. Tracts relating to the currency of the Massachusetts Bay, 1682-1720; . r of Gentlemen, Merchants,and others among us; and you must needs haveseen in the Publick News-Pa2:)er, an Order of Coun-cil that was passed upon that Occasion ; whereby theProjectors were directed to Proceed 7io further inthat Affair, until the next Session of the , That so the whole Government mightbe of Advice in a Matter of that Weight and Con-sequence. Notwithstanding all which, (I am lothto say in Contempt of it) the Persons Concerned,are openly carrying on their Bank with utmostVigour and Expedition
. Tracts relating to the currency of the Massachusetts Bay, 1682-1720; . r of Gentlemen, Merchants,and others among us; and you must needs haveseen in the Publick News-Pa2:)er, an Order of Coun-cil that was passed upon that Occasion ; whereby theProjectors were directed to Proceed 7io further inthat Affair, until the next Session of the , That so the whole Government mightbe of Advice in a Matter of that Weight and Con-sequence. Notwithstanding all which, (I am lothto say in Contempt of it) the Persons Concerned,are openly carrying on their Bank with utmostVigour and Expedition; as Supposing, and indeedAffirming, That the Government have nothing to dowith them in that Affair: So that tis very much tobe questioned, whether the Projectors will [4] makeany Application to the General Assembly or not;looking upon themselves very Well and Sufficientwithout it. But does it follow, SIB, That the Gov-ernment must sit still, and neither Say nor Bo any-thing, when they see and hear of a Projection thatis just ripe for Execution, which so very much Im-. TO THE Lately Projedcd at S 0 S T 0 N. Being a LETTER upon thatOccafion, to JOHN BURRIL, Efq;Speaker to the Hoiife of REPRE-SENTATIVES for the ProYinccof the MilfachufettSBay^ in New-England. Better js a little u^ltb Rlghteonficf^ without Right. B O S T O Ni :r Printed by T. Fleet, in Vudding-Lane^near Kwg-Street. 1714. J. :? :*.? MASSACHUSETTS BAY 87 ports the Prerogative of the Crown, the Constitutionand Laws of this Province, the Estates and Liber-ties of the People, and that not only for the present,but succeeding Generations ? No, it cant be ! I doubt not, but that before I have finished thisLetter, to prove beyond all Question, and that byvery good Reason, That as it Principally, and in thefirst Place behoves the Government, and General As-sembly of the Province, so it really Concerns everyMan that has any Interest in this Country, with greatApplication to Enquire into, and seriously C
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