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Show 3 .New 272%. Phil'p Levingfion 1 AIM}! "m". l l james Duane John Allbp Fr ncis Lewis John Jay Robert Levingf'ton jun. Lewis life-tr: ~lfl/villiarn iii tit ‘ hintthew Tilghman Thomas Johulbn, jun. ‘ \Villiam l'uen ; Samuel Chafe Thomas Stone To [be PEOPLE of IRELAND. From the DELEGATES appointed by the United Colonies of New Hemyflvfre, zl/{dj/zltfzfllfi‘tlf Bat, [Mode Mam}, (/7713 Prat-Meme P/mmtim, Ccmrrfiit‘zzl, Nita Tor/t, I‘thvywfly, Pannier/212m, [1‘5 Latter (Tar/5.73122: 012]):Virginia. Henry \Vifint r [ficemn A'dej'lflild, Virginia, Nari/.1 Caro/ind and South Caro/Pm, in General Congrelk at Philadelphii. L; P Henry, jun. Arc-w jar/Er. 1 R. Henry Lee Friends and Fellow Suijfix, Vv'illiam Levinghon " .l‘id mood Pendleton S the important conteft into which we have been john Dehznts driven, is now become interel'ting to every European Richard Smith Pangfivlvmzia. John Dickentbn Benjamin Franklin George Rots James \Villbn Charles Humphreys Edward Biddle Dé'ZEZLYN‘l‘ Cal/fifth". Cmfur R od ney 'I‘homas M‘Keen (3 eorge K end mate, and particularly ntibé‘ts the members of the Britifh empire, we think it our duty to nddrelé you on the lirbjeé'r. VVe are defirous, as is natural to injured innocence, of potTefiing the good opinion of the virtuous and humane.- \Ve are peculiarly defirous of furnilhingyozt with a true ‘ flare of our motives and objefts, the better to inable you Sout/2 Cart int. 1' Henry I‘inddlrgmn Thomas Lynch Chriflopher Gddfdet‘. . Rutlege Iiildfilfllid iiutlcgrfi tojudge of our own conduct with accuracy, and determine the merits of the controverly with impartiality and precilion. However incredible it may appear, that, at this en- lightened period, the leaders of a nation, which in every age has facrifieed hecatombs of her bravett patriots on the altar of Liberty, ihould prcfume gravely to allErt, and by force of arms attempt to eftablifli an arbitrary {way over the lives, liberties, and property of their fellow-111b- jefts in America; it is neverthelefs a molt deplorable and indifputable truth. Thefe Colonies have, from the time oftheirliri'tfettlement, for near two centuries, peaceably enjoyed thote very rights of which the Minit'try have, for ten years paft, endeavoured by fraud and by violence to deprive them. At the conclufion of the lalt war, the Genius of England, and the fpirit of wildom, as if ofi‘ended at the ungrateful treatment of their fons, withdrew from the Britith D counl'els |