Mr˙ Goddard at Boston, with Letters from Towns to the Eastward

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BOSTON, April 21, 1774. — Yesterday arrived in this town from the Eastward, Mr˙ William Goddard, by whom letters are received from the Committees of Correspondence of Portsmouth, Newbury, Newburyport, Salem, &c˙, expressive of the hearty concurrence of the gentlemen of those towns with the proposal of erecting a Post Office, upon constitutional principles, throughout the Continent. Subscriptions

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The removal of Dr˙ Franklin from the Post Office had added fresh spirit to the promoters of this salutary plan, as several viewed an opposition to his interest, at a time when he had signally served the cause of America, as a very disagreeable object; but all reluctance from that quarter must now vanish, and all the friends of liberty rejoice that they have now an opportunity of taking up a gentleman, discarded by an unrighteous Ministry for the faithful discharge of his duty, and placing him above a dependence on their caprice, in the grateful arms of his applauding countrymen.