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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from London merchant John Buchanan to Annapolis merchants details British merchants' offense at Virginia and Maryland traders signing an anti-sedition address to the King, linked to Stamp Act tensions and colonial grievances over taxation without representation.
Merged-components note: This is a continuation of an extract from a letter from a London merchant regarding English merchants' views on American colonial agreements and addresses, spanning across pages; best fits as foreign_news given the London origin and international perspective on American affairs.
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Extract of a Letter from Mr. John Buchanan, Merchant in London, to Messrs. James Dick, and Stewart, Merchants in this City, dated Aug. 1 1769.
WE have just received Advice, that the Merchants of England, are very much offended that some of the Virginia and Maryland Merchants signed the Address of the Merchants & principal Traders of the City of London to the King, expressing their Abhorrence of the Attempts made to spread Sedition, inflame the Minds, & alienate Affections of the People from his Majesty's Person & Government, which was notoriously done at that Time, by a Party, one of the principal Persons of which, is the Man, who by the Stamp-Act was the first Cause of all the Contention between the Colonies & the Mother-Country: And that Address was set on Foot in Opposition to that Party, who, give me leave to observe are no Friends to the Colonies. I have read over the Address again, and I don't find any Thing in it that relates to America: I dare say there is not one Man who signed it, but what is a Well wisher to the Colonies; as for my Part, I have all the Reason in the World to be so. and I have always declared myself against taxing them, as a Thing unjust, upon the Principle of not being represented. I have the greatest regard for my Friends in Maryland, and considering how I am situated with them. I should be a Fool & Madman to do any Thing that would hurt them. I have just been taking a Balance of my Books, and the Effects and Debts due to me in Maryland, including the Iron-Works. amount to no less than £[blank]: To think that any Man so situated, would designedly do any Thing to hurt the People of that Colony, is absurd. I had my share of Trouble in getting the Stamp-Act repealed, and I am still ready to do every Thing in my Power to relieve North-America from their present Distresses.
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London
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Aug. 1 1769
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British merchants offended that Virginia and Maryland merchants signed London address to King against sedition efforts linked to Stamp Act originator; Buchanan affirms support for colonies, opposes taxation without representation, notes his financial ties to Maryland, and readiness to aid North America.