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NHG-P.769.038
27 Oct 1769:22,23 (680)
New-York, October 26. Extract of a letter from a merchant in
Edinburgh, to a gentleman in this city; with part of the
answer returned by said gentleman.
. . . [19 lines decrying the American attachment to Wilkes]
Answer.
As to Wilkes, I never knew one colony send him a present,
nor any one man doing it; we can hardly pay Britain our
debts; nor was he ever invited here; I often heard gentlemen
talk of him here with disdain, as a very profane man, tho'
he espe[ ]eth the course of liberty, which is in itself
glorious. And tho' I think his Majesty had no manner of
business at the play-house, but had been much better in his
closet, praying and contriving good answers to the just
petitions of America, London and Middlesex; yet very sorry
am I to hear of his being attacked by a mob; it shocks me
indeed. (N. York Gazette)
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