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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On August 11 in Sheffield, at least 10,000 friends of peace and reform assembled on Crook's Moor, organized by the Constitutional Society, to petition the Sovereign for peace amid war-induced calamities. An address passed, and resolutions unanimously agreed, blaming the war and affirming support for peace and reform.
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SHEFFIELD,
MEETING to PETITION for PEACE
SHEFFIELD, Aug. 11.
In pursuance of information by public advertisement from the Constitutional Society of this place, the friends of Peace and Reform assembled upon Crook's Moor, to the number of ten thousand at least, for the purpose of taking into consideration, the propriety of petitioning our Sovereign, in this hour of public calamity and distress, to use his efforts towards restoring the blessings of Peace, to this suffering, impoverished, and bleeding country.
An address to his Majesty passed. After which a number of spirited, and manly resolutions were read, one by one, and unanimously agreed to. The purport of one was,
"That the innumerable calamities, brought upon the unfortunate people of this country, are occasioned by the present cruel, unjust and unnecessary War: that they, the Constitutional Society of Sheffield, are firm and real friends to peace and reform."
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Sheffield
Event Date
Aug. 11
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an address to his majesty passed. a number of resolutions were unanimously agreed to, including one stating that the calamities are occasioned by the present cruel, unjust and unnecessary war, and affirming the society's friendship to peace and reform.
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In pursuance of information by public advertisement from the Constitutional Society of this place, the friends of Peace and Reform assembled upon Crook's Moor, to the number of ten thousand at least, for the purpose of taking into consideration, the propriety of petitioning our Sovereign, in this hour of public calamity and distress, to use his efforts towards restoring the blessings of Peace, to this suffering, impoverished, and bleeding country.