From the New York Packet Tuesday, February 5, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IT MAY be contended, perhaps, that instead of OCCASIONAL appeals to the people, which are liable to the objections urged against them, PERIODICAL appeals are the proper and adequate means of PREVENTING AND CORRECTING INFRACTIONS OF THE…
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Henry Cruger Died
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 8.—Last Saturday morning died in St. James’ Square, Bristol, England, in the seventy-ninth year of his age, Henry Cruger, Esq. Having been some years in a very ill state of health, he left New York, the place of…