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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On June 16, supporters of liberty erected a Cap of Liberty in New York's Tontine Coffee House amid public acclaim, defying tyrants. An address to Whigs praises the act and calls for its protection.
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Yesterday the CAP of LIBERTY was erected in the Tontine Coffee House, by the friends to Liberty, Equality and the Rights of Man, amid the acclamations of their fellow-citizens, in defiance of all despotic tyrants.-It is a beautiful crimson, adorned with a white cockade, and supported by a staff.
To the Peaceable and Independent WHIGS of the city of New-York.
YOU have planted the CAP OF LIBERTY at the Tontine Coffee House, it is an object that cannot offend the view of any liberal soul; and should a removal of it be attempted, the individual concerned in it will become the scorn and hatred of the sons of Columbia. Leave it now in the care of him who has hitherto, and I hope ever will protect it. Let us now remain at home; and trust the pledge of our love to those who usually frequented the place in which it is erected.
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Tontine Coffee House, New York
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Yesterday (June 17)
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The Cap of Liberty was erected in the Tontine Coffee House by friends to Liberty, Equality and the Rights of Man, amid acclamations of fellow-citizens, in defiance of despotic tyrants. It is a beautiful crimson, adorned with a white cockade, and supported by a staff. An address to the Peaceable and Independent Whigs of New-York praises the planting of the cap, states it cannot offend liberal souls, warns that attempts to remove it will bring scorn, and urges leaving it in protective care while remaining at home.