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WILLIAMSBURG, (Virginia) December jr*A copy of the OATH extorted from the people ot Norfolk and Princeft A one, by Lord Dunmore, €t WE the inhabitant* of ——■ ■■ being fully ftn(tble*of the errors and guilt into which this 'colony hath been miflcd, under colour of fccking rcdrefs of grievances, and that a fet of fafous men filling thcmfcl vet committees, conventions ahd~congftfieJ^ have violently and under various pretenfiont, ufur**pad the legislative and executive powers of government, and are thereby endeavouring to overturn our moft happy conftitutioo, and have incurred the guilt of adual rebellion againft our moft gracious Sovereign ; We .have tbercrore taken an latb, abjuring their authority, and folemnly promifing, in . the prcfenCe of Almighty God, to bear faith and ' true allegiance to his (acred Majefty George the i Third ; and that we will, to the utmoft of our power, and ability, Ypporf, maintain, and defend his crown » and dignity* againft ?!1 rraiterout attempts and con-. (piracies whatever. And whcieas, armed bodies of men are collected, in various parts of this colony, without atiy legal authority, we wifh them to be informed, that however unwilling we Should be to (bed the blood of our countrymen, we rauft in dif-charge of our duty to God and the King, and in* fupport of the conftitution and laws of our country, ^oppofe their marching into this country, where their coming can anfwer no good end, but to the contrary,muft expofe us to the outrages and horrors of a civil war, and, for that purpofe, we are determined to take advamage of our happy (uuation and will defend the paflcs into our country, and neighbourhood, (i thi left drip if iur bind ”
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Essex Journal And New Hampshire Packet

Newburyport, Massachusetts, US

Fri, Jan 05, 1776

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