ith
both in their Order, as Occasion may require. All I think at
present that can be reasonably expected or desired of you,
is to consent to lay aside all superfluous Ornaments for a
Season--after which they shall be surely returned to you
again with Interests.--You shall be cloathed in Purple, and
Scarlet, and Fine Linnen of our own, and with other glorious
Apparel; which, if possible, shall add a Lustre to your
native Charms._

HENRY FLYNT.

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Newport, R.I., has the reputation of having been engaged in the
slave-trade before the Revolution; and the following item, in the
"Boston Gazette," June 30, 1762, noticing without comment the arrival of
a Guinea trader there, would seem to show it to have been not an
uncommon occurrence.

We hear from Newport, Rhode Island, That Capt. Carpenter was
arrived there from the Coast of Guinea, having had 104 Days
Passage, ten Days whereof they were without Meat, but had a
Sufficiency of Rice and Corn. They lost but six Slaves out
of 69 they bro't out with them.

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On the 5th of November "the gunpowder treason and plot" was formerly
pretty generally remembered,--by the boys, at least, who made bonfires
and burned tar-barrels. We believe the custom has fallen into disuse
except in Salem and Marblehead, where there seems to be a little
"Colonialism" left. As recently as 1885 the writer saw a bonfire in
honor of the occasion on a hill near the latter place. In 1762 there
must have been quite a demonstration, if we can judge anything by a
vote of the town of Boston. Englishmen visiting us have sometimes
expressed astonishment at learning that this curious custom should still
be kept up here, while it had been abolished at home.

Upon a motion made, _Voted_, That the Town will take all
proper Measures, by keeping in their Children and Servants,
& other Ways, to prevent the Disturbances which have
sometimes happened on or about the 5th Day of November.

Attest,
William Cooper, _Town-Clerk_.

_Tuesday last (5th November) being the Anniversary of the
happy Deliverance of the British Nation from the Popish
Powder Plot, at Noon the Guns at Castle William and at the
Batteries in this Town were fired: At One all the nine Men
of War then