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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Governor Sir Francis Bernard addresses the Great General Court of Massachusetts Bay at Boston on May 31, 1769, recommending prompt attention to provincial business, promising separate messages on key matters, and affirming the compatibility of crown duties and public welfare under the monarch.
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Sir FRANCIS BERNARD, Baronet,
Captain General and Governor in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, and Vice Admiral of the same. To the Great General Court or Assembly of said Province, convened at Boston May 31, 1769.
Gentlemen of the Council, and House of Representatives,
I have nothing in immediate Command from His Majesty to lay before you, I shall at present only recommend to you to give your earliest Attention to the Business of the Province.
This is got into such an Arrear, that it will require the utmost Diligence to get it done within the usual Time generally allotted to this Session. What I have to point out to you will be communicated by separate Messages,
I shall be ready to concur with you in all Measures proposed for the Good of the People that are consistent with the invariable Rule I have laid down of not departing from the Duty I owe to the King,
The Service of the Crown and the Interest of the People are Objects very compatible with each other: they must be so under a Monarch, who makes the general Welfare of all his Subjects the sole End of his Government. It shall not be my Fault, if this Coalition of Duties is not as apparent as it is real.
Council Chamber, June 1.
FRA. BERNARD.
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Boston
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May 31, 1769
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Governor addresses the Council and House of Representatives, recommends earliest attention to provincial business in arrears, promises separate messages on points to communicate, offers concurrence in measures for people's good consistent with duty to the King, and states compatibility of crown service and people's interest under the monarch.