphia Fune II. On Sunday last the Reverend Mr. Gilbert Tennent preached four Times, viz. at Seven in the Morning on Society Hill, at 10 in the Presbyterian Meeting House, at 3 Afternoon in the Baptist Meeting House, and at Seven in the Evening on Society Hill again ; at which last Ser- mon 'tis thought there were near Sooo People .- The New-England Weekly Journal, June 24. 1740. No. 688.
The following Encomium having received the Ap- probation of judicious Critics for the beautiful Allu- sions and Similes therein couched, and for the exact Consistency in metrical Numbers ; I thought proper to give it a Place in my Paper; but the Author is unknown to me, tho' he is a Resident as I am informed at New Brunswyck.
IN AUGUSTISSIMUM LUDOVICUM MORRIS, CÆSAREÆ NOVA CLYPEUM, ENCOMIUM.
Dic mihi, musa, virum sxcli1 qui gloria nostri, Quo nemo in terris hominum generosior extrat, Non resero heroen claris majoribus Ortum, Quos quondam ornabant celebris prxconia famx, Commemorent alii virtus moresq : tenebunt Me totum, illustri gaudentem tollere laude
1 Readers of this poem may be puzzled at the frequent and unexpected recurrence of the letter X. The reason therefor is lucidly explained in Poe's humorous tale, "x-ing a Paragrab." When a printer in the primitive times (and places) lacked a certain letter, he substituted an x for it. In this case the printer was evidently "short" of the diplithong æ. For the other peculiarities in spelling, the responsi- bility must be divided between the intelligent compositor and the proof reader of the Journal. The poem is given precisely as printed in that paper in 1740. 3
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Inclyta, res gestas, multum mirabile dictu : Si mihi centum Animi, si centum lumina, & ora Ærea deficerent vires, & vena benigna Ingenii. justo mihi nomen honore colenti. O maris & terræ cultor, tutelaq ; Sola, Alme parens, sacras bibi nos creximus aras : Nam novus Augustus cœlis dimitteris altia : Sicut, Atlas fortis magnum fulcirit Olympum Suppositis humeris ; tibi sic civilia curæ, Et sic suffulcis fulgentia pondera rerum, Imperit mosem, graviora negotia solus : Romani ornato Ciceronis munere lingæ Annis, conssiliis nam cedit Nestor, Ulysses.
· Nunc Niobe non ausa effet prxferre Diana Se matri pulchra veniar ne doctus Apollo. Nunc nemo est aufus leges componere telis, Quas tectis gaudent animalia carpere parra : Inspiciunt et enim mores, tentantq ; probantq ; Nam depulsa focis contempta est diva Mephytis. Quo duce, queis dominis, annis quotempore, rege, Cæsareæ populis aderant tot commoda mira, Non possunt veterum responsam reddere Scripta. In rem communem nam migrant omnia dicta. Salmonens audax expertus fulmina vera Flet quoniam mortis miserandus limeninivit. O bruta deficiunt permulta lumina nocte, Qux quondam ediderant lucem hac tellure creatis Moribus eximiis stellato corde probatis. Hæc diis' succinctus referat Mercurius alte ; Ex Priami cyathis effundat pulchrior Hebe Nectar, in excelsis fectis locadigna paretq : Quo cinget tempus, quo flamma innoxia lambet,
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Quo diro ferro nomen delere negatur : Ipsi jam lapides nam fundunt, Chaire Ma Kaire Amphionis opem nolentes quærere Thebis.
Dat. Novi Brunsivici.
-The New York Weekly Journal, June 30. , I740. 1136404
Just imported from LONDON And to be Sold by John Gifford of Perth- Amboy, by Wholesale, or Retail very rea- sonable for ready Money.
A CHOICE parcel of Cutlary, Haberdasher hard Ware; As Knives and Forks, Scissors, Penknives, Silver and Steel strings for Watches, Ivory Combs, Mettle Buttons, fine French large and small Seed Necklaces, Garnets, &c. Brass-Box Dials, Nice Bath Thimbles, choice Spectacles of several Sorts, fine Snuff Boxes, Smelling Bottles fine Lancets, Ivory Nutmeg Grators four and six leafed Pocket Books, Buckles of sundry Sorts ; and sundry other Goods. -The New York Weekly Fournal, Fune 30, 1740.
Custom House, Boston, June 30. Outward Bound, Guest for Rh Island and Amboy .- The New- England Weekly Journal, July 1. 1740. No. 689.
Extract from the Votes of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey,
Monday, June 30. 1740.
Resolved, That Col. Farmer, Mr. Leaming, Mr. Leonard, Mr. Low, and Mr. Hude, be a Committee to bring in a Bill for making Provision for Victualing and Transporting the Troops to be raised in this
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Colony, for his Majesty's Service on the intended Expedition, to the West Indies.1-The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 3. 1740.
New-Jersey, May the 16th. 1740. Mr. Zenger.
The inserting the following Lines of Liberty will oblige.
Your very humble Servant S.
BY Liberty I mean a latitude of Practice within the Compass of Law and Religion, 'tis standing clear of inferior Dependances and private Jurisdiction ; he who is Master of his Time, and can chuse his Busi- ness and Diversions, he who can avoid disagreeable Company, and he alone when his Humour or Occa- sions require it ; is as free as he ought to wish him- self : Tis true, as the World stands, general Liberty is. impracticable, if one had nothing but a Soul to keep, he need, not go to Service to maintain it; but a Body at present is a very indigent sort of a Thing, it can't subsist upon its growth, but stands in want of continual Supplies ; this circumstance of eating and drinking is a cruel Check upon many a Mans Dignities, and makes him hold his Life by a servile Tenure. However he that lies under this Incum- brance should make his best on't, and not quarrel with the Order of Providence. At the worst Death would knock off his Chain shortly ; in the mean Time his Business is to play with it. But where the Nec- essaries of Life may be had at a cheaper rate, 'tis folly to purchase them this Way ; he that will sacri-
1 See N. J. Archives, VI., 99 ; Papers of Lewis Morris, 93,
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fice his Liberty to his Palate, and convey over his Person superfluities, is a Slave of his own making, and deserves to be used accordingly.
