tl pERSUADED that the salvation of the rights and liberties of -L "America, depends, under God, on the firm union of its inhabitants, in a vigorous prosecution of the measures necessary for its " safety, and convinced of the necessity of preventing the anarchy and " confusion which attend a dissolution of the powers of government-, "we, the freemen, freeholders, and inhabitants of the city and county of " New- York, being greatly alarmed at the avowed design of the niinis- " try to raise a revenue in America, and shocked by the bloody scene " now acting in the Massachusetts-Bay ; do, in the most solemn manner "resolve never to become Blaves; and to associate under all the ties of "religion, honour, and love to our country, to adopt, and endeavour to " carry into execution, whatever measures may be recommended by the " continental congress, or resolved upon by our provincial convention, "for the purpose of preserving our constitution, and opposing the oxe- "cution of several arbitrary and oppressive acta of the British Parlia- "ment, until a reconciliation between Great Britain and America, on "constitutional principles, (which we most ardently desire) can be ob- "tained; and that wo will, in all things, follow the advice of our "general committee, respecting the purposes aforesaid, the preservation 1 ' of peace and good order, and the safety of individuals and private property. "Dated in New-York, Apnl and May, 1775." This Association, with some slight changes, was re-printed (without any

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