Viper Sloop

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[Proccedings in the House, Sent to Agent Trecothick.]

A motion was made that the Address to his Majesty which was prepared some time past but has not yet been Sent should now be forwarded to the Agent with a letter to him Directing him how to proceed with the same the Question being put it passd in the Affirmative

the Address is as follows

[Here follows the petition as given under date of October 29, 1768, page 585 of this volume. ED.]

the following letter to the Agent was Sent with the Address Viz Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth April 11th 1770 Sir the Assembly of this Province being Sensible of the Burdens and hardships which his Majestys good Subjects here as well as in his other Provinces & Colonies have sustaind by the late Acts of Parliament which have Succeeded the Stamp Act thot it their duty to their Constituents to Present their Humble Petition to his Majesty to Represent their Sense of the Situation they were in by the Operation of those Acts. That it was matter of great grievance & humbly to pray for that Relief which as Loyal & dutiful Subjects from his Majestys known Clemency & goodness they had just grounds to Expect and did Accordingly prepare the address herewith presented but by some Accident Occurring it was not Sent at the time Designed yet they judged it proper to send it to you now & ordered me so to do with this Instruction as their Agent that if the Acts Referrd to are repealed to Suppress it — If not to present it That if it has no other Effect it may at least Demonstrate that we have Sensibility feel the Oppression and are much Aggrieved as well as others with the weight of the General Burden and hope it may Serve as a Remembrancer that we Acted in Concert with our neighbors to Obtain a Removal of the burdens under which we groan and it is their Earnest Request that you use every Loyal Measure for Obtaining the Desired Relief I am Sir Your most Humble Serv

by order of the house of Represen Barlow Trecothick Esq'

A Copy of Record in the journal of the house of Representatives for the Province of New Hampshire attest William Parker Cler.

May it Please your Excellency

Enclosed is the Petition prepared & Sent to the Agent & the Letter accompanying of it To which no answer has been sent even so

much as Acknowleging the Receipt which the house think a great neglect & Slight of them & Discovers a kind of Contempt - the Speakers name was not Enterd to the letter because it was not Signed when the letter was Enterd & was forgotten afterwards or was not Signed when the Clerk was in Town Mr Wear being then Clerk I am Your dutiful & humble Serv

his Excellency the Gov

William Parker

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[Committee to Examine the Bills of Credit.]

Province of New Hampshire

In the House of Representatives Dec 17th 1770 Voted That Jacob Sheaff John Sherburne Samuel Hobart Esq's be a Committee of this House to Join with Such as Shall be Appointed by the Honble his Majestys Council to count the Bills of Credit of this Province which are now in the Treasury to be burnt & lock up the Same in the Province Strong box & make report to the General Assembly as Soon as may be Sent up by Maj' Wright

[On the reverse is written]

An Act to Authorize the Treasurer of this Province to Borrow Money for ye Use of ye Province to Redeem the Bills of this Province which yet Remain in Possession of Private persons, And to Apply the same Accordingly- And to give Notes of hand as Treasurer in behalf of the Province to Secure the repayment of the Money which shall be so Borrowd And Also to Authorize the Treasurer to give his Notes as therein Directed for Redeeming any of Said Bills which the Sum that shall be so Borrowd will not be Sufficient to Redeem

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GEORGE R

[Instructions to Governor Wentworth, 1770.]

Additional Instruction to Our Trusty and Welbeloved Seal John Wentworth, Esquire, Our Governor and Commander in Chief in and over Our Province of New Hampshire in New England in America. Given at Our Court at St James's the Tenth day of December, 1770, in the Eleventh Year of Our Reign.

Whereas a Proclamation was issued by You Our Governor of Our Province of New Hampshire on the 2d of March 1769 for ascertain