Council aforesaid, thought fit to issue this my Proclamation, notifying the same to all his Majesty's liege subjects. And whereas sundry persons before the month of November last past, had applied to purchase part of the lands ceded as aforesaid, and had paid down a deposite in part payment for the same: it is therefore hereby notified and declared to all such persons, that unless they apply and proceed to take out their grants, and settle upon the said land within six months after this date, the deposite money paid as aforesaid, will be forfeited according to the agreement made, and the lands will be sold and granted to any other persons who may apply to purchase the same.

Given under my hand and the great seal of his Majesty's said Province, in the Council Chamber at Savannah, the 24th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, and in the fourteenth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third.

JAMES WRIGHT.

By his Excellency's command,

THOMAS MOODIE, Dep. Secretary.

GOD save the King.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM QUEBEC TO A GENTLEMAN IN BOSTON, DATED OCTOBER 24, 1774.

At the request of the gentlemen of a Committee from Montreal, I send the enclosed, with an assurance that it is a true translation from the French original, the sentiments of a very (if not most) considerable number of our Canadian brethren and fellow-subjects in this Province, may appear in a just light to our brethren in the Province of the Massachusetts.

Yours, &c.

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ENGLISH GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE OF MONTREAL, FROM THE CANADIAN FARMERS, &C.

We the Canadian Farmers and others, being greatly alarmed at a late Act of Parliament, which re-establishes the ancient laws of this country, the bad effects of which we too severely felt during the French Government, and being entirely satisfied under the English laws as administered in this Province, beg leave to acquaint the gentlemen of the Committee for Montreal, that any legal steps they shall take for the repeal of the said Act will be approved of by us; and we sincerely hope and pray that they will use all means in their power for the same, by petitioning his Majesty, and representing to the Merchants of London the flourishing state of the trade and agriculture of this Province since the conquest thereof, which we attribute to that freedom which every one has enjoyed under the English Laws; and we hereby declare that we never had any hand in a certain Petition said to be sent to his Majesty in the name and in behalf of all the Canadians for obtaining said Act; nor have we, or any part of the country where we reside, been in any wise consulted thereupon; therefore we verily believe that the said Petition was contrived and obtained in a clandestine and fraudulent manner by a few designing men, in order to get themselves into posts of profit and honour.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED AT QUEBEC, OCTOBER 30, 1774.

A Committee is arrived here from the English Inhabitants in Montreal, who have met a Committee of the Inhabitants of this place, and are drawing up a Petition to his Majesty, against the Act of Parliament for regulating the Government of this Province, and hope they will meet with success.

ASSOCIATION SIGNED BY LADIES OF EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 25, 1774.

As we cannot be indifferent on any occasion that appears to affect the peace and happiness of our country; and as it has been thought necessary for the publick good to enter into several particular Resolves by a meeting of Members of Deputies from the whole Province, it is a duty that we owe not only to our near and dear relations and connexions, but to ourselves, who are essentially interested in their welfare, to do every thing as far as lies in our power to testify our sincere adherence to the same; and we do therefore accordingly subscribe this paper as a witness of our fixed intention and solemn determination to do so.

Signed by fifty-one Ladies.

JOSEPH REED, ESQUIRE, TO J. QUINCY, JUNIOR.

Philadelphia, October 26, 1774.

DEAR SIR: I hope this will find you safely arrived in Great Britain, a country wherein I have spent many happy hours, before she began to play the tyrant over America. The cloud which hung over the Colonies, at the time of your departure, begins to disperse. Instead of divided counsels and feeble measures, which at one time there was too much reason to apprehend, all now is union and firmness; and I trust we shall exhibit such a proof of publick virtue and enlightened zeal, in the most glorious of all causes, as will hand down the present age with the most illustrious characters of antiquity. I have, with great difficulty, procured you the proceedings of the General Congress, which is now rising, but your Delegates, from whom I received it, beg you will not make any publick use of it, as the copy is incorrect. Your friend, Mr. John Adams, has written something to this effect in the first page. As the proceedings of this great Assembly are so important and interesting, I could not think of this vessel's going without carrying them to you; another ship will sail in a few days, by which I shall send you what remains, being the list of grievances and the claim of rights. The Congress would not adjourn, but have recommended another to be held the tenth of May, at this place. They part with each other on terms of the utmost friendship; it will have the most happy effect in cementing the union of the Colonies, not only by the ties of publick interest, but of private friendship.

This ship will carry you the account of the destruction, by fire, of both ship and cargo, which arrived at Annapolis. The owners of both, to avoid a more dreadful punishment for their presumption and folly, offered to set fire with their own hands, which they did. These proofs of the spirit of the people will, I trust, be of some service to Boston. The people of England must see that opposition to Parliamentary tyranny is not local or partial. It will also have a happy effect on the Non-Importation Agreement resolved by the Congress, as the owners of ships will not choose to hazard them with forbidden wares.

I congratulate you, my dear sir, upon the rising glory of America: our operations have been almost too slow for the accumulated sufferings of Boston, but I trust they will prove effectual for their relief. Should this bloodless war fail of its effect, an infinite majority of all the Colonies will make the last appeal before they resign their liberties into the hands of any Ministerial Tyrant.

I shall always be happy in hearing from you, by every opportunity; and you may rely on my sending you a faithful and speedy account of every transaction here. I have written to an old correspondent of mine, Mr. Hugh Baillie, a true friend to liberty and the cause of America, that if he will call and see you, you will show him the proceedings of the Congress, which I failed in procuring for him. I salute you with much esteem, and wishing you health and happiness, I am, dear sir, your most obedient humble servant,

J. R.

P. S. I only put the initials of my name, as I believe you remember the handwriting; if not, you will recollect to whom you wrote in this place just before you embarked.

October 27, 1774.

When I wrote you yesterday the Captain of the vessel which carries this had resolved to sail immediately; but having been induced to wait, in order to carry the Address of the Congress to the King, gives me an opportunity of sending you the addition, which we have since had from the press, of their Proceedings.

I congratulate you, my dear sir, on the spirit, and firmness, and unanimity of this great Assembly, the most respectable ever known in this country, and am, with real regard, your affectionate humble servant,

J. R.