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Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Alexander McDougall arrested in New-York and imprisoned for allegedly authoring a seditious libel criticizing the General Assembly's funding of troops; commentary praises him as a defender of liberty amid opposition to the Stamp Act.
Merged-components note: The toasts in the second component are directly related to the McDougall imprisonment news in the first, both supporting the cause of liberty in the colonies; merging creates a coherent domestic news item.
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(Even. Post.)
XI o'Clock, A. M. Post this Moment arrived from New-York---After what a venal and bribed Junto have done; what may not be expected from so foul a Party? A most audacious attack upon the Liberty of the Press, in the Imprisonment of a most worthy Son of Liberty, Alexander McDougall; his Defence cannot be read without Admiration---His Name will shine with the most distinguished Rays in the Annals of America, while the Names of the Scotch Drummer and his infamous abettors will rot. May the first Sufferer in the Cause of American Liberty since the late detested Stamp-Act never want Support; & may the Cause of Liberty ever be happy in having such able and gallant Defenders as it finds in a McDougall, whom the Bostonians will not pity, but envy.
(Boston Gaz.)
TOASTS FOR THE DAY.
May the Friends of Liberty through this Province, partake of the Spirit which actuates a McDougall; and may the Slaves of arbitrary Power, imitate the Conduct of their infamous and infatuated Brethren of New-York.
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New York
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taken up and committed to gaol, refused bail
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Mr. Alexander McDougall taken up and committed to Gaol in New-York for being the supposed Author of a Paper lately published, subscribed "A Son of Liberty," relative to the General Assembly's granting Money for the Use of the Troops, which they declared to be a "seditious Libel," and voted rool for a Discovery of the Author.