A Patriotic Advertisement, 1765

Hugh Gaine (?). "A Patriotic Advertisement." New York: 1765. Broadside.

A Patriotic Advertisement

City of New York, October 31, 1765
At a general Meeting of the Merchants of the City of New-York, trading to Great Britain, at the House of Mr. George Burns, of the said City, [?]n-holder, to consider what was necessary to be done in the present Situation of Affairs, with respect to the Stamp Act, and the melancholy State of the N. American Commerce, for greatly restricted by the Impositions and Duties established by the late Acts of Trade: They came to the following Resolutions, viz.
First, that in all Orders they send out to Great Britain, for Goods or Merchandise, of any Nature, Kind, or Quality whatsoever, usually imported from Great Britain, they will direct their Correspondents not to ship them, unless the Stamp Act be repealed: It is nevertheless agreed, that all such Merchants as are Owners of, and have Vessels already gone, and now cleared out for Great Britain, shall be at Liberty to bring back in them on their own Accounts, Crates and Casks of Earthen Ware, Grindstones, Pipes, and such other bulky Articles as Owners usually fill up their Vessels with.
Secondly, It is further unanimously agreed, that all Orders already sent Home, shall be countermanded by the very first Conveyance; and the Goods and Merchandize thereby ordered, not to be sent, unless upon the Condition mentioned in the foregoing Resolution.
Thirdly, It is further unanimously agreed, that no Merchant will vend any Goods or Merchandise sent upon Commission from Great Britain, that shall be shipped from thence after the first Day of January next, unless upon the Condition mentioned in the first Resolution.
Fourthly, It is further unanimously agreed that the foregoing Resolutions shall be binding until the same are abrogated at a general Meeting hereafter to be held for that Purpose.
In Witness whereof we have hereunto respectively subscribed our Names.
[This was subscribed by upwards of Two Hundred principal Merchants.]

In Consequence of the foregoing Resolutions, the Retailers of Goods, of the City of New-York, subscribed a Paper, in the Words following, viz.
We the underwritten, Retailer of Goods, do hereby promise and oblige ourselves not to buy any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, of any Person or Persons whatsoever, that shall be shipped from Great Britain, after the first Day of January next, unless the Stamp Act shall be repealed---As Witness our Hands, Oct. 31, 1765.

  Extract of a Letter from a principal House in England to a Gentleman in NEW YORK. öWarranted by the Publisher to be genuine.

The present Situation of the Colonies is really alarming to every Person who has large Sums to come from them.÷We feel the Force of the late Act, in a very sensible Manner, being drove to our Wits End to pay our Tradesmen agreeable to the Time their Payments become due; and if a Method is not taken, diametrically opposite to the former, you and we, and indeed every Person of Property, must unavoidably sink under the present Restrictions. The Colonies, at this present Moment, owe us One Hundred Thousands Pounds and upwards, too large a Sum to be kept out of above two Years, and no Remittances; and though two vessels are arrived at London from New-York, the whole Remittance was a single Hundred Pounds.---This is what we cannot bear, therefore are determined to stop our Hands in the export Way, and will not ship off a single Shilling's worth, but to Persons who can and will pay us: If this cursed Act is not repealed, we shall be great Sufferers, and our Manufacturers thrown on their Parishes for want of Support, whilst People who employ'd them, [illegible] in a much better Situation. The Avenues of Remittance are stopp'd with you, and Trade, and the Basis and Foundation of England's Wealth, is intirely shut up. We dread the Consequence, and know not to what Fatality we are destined.