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• » %r heGeorgiaE D IV h, S D A Y\ OSlober 221766.BOSTON, September i.f%t following Litter from the Committee of Merchant in LonJou, trailing to North-America* dated fane 13, 1766, aireflai to John Hancock} Ejp and the ref tf the Merchants in this Town, came by the Packet.66Gentlemen,EFERRING you to our former letters of the a8th ofFebruary, ard iSth of March, both which we hope you have long fiiictf received, we now inclofe three ads of parliament, which obtained the royal allrnt, the 6th inftant, viz. An Ad for indemnifying pet font who have incurred penalties in A-merica, on account of the ftamp ad.“ An Ad for repealing certain duties, and granting others in lieu •hereof, and further regulating fevcral branches of the American trade.“ An Ad for ellabhihing certain ports in Jamaica and Dominica, for the more free importation and exportation of certain goods and merchandizes. JS - a lt;- *•*• . Thefirft will doubth fs give you particular fattsfadion, ascompleat*inn the re Deal of the ftanm-a*t. The* other two we confiJcr as the b.ifison, to whofr abilities, attention *nd perfrvcrance, the pfogrcf. made in adjull.nv thefe great national points irtul be attributed, and, wc hope,the good confluences of thefe regulations will trunfmit their names with honour to portenty. We are, Gentlemen,Your alTurrd ftiehds and troA humble fcrvaats,. hy tbirtf 'fiinapd Mttcbanti}*New lari, Sep. The l.egiflaturc of the IflanJ of Barbados, after a motion made to prcfent a return of thanks to hit MajeAy for the repeal of the ft :nlp ad, at lafl agreed it was not neceffary, feeing the repeal appealed (6 evidently to be an ad of juAice only to the colonies, and in courfe they concluded it waa not to the illands.Aewprt, Rhode-ljfund, I. We hear that a rheteor, of large ball ofhr , was fecn by fomc perf ms on this illand la A Monday morning, between one and two o’clock j and, after a violent explolion, disappeared.* i he concuAion was fo great, as to occafton the report of an earthquake |and as fuch, for want of further information, we mentioned it in our lalt.Bojton, Sep. 8. The Charming Nancy, Kent, from Falrtiouth tb Bo-Aon in New-England, foundered in her palTage thither, off the WeAern
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Savannah Georgia Gazette
Savannah, Georgia, US
Wed, Oct 22, 1766
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