Tewkesbury (Mass.) Committee of Inspection

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Tewkesbury, May 23, 1775.

Whereas Mr˙Timothy Brown, of this Town, has been suspected of being an enemy to the liberties of America: We, the Committee of Inspection of said Tewkesbury, having heretofore taken the matter under our inspection, and had the said Brown upon examination before us, and found no proof of the late charges laid against him, we set up notifications desiring any person that had any thing to offer by way of evidence against the said Brown' s character, to offer it to us; and again having met this day upon adjournment, and had the said Brown again upon examination, and still no further evidence against the said Brown appears, but he declares himself a friend to the liberties of his Country, and that he will use the utmost of his endeavours to defend the same; therefore we would inform the publick, that unless some absolute proof be brought against him, the said Brown ought not to be treated as an enemy, but as a friend to our just rights and liberties.

ISAAC KITTERIDGE,
NATHANIEL HEYWOOD,
DAVID BAYLEY,
EB' ZER WHITTEMORE,
JACOB SHED,
ELDAD WORCESTER,
EZRA KENDALL,

Committee of inspection for Tewkesbury.