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Domestic News
January 6, 1764
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Reports from Pawtucket and Rehoboth in the Providence Gazette describe rumors of thefts, pillage, and illegal property seizures in Boston by influential men, including the condemnation of two vessels to benefit 'great men.'
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The following remarkable Articles of Domestic Intelligence are taken from the Providence Gazette of the 17th of last Month, viz.
Pawtucket, Dec. 15. We hear from Boston, that a certain Set of Men in that Town, who want to get Money without paying for it, will not hearken to either Law or Reason, for we have undoubted Intelligence that divers Pillage and Thefts have been lately committed in and about that Town.
We also hear that two Vessels have been lately condemned there, to satisfy the Longings of some Great Men:
"Rehoboth, Dec. 16. It is confidently reported that a Scheme is actually on Foot among some of our great Folks, and others, in Boston, to get from Men their Estates, without paying for them, and that in such a manner as to escape the Censures of the Law."
Pawtucket, Dec. 15. We hear from Boston, that a certain Set of Men in that Town, who want to get Money without paying for it, will not hearken to either Law or Reason, for we have undoubted Intelligence that divers Pillage and Thefts have been lately committed in and about that Town.
We also hear that two Vessels have been lately condemned there, to satisfy the Longings of some Great Men:
"Rehoboth, Dec. 16. It is confidently reported that a Scheme is actually on Foot among some of our great Folks, and others, in Boston, to get from Men their Estates, without paying for them, and that in such a manner as to escape the Censures of the Law."
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
Boston Thefts
Property Schemes
Vessel Condemnation
Legal Evasion
Where did it happen?
Boston
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Boston
Event Date
Lately, Dec. 15 16
Outcome
divers pillage and thefts committed; two vessels condemned
Event Details
Rumors of a set of men in Boston committing thefts and pillage to gain money without payment, ignoring law and reason; scheme by great folks to seize estates without compensation while evading legal censure; two vessels condemned to satisfy influential figures.