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that a child may inderstand it, and will be of singular Use both to Buyers and Sellers. (Price Three Half-Pence.) Advertisement of T. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill, in the Boston Evening Post, January 29, 1750. The Countryman's Table convenient for pasting up in Houses. Advertisement of Samuel Kneeland in the Boston Weekly NewsLetter, April 12, 1750.

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912. The Dying Speech of Old Tenor, I on the 31st of March 1750; being the Day appointed for his Execution. With a word of Comfort to his disconsolate Mourners. Sold next to the Prison in Queen-Street. 913. Boston, April 2, 1750. | A Song | On the Remarkable Resurrection of above One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling in Dollars and English Copper-Half-Pence, which have lain bury'd for many Months, attended with a strong Guard of Watchmen. . To the Tune of Jack the Piper, or any other that suits.

† EI At foot is Rogers & Fowle's announcement of their “Exact Table," and also: “Now in the Press, and to Morrow will be Published and Sold at the above Place, a TABLE to know the Value of this Province Bills in lawful Money which will be passing One Year amongst us.” GODDARD, EDWARD. 914. A brief Account of the Formation and Settlement of the 2nd church and Con- Igregation in Framingham. Dated, December 14, 1750.

† MA. MAS pp. 4. Archives, XIII. 352. GREEN, JOSEPH. 915. A Mournful Lamentation for the sad and deplorable Death of Mr. Old Tenor, | A Native of New-England, who, after a long Confinement, by a deep and mortal Wound which he received above Twelve Months before, expired on the 31st Day of March, 1750. Sold at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill, Boston; Price Three Half Pence. EI. BPL. MHS

Proceedings, XLIII. 256. Evans, 6512. Advertised in the Boston Evening Post, April 2, 1750, “This Day is Published, And sold by T. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill.” See No. 938, infra. HARVARD COLLEGE. 916. Quaestiones.

† AAS 917. Theses.

AAS. HC Evans, 6514.

But ah! poor Souls! I pity you from my Ileart,
But that, alas! won't cafe you of the Smart.
I have been hug'd, I have been tore in two,
And ferv'd the worst of Mortals, it is true;
But then Compaflion on me you have had,
And flamp'd me new, which made my Heart quite glad.
How nice and carefully have I been tuck'd,
Where httle pretty Infants lin and fuck.

But what comes next to that; I'm plainly told

I am to be exchang'd for beaty Gold.

The DOLLARS are on Munday next to rife,
And then I doubt not fome will loɔfe their Eyes.
Thefe pretty Baubles you will turn and twit
And then fecurely lay them in your Chelt.
But I, alafs, after you've had your Camus,
Must be thrown up in leaps and put in Flames,

PART II. A Word of Comfort.

But come my Friends, your Fate is hard, 'tis true,
One Word of Comfort I will fay to you:
After my Name by fome is wholly loft,

I fhall be hov'ring all around the Coast.

If in Diftrefs by fume you thould be brought,
Come unto me in Hampton with your Lot.
Bring up your Goods unto Connecticut,
And there I'll make you grow quite plump and fat.
If these should fail, to Provider Repair,
And there my Friends you all thall have your thare.
Three Goverments I've in Polletion now,
They all me mind, and great Respect do thow.
My Land is good, my Cedars large and tall,
And thofe who come to me hall never fall.
All thofe who have my En'mies been indeed,
Will be convinc'd that I have them reliev'd.
Their Thoughts are high, their Looks are mighty great
And do feem pleas'd at my imagin'd Fate.
Shortly they'll fee how I in Triumph vie,
And then with Sorrow they'll look dull and cry.
Rejoice my Friends, rejoice once more I fay,
Altho' this is my Execution Day.

After I'm dead, take Care of my Remains,
And when I rife, will pay you for your Pains;
Keep up your Hearts, tho' Scoffers do rejoice;
And in a little Time you'll hear my Voice.
Altho' this Day looks dark, and Hearts are fad,
Mind not the Frowns of wicked Men who're glad
Shortly they'll fay, Old Tenor come again,
But then alas! 'twill be too late for them.

Dated in BOSTON, which has been the chief Place of my' Refidence for many Tears, which I believe will be very fen fible of my Departure, this Thirty-first of March 1750.

The Dying Speech of Old Tenor,

On the 3 ft of March 1750; being the Day appointed for his Execution. With a Word of Comfort to his difconfolate Mourners.

