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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Boston's House of Representatives passed a resolution on June 29 approving the Council's response to letters from Governor Bernard and General Gage that defamed the colony and its loyal subjects to British ministers.
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His Majesty's Council having at the Request of the House of Representatives in the present Session laid before them Copies of divers Letters received from London, very interesting to this Colony, together with the Proceedings of the late and present Council thereon, the House on Thursday last pass'd the following Resolution, and appointed a Committee to carry the same to the Honorable Board.
THE House having taken into Consideration certain Copies of Letters written by Governor Bernard to the Right Hon. the Earl of Hillsborough, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, dated Nov. 1, 5, 11, 14, 30, and Dec. 5, 1768.
And also a Copy of one Letter written by his Excellency General Gage, to his Lordship, dated October 31, 1768.
All which are attested by the Clerk of the Papers of the House of Commons; and were transmitted to his Majesty's late Council of this Province, by William Bollan, Esq; and at the Desire of the House have been communicated to the present Council.
In which Letters his Majesty's loyal Subjects of this Colony in general, as well as his Majesty's Council are traduced, and represented in a most odious and unjust Light to his Majesty's Ministers.
The House having also carefully read and considered the Remarks which the late as well as the present Council have made thereon in their several Letters to his Lordship, Copies of which have also been communicated at the Desire of this House.
Resolved, That the House do highly approve of, and have an entire Satisfaction in the Zeal and Attention of the late Council to the public Interest, not only in thus vindicating their own Character, but guarding their Country from meditated Ruin, by truly stating Facts, and justly representing the Duty and Loyalty of this People at so critical a Time, when the Governor of the Province had wantonly dissolved the General Assembly, and arbitrarily refused to call another upon the repeated dutiful Petitions of the people.
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Boston
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June 29
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house passed resolution approving council's vindication of the colony against defamatory letters.
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House of Representatives considered copies of letters from Governor Bernard (dated Nov. 1, 5, 11, 14, 30, and Dec. 5, 1768) and General Gage (Oct. 31, 1768) to Earl of Hillsborough, which traduced the colony and Council; approved Council's responses and zeal in defending the province amid Governor's dissolution of the General Assembly.