ed to beat the Plaintiff and to Demolish his House, unless he acquiesced, fined the Constable for executing the Process, and

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compelled him to engage that he would never serve as an Officer of Justice under the authority of New York.

That at the Time of their late Irruption into Durham, they openly avowed that in their next Visit they would reduce every House to Ashes and leave every Inhabitant a Corpse.

That several of the Inhabitants of Durham and other Towns, after having .been cruelly whipped aud mal-treated have been compelled to abandon their Property and consult their Safety by Flight

That the Civil authority in that part of the Country terrified and obstructed by the most insolent outrages, is altogether : Silenced, neither Magistrates nor inferiour Officers being able to. Officiate in their respective Stations either in the Protection of the Persons or for the Recovery of the Debts of the Injured.

That the Inhabitants of Durham and many others holding under this province, have at considerable expence purchased Titles under the New Hampshire Charters to the Lands they possess, in hopes thereby of enjoying in Peace the Fruits of their Labour, but find themselves totally disappointed, the Rioters insisting that they shall become of their Number, conform to their Regulations, and act as they do in open defiance of all Law and Government. /

That under these Circumstances they are reduced to the hard Necessity of associating with the Rioters, or of abandoning their Settlements, and unwilling to embrace the former must be forced to submit to the latter and fly the Country, though to the utter Ruin of themselves and their Families ; unless supported by the Aid and Protection of Government.