" To give the appearance of dignity to these curious " and very orderly protestors, the author has been " very mindful to annex every man's addition to his " name, upon a presumption perhaps that it would " derive weight from the title of Mayor, Esquire, Cap- " tain. Lieutenant, Judge, &c.

" But it is not easy to conceive why the publisher " should be less civil to the Clergy than to the gentry "and commonalty, Samuel Seabury and Luke Babcock, " certainly ought not to have been sent into the world " floating on a news paper in that plain way, -- the

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' one is the Reverend Mr. Samuel Seabury, Rector of ' (he united pnrlihes of East and Went- Chester, and one ' of the Misiionaries for propngating the gospel, and ' not POLITICKS, in foreign parts, &c., &c., the other is ' the Reverend Mr. Luke Babcock, who preaches and ^ prays for Col. Philips and his tenants at Philipsburg.

" In this formidable catalogue of 312 sober and loyal ' protestors, there are not less than one hundred and ' seventy, who after a most diligent enquiry, I cannot ' find have the least pretensions to a vote, and indeed ' many of them are lads under age. Their names are ' as follows :

' ' Samuel Seabury, ' ' Luke Babcock, ' ' Benjamin Fowler, Esq. ' ' Joshua Pell, ' ' Edward Pell, ' ' John Hunt, ' ' Gilbert Horton, ' ' Adrian Leforge, ' ' Moses Williams, ' • Philip Kelley, ' ' James Haius, jun. ' ' .Matthew Haias, ' ' Bartholomew Hains, ' ' John Haius, ' ' Elijah Hains, ' ' Joseph Clark, ' ' Joseph Oakly, ' ' James Mott, ' ' Daniel Purdy, ' ' John Crab, ' ' Izariah Whitmore, ' ' Absalom Gidney, ' ' John Brown, ' ' Jasper Stivers, " 'Peter M'Farthing, ' ' Joshua Purdy, jun. ' ' Haccalinh Purdy, jun. ' ' James Touikins, ' ' Gilbert Thial, " ' AVilliam Se\en, ' ' Thomas Champeniers, " ' John Champeniers, " ' Eliazer Hart, " ' James Hunt, " ' Joshua Parker, ' ' Joshua Barnes, " ' John Park, " ' Samuel Purdy, " ' Gilbert Purdy, •• ' James Chalterton, " ' Thomas Cromwell, " ' Solomon Horton,