Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Mr. PRINTER,

The paper, respecting a conference of three persons at B--w's. in Portsmouth, under the disguise of a dream, must be considered as libellous to the highest degree, if not true, and if so, astonishingly impious and blasphemous, some strictures on the same hath been lately in your paper, whereby we understand that the worthy General Sullivan had been mentioned as one of the three persons ; every one who knows that gentleman can testify to his established principles of religion, I should have rather thought him to be knowing to the dreamer's publication; the better to expose the three persons, who all lodged in one room during the session of the late Assembly in Portsmouth.

This affair is so abominable in its nature: that I hope the persons may be brought to light,especially.if they are in any public offices in this State. The mode of inquiry by the Court at their next session is summary. It, to inquire whether there were three men who kept one chamber at Br--st's during their late session at Portsmouth. and to procure their names, then to find out by the ministers of the parishes to which they respectively belong. their reputations and public religious sentiments. and if they are established to the satisfaction of the Court, then an application should be made to the Government of the Massachusetts, to oblige the printer to give up the name of the supposed dreamer, who must either maliciously asperse some persons, or conscientiously intended to discover them ; but why should all this be done, when it must be known to Mr. B--r. that there was three persons who occupied one chamber during the session. and of course those persons ought to consider themselves intended by the dreamer. and should exert themselves to discover him. and if they do not do it. they must be supposed guilty of the charge. and if it could be proved that there were three such diabolical monsters within this State, let them be banished, as unworthy members of this community.

GROTIUS.