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I gave her a News-Letter about the Thanksgiving; Proposals, for sake of the Verses for David Jeffries. She tells me Dr. Increase Mather visited her this day, in Mr. Hutchinson's Coach. October 11. I writ a few Lines to Madam Winthrop to this purpose: "Madam, These wait on you with Mr. Mayhew's Sermon, and Account of the state of the Indians on Martha's Vinyard.
The objections made from the beginning, and still made, with such answers as experience has suggested, find place later on. Weeden's Economic and Social History of New England, vol. i. p. 304. Caulkins, p. 273. Boston News-Letter, Jan. 25, 1773. Boston News-Letter, Jan. 25, 1773. Barry's Massachusetts, vol. xi. p. 193. Weeden's Social and Economic History of New England, vol. ii. p. 790.
Saunders's News-Letter of the same date dealt with the subject as follows: The first step in what appears to be a very doubtful proceeding was taken yesterday by the law advisers of the crown.
The ancient News-Letter was written in manuscript and copied by clerks, who addressed the copies to the subscribers. The politician by whom they were compiled picked up his intelligence at coffee-houses, and often pleaded for an additional gratuity in consideration of the extra expense attached to frequenting such places of fashionable resort.
Sir Everard learned from the public NEWS-LETTER, first, that Richard Waverley, Esquire, was returned for the ministerial borough of Barterfaith; next, that Richard Waverley, Esquire, had taken a distinguished part in the debate upon the Excise bill in the support of government; and, lastly, that Richard Waverley, Esquire, had been honoured with a seat at one of those boards, where the pleasure of serving the country is combined with other important gratifications, which, to render them the more acceptable, occur regularly once a quarter.
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