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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Late accounts from England describe increasing alarm over British Empire internal affairs, with public affection waning and a society formed for mass emigration of middling-class people to America to establish a new colony, citing oppressions, lack of reform, and fear of revolution.
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The internal affairs of the British Empire seem, by late accounts, to assume an appearance every day more alarming and dangerous. In England itself the people seem to lose that affection for their native country, which is common to all men, and for which Englishmen particularly have been remarkable. A society is said to be formed expressly for the purpose of emigration to America, in order to found a new colony on the Western Continent. The intended emigrants are chiefly of the middling class, none are excepted, and their numbers are said to be very great. There is a weekly subscription for the purpose; and when a certain sum has been collected, it is to be deposited in the American funds. The reason given by them for entering into this scheme are, the oppressions they suffer in their own country, the small probability of any alteration, and the dread of the convulsion which must attend the change.
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By Late Accounts
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A society has been formed in England for the purpose of emigration to America to found a new colony on the Western Continent. The intended emigrants are chiefly of the middling class in great numbers, with weekly subscriptions to be deposited in American funds. Reasons include oppressions suffered, small probability of alteration, and dread of convulsion attending change.