Dependance goes somewhat against the Grain of a generous Mind, and 'tis no Wonder it should be so, considering the unreasonable Advantage which is often taken of the inequality of Fortune, the Pride of Superiors, and the wanton Exercises of Power, make Servitude much more troublesome than Nature in- tended. Some People think the Life of Authority consists in Noise and Imperiousness, in Menacing and Executions, to let their Servants live easy, is in some Measure to make them their equals, therefore they love to be always brandishing their Advantage, to part with nothing without a stroke of Discipline, and to qualify their Favours with Penance and Mortifica- tion ; but to be enfranchised from Arbitrariness and ill Humour, is not the only convenience of Liberty. This State affords great Opportunities for the Im- provement of Reason, it gives Leisure for Reading and Contemplation, for an acquaintance with Men and Things, and for looking into History of Time and Nature. He that has the Business of Life at his own disposal, and has no Body to account to for his Minutes but God and himself, may if he pleases be happy without Drudging for it; he needs not flat- ter the vain, nor be tired with the Impertinent, nor stand to the courtesy of Knavery and Folly, he needs not dance after the Caprice of an Humorist, nor bear a Part in the extravagance of another, he is under no anxieties for fear of displeasing, nor has any difficul- ties of Temper to struggle with, his Fate does not
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hang upon any Man's Face ; a Smile will not trans- sport him, nor a Frown ruin him : For his Fortune is better fixed than to float upon the nice and change- able. This Independence gives easiness to the Mind, and vigour for Enterprize and Imagination, a Man has nothing to strike a Damp upon his Genius, to overawe his Thoughts, and Check the Range of his Fancy ; but he that is embarrass'd in his Liberty, is apt to be unassur'd in his Actions, palled and dispir- ited in his Humour and conceptions, so that one may almost read his Condition in his Conversation. 'Tis true, a peculiar Greatness of Nature, or the Expecta- tions of Religion may relieve him, but then every one is not furnished with these Advantages; The Reason why Parmenie could not rise up to Alexand- or's heighth of thinking, was possibly because he was under his Command .- Longinus observes, that there were not considerable Orators in Greece, after their Government was altered by the Macedonians and Romans, according to him their Elocutions and their Freedom seem'd to languish and expire to- gether ; when they were once enslaved, the Muses would Keep Company no longer, the Vein Rhetorick was seared up, the force of Demosthenes spent and no sublime to be had for Love nor Money.
Now tho' Freedom within a Rule is very desirable, yet there is scarcely any one Thing has done more mischief than this Word misunderstood, absolute Liberty is a jest, 'tis a visionary and romantick Privi- ledge, and utterly inconsistant with the present State of the World, the generality of Mankind must have more Understanding, and more Honesty too, than
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they are likely to have as long as they live, before they are fit to be at their own Disposal, to tell People they are free, is the common artifice of the Factious and Seditious ; the State Gipsies pick the Pockets of the ignorant with this specious Cant, and with informing them what mighty Fortunes they are all born to, and what is this fine Freedom after all, that these Sparks can help to, why they are free to be out of their Wits, and to be undone if they take their Advice ; to lose their Conscience, their Credit and their Money, and to be ten Times more press'd than they were before.
There is still a more extravagent Notion of Liberty behind; some People are for repealing the Laws of Morality, for throwing open the in- closure of Religon, and leaving all in common to licentiousness and violence, they are for making their Inclinations the Rule, and their Power the boundary of Actions. They hate to let an Opper- tunity slip, or any Capacity lie idle, but are for grasping at all Possibilities of Pleasure, and playing their Appetite to whatever comes in their Way; to tie Men up from Enjoyment, and cramp them with Prohibitions, is an Encroachment upon the Rights of Nature. These ungenerous Impositions are it seems the Dotages of Age, the Results of Spleen and Impotence ; or at best the Pretences of design- ing Power, which lays an Embargo upon some Branches of Trade to engross the Advantage to itself. I wonder why these Men don't improve their Principle farther ; Why they don't dance upon the Battlements of Houses, jump into a Furnice for
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Diversion? To forbear these Things are great Restraints upon the Liberties of Motion, and make many of the Faculties of Nature insignificant ; they ought to step into the Rescue of Fevers and Phrensy, and not let their Acquaintance lie under such an ignominious Confinement, especially when their Spirits are up, and they are so well disposed for Satisfaction ; why do they not draw up a Remonstrance against Jails, Pillories, and Executions. What, have they no Sence of the Grievances of their Fellow Subjects ? Can they see their own generous Principles suffer, their very Charter violated, and do nothing towards a relief? They asking your Pardon, to embark in such Expectations might endanger their Interest, and come home to them at last; and to speak Truth, they are for having this Arbitrary Priviledge in no Hands but their own ; for touch them in their Honour or Property and you will find them sensible enough, a small injury to themselves seems intollerable, and fires them with a Zeal for Justice and Restitution. Then the Laws are defective and give too little Damages, and therefore though they ven- ture their Necks for it, they must have a supplimental Satisfaction, their own Case, one would Think, might show them the unreasonableness of their Scheme, and that a Liberty against Virtue and Laws, is only a Priviledge to be unhappy, and a Licence for a Man to Murder himself .- The New-York Weekly Journal, Fuly 7, 1740.
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