Town on further Deliberation, thought it ad-
viseable to refer the Matter to the Great and
General Assembly; and accordingly in a second
Address, as No. 3. [dagger reference mark indicates that there is a
note below ]they requested his Excel-
lency that the General Court might convene
at the Time to which they then stood pro-
rogued, to which the Town received the Reply
as in No. 4 [double ss indicates that there is a note below]
in which we are acquainted with
his Intentions further to prorgue the General
Assembly, which has since taken Place. Thus,
Gentlemen, it is evident his Excellency declines
giving the least Satisfaction as to the Matter in
Request. The Affair being of public Concern-
ment, the Town of
Boston though it necessary
to consult with their Brethren throughout the
Province; and for this Purpose appointed a
Committee, to communicate with our Fellow
Sufferers, respecting this recent Instance of Op-
pression, as well as the many other Violations
of our Rights under which we have groaned
for several Years past -- This Committee have
briefly recapitulated the sense we have of our
invaluable Rights as Men, as Christians, and as
Subjects; and wherein we conceive those
Rights to have been violated, which we are
desirous may be laid before your Town, that
the Subject may be weighed as its Importance
requires, and the collected wisdom of the
whole People, as far as possible, be obtained,
on a deliberation of such great and lasting mo-
[dagger reference mark:]See Appendix, No. 3. [ss reference mark:] See Appendix , No. 4.