Kind Reader,

2 cannes be infenfible bow I bave been used, and in what Manner for three Weeks past, and what different Sentiments fome Pate entertain'd concerning me, calling me Bomaree, Old Stuff, and many other hard and approbius Names in the Publick Frints; but I was handled in fo reugh a Manner, last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, being the three last Days before y Execution, that I catch'd a prodigious Cold, and on Friday Night was obliged to retire, having the lead-ach to a great Degree; but confidering bow fort my Time was, and the great Diftrefs of fome of my best friends, who appeared to me gry Dil and Melancholy, was determin'd to leave them the following Legacy, for their ocon perujal, and their Children after them; which I penn'd in Part after Nine O'Clock, and finifl'd the next Morning early, knowing that it would be a very bufy Day with me. After I had taken a little Breakfast, which lay very hard in my Stomach, I was hurry'd about from ere Part of the Town and Province to another in a meft violent Manner, fo that by One o'Clock, I could foarcely fetch my Breath: After Dinner (having had a very poor Appetite, knowing the doleful Scene was not far off) excu fame of my best Friends began to be thy of me, threatning to but rp their Shops, because I was thrown in upon them fufijt. out balf Hour before Sun-fet, thefe who were very fond of us ONCE, ran about Town as if they were diftraties, for fear I fould die in their Hands, and were as glad to get rid of me as if I bad been a Rattle-fnake; which brough; to my Alind the Fable of an aged Hound being in pursuit of bis Game, caught it, but could not hold it, because his Teeth were worn out; for which bis Majter corrected bim very fecerely. The Dog begged that be might not be punished, alledging that be was old; The Maral of which is, Many People are so ungrateful as to take no Notice of the Ninety-nine good Turns, which they baût received, if the Hundredub is denied them.

SSSSSSHat doleful Cries are thefe that fright my Senfe!
W Sad as the Groans of dying Innocence.
SHS The killing dccents now more near approach,
And dues moft Hearts with Grief and Wonder touch.
It makes a mighty great and doleful Sound
Spread far and wide, enlarges all around.
My Name Old Tenor is, 'tis true, I own,

And by that Name have many Years been known.
But what alas is all this Stir and Noife!
Have I not been quite juft unto your Caufe?
Indeed Iv'e help'd the Pour Mau in Distress,
And eas'd the Widow and the Fatherless.
Tve built you Houfes, for to keep you warm,
And bought you Cattle for to plow your Land.
When in Diftrefs, a helping Hand I've been,
And purchas'd Things to carry you to your End.
When you've been lick, I've done the best I cou'd
To eafe your Mind, and do juft as you wou'd ;
When you've been parch'd with Fevers violent,
1 to the Doctors for you have been fent.

When your Guts grumbl'd and your Heads have ak'd
I then flood ready for to ease your Pate.
When you no Breeches had, or Coat to wear,
You conftantly did unto me repair;

I bought you Caps, I bought you Shoes likewife,
And many a Time no Doubt have fav'd your lives.
When Wars arofe, and En'mies you purfu'd,
To me you ran for fhelter from your Foes.

I bought you Guns, and Drums, and Swords indeed,
And ev'ry Thing that Mortals ftood in need.
When Frenchmen unto you were coming in,

I then flood ready for to be your Friend.

When your Hearts fail'd, I purchas'd you good Cheer,
Which made you bold, and on the Span'ards fneer.
When all your Trade was in Stagnation lain,

I then rous'd up, which was not quite in vain.

I rais'd an Army, to Cape Breton fent,

Who took that Place, which made you all content:
Rejoicings great you then was pleas'd to make,
Altho' it made the Frenchmen's Hearts to ake.
In fhort, great Things I always have been doing,
And conftantly for me you have been wooing.
Should I recount the good Deeds I have done,
The World perhaps could find not fuch a one.
But after all, what ftrange Reward must have,
Among fome Men, unwilling I fhould live
Or any more among you for to breathe.
This Day my Execution's to commence
And I'm to be for ever banish'd hence.
Ah! cruel Fate, 'tis hard indeed to tell
The Crowds of Men, of my unhappy end.
Mourners I have in Numbers great and small,
Who gladly my Death-Warrant would recall:

Sold next to the Prifon in Queen-Street.

No. 912. By courtesy of the Essex Institute.

INSURANCE POLICY.

918. Marine Insurance policy. Insurance-Office kept in KingStreet near the Long Wharffe by Joseph Dowse.

MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, PROVINCE.

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919. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; | ...A Proclamation for a publick Fast. [March 15.] Dated, February 16, 1749[-50]. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieut. Governour and Council. MHS Evans, 6361.

920. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; ...A Proclamation | For Proroguing the General Assembly [to September 26, 1750.] Dated, August 13, 1750. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the LieutenantGovernour and Council. 1750.

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921. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; ...A Proclamation | For a publick Thanksgiving. [November 1. Dated, October 10, 1750. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governour and Council.

Evans, 6543.

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922. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; |... | A Proclamation | For Proroguing the General Assembly [to December 19, 1750.] Dated, November 16, 1750. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the LieutenantGovernour and Council. 1750.

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923. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | Spencer Phips, Esq; |... | A Proclamation | For proroguing the General Assembly [to January 9, 1751.] Dated, December 7, 1750. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the LieutenantGovernour and Council. 1750.

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924. An Act for suppressing of Riots, Routs and unlawful Assemblies. Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green. 1750. Evans, 6541.

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925. Province of the | Massachusetts- | Bay in New- | England. In pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the 7th and 8th Years of the Reign of King William the Third, intitled, An Act for preventing Fraud, and regulating Abuses in the Plantation Trade. | Jurat.

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926. Be it Rembered, that on the

Day of in the

Year of His Majesty's Reign, was convicted before me, One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace ... profane ...

VHS 927. 175- | Received of | the several Species of Provisions, | Ammunition & Slop-cloathing as mentioned in these Columns.

MAS 928. Shewing the Harmony of the Divine Attributes, In the Way of Man's Salvation.

MHS The date is conjectural.

1751 ADVERTISEMENT. 929. Advertisement. Whereas by some late Advertisements, it may be understood that Lieutenant John North, and Mr. Samuel Goodwin, in their late Survey, have exceeded the Limits, etc. Dated, May 1, 1751.

AAS 2 Am. Ant. Soc. Procceedings, XI. 464. BOSTON. 930. Tax bill.

MHS BRUNSWICK, PROPRIETORS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF. 931. Advertisement. At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick in the County of York ... on May 15th 1751; the following Vote was passed. Whereas in Order to open the Eyes of People, and to undeceive those Persons that have been unwarily led to take up under the Plymouth Company's Claim, to Lands in Kenebeck River ... EI. MHS GREAT BRITAIN. 932. A Bill To Regulate and Restrain Paper Bills of Credit in the British colonies and Plantations in America, and to prevent | the same being legal Tenders in Payment for Money; and for the better enforcing his Majesty's Orders and Instructions throughout the said Colonies and Plantations. Boston, New-England, Re-printed and sold by Thomas Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill.

BPL pp. 2. In ms. the date of taking effect is September 29, 1751. An edition of the law was printed in 1751 by Timothy Green, New London, Conn. HARVARD COLLEGE. 933. Catalogus. 934. Quaestiones.

AAS. 935. THESES.

AAS. Evans, 6690

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MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, PROVINCE.
936. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. | The following
Order passed the General Court the last Session, viz. | In Coun-
cil, June 22, 1751. Whereas it has been the Practice of the
Assessors of many of the Towns in the Province, to neglect or

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delay settling the | Proportion of the respective Inhabitants
to the Province Tax ...
937. (Royal arms.) By the Honourable / Spencer Phips, Esq;
T...] A Proclamation for a general Fast. [March 21.) Dated,
February 27, 17501-51). Boston: Printed by John Draper,
Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governour and Council.
Evans, 6542

MHS 938. (Royal arms.] By the Honourable Spencer Phips, Esq;

. | A Proclamation. (Offering a reward for the apprehension of Robert Howland and Fobes Little, for publishing and dispersing “A sad and deplorable Lamentation, etc.) Dated, April 18, 1751. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governour and Council. / 1751.

Archives, cII. 598. See No. 915, supra. 939. (Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq;

A Proclamation. (Prohibiting the revenge of injuries offered by the Penobscot tribe of Indians.) Dated, September 3, 1751. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governour and Council. | 1751. 940. (Royal arms.) By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; 1... | A Proclamation | For a Publick Thanksgiving. [November 7.) Dated, October 10, 1751. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor and Council. / 1751.

Evans, 6712. 941. (Royal arms. By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; 1... A Proclamation | for Proroguing the General Assembly (to December 26.) Dated, November 19, 1751. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant

Governour and Council. 1751. 942. Oaths appointed to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy: And Declaration. Dated in ms.

| July, 1751

| MA 2 leaves. Archives, XLIII, 471; XLIX. 325. 943. (Another form.]

MA The ninth line from the foot of the Declaration reads at the end “better Securing the Rights" Ib., XLIX. 317.

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