The Massachusetts Spy, Or, Thomas's Boston Journal

New-York, Dec. 16. The following
advertisement was handed about the city. viz.

"THE members of the association of
the sons of liberty, are requested to meet at
the City Hall, at one o'clock, to morrow,
(being Friday) on business of the utmost im-
portance;—and every other friend, to the
liberties and trade of America. are hereby
most cordially invited, to meet at the same
time and place.

The Committee of the Association
Thursday, New-York, 16th. Dec."

December 17th, 1773

"IN pursuance of this advertisement altho
the weather was bad, at one o'clock P. M
a very numerous and respectable number of
the citizens, met at the city Hall, when Mr.
John Lamb, a member of the association
addressed the meeting, and informed
them, that he was desired, by a number of
his fellow citizens to communicate to them,
that there were several letters received from
the committee of correspondence of the town
of Boston, and a letter from Philadelphia,
relative to the importation of the East-India
company's tea; which it was desired might
be communicated. The letters were accord-
ingly read; and a committee of fifteen Gen-
tlemen was chosen to answer those letters
and to correspond with our sister colonies on
the subject of the dutied tea, The associa-
tion of the sons of liberty was then read, the
conclusion of which is as follows, viz.

"We the subscribers, influenced by a re-
gard to liberty, and disposed to use all law-
ful endeavours in our power, to defeat the
pernicious. project, and to transmit to our
posterity, those blessings of freedom, which
our ancestors have handed down to us; and
to contribute to the support of the common
liberties of America, which are in danger to
be subverted, DO, for these important pur-
poses agree to associate together, under the
name and style of the SONS of LIBERTY
of NEW YORK, and engage our honour,
to and with each other, faithfully to observe
and perform the following RESOLUTI-
ONS, viz.

I. Resolved. That whoever shall aid, or
abet, or in any manner assist, in the intro-
duction of tea, from any place whatsoever,
into this colony, while it is subject by a Bri-
tish act of parliament, to the payment of a
duty, for the purpose of raising a revenue in
America, he shall be deemed, an enemy to
the liberties of America.

2d. Resolved, That whoever shall be aiding
or assisting, in the landing, or carting of such
tea, from any ship, or vessel, or shall hire a-
ny house, warehouse, or cellar, or any place
whatsoever, to deposit the tea, subject to a duty
as aforesaid, he shall be deemed an ene-
my to the liberties of America.

3d. Resolved, That whoever shall sell, or
buy, or in any manner contribute to the sale,
or purchase of tea, subject to a duty as afore-
said, or shall aid,or abet, in transporting such
tea, by land, or water, from this city, until
the 7th Geo. III. Chap. 46, com-
monly called the revenue act, shall be totally
and clearly repealed, he shall be deemed
an enemy to the liberties of America.

4th. Resolved, That whether the duties
on tea imposed by this act,be paid in Great
Britain, or in America, our liberties are e-
qually affected.

5th. Resolved, That whoever shall trans-
gress any of these resolutions, we will not
deal with, or employ, or have any connection
with him.

New York, Nov. 29.

Mr. Lamb then put the question, whe-
ther they agreed to these resolutions? It
passed in the affirmative. Nem Con.

The Mayor and the Recorder came into
the meeting, and informed them that they
had a message from government
to the people; and to take their
sense. Whereupon it was agreed that the Mayo-
should deliver the message; which he ac-
cordingly did in the words following:

"Gentlemen, I have a message from
government to deliver to you. The Gover-
nor declares that the tea will be put into the
custom house at noon day; and engages his honour
that it shall continue there, till the council
shall advise it to be delivered out, or till the
King's order, or the proprietors order is
known; and then the tea will be delivered
just at noon day. Gentlemen is this satisfactory
to you?" This was answered with a
general No, No. No.

Mr. Lamb, then read to the people, the
act of Parliament, that imposes the duty
on tea imported into America, and after
making some pertinent remarks on the com-
mons of Great-Britain's giving· and granting
the property of the Americans; and
that the duty was due on the landing of the
tea, put the following question, Is it then
your opinion, Gentlemen, that the tea should
be landed under this circumstance? This
was carried so generally in the negative, that
there was no call for a division.

Whereas this body is informed from un-
questionable authority, and the letters that
have now been read; that the patriotic inhabi-
tants of the city of Philadelphia, and the
town of Boston have determined, that no
tea, subject to a duty by a British act of Par-
liament, for the purpose of raising a revenue
in America, should. be landed. in either of
those places,

Resolved, nem. con. That this body
highly approve of that spirited and patriotic
conduct of our brethren, of the city of Phila-
delphia, and the town of Boston, in sup-
port of the common liberties of America

Then the question was put,—whether this
meeting should be adjourned, till the arrival
of the tea ship, or be dissolved. It was car-
ried, that the meeting should be adjourned,
until the arrival of the tea ship.

Voted. That these proceedings should be
published, and transmitted by the committee
to the other colonies.