Address of the Borough of Annan

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ADDRESS OF THE BOROUGH OF ANNAN.

Address of the Provost, Magistrates, and Common Council of the Borough of Annan, presented to His Majesty by William Douglas, Esq˙, their Representative in Parliament.

The humble Address of the Provost, Magistrates, and Common council of the Borough of ANNAN.

Most Gracious Sovereign:

We, your Majesty' s dutiful and loyal subjects, the Provost, Magistrates, and Common Council of the Borough of Annan, behold with abhorrence the ungrateful conduct of your Majesty' s American Colonies, who are aiming to throw off their dependance on the Mother Country.

We humbly request your Majesty' s most gracious acceptance of this testimony of our affection and attachment to your Majesty' s person, family, and Government, and pray that such measures may be pursued, by the wisdom of your Majesty and your Parliament, as may most effectually restore and support obedience to the laws.

That your Majesty may long reign over a free and happy people, and transmit your extensive Dominions, undivided, to your royal issue, to latest posterity, is the ardent wish of, may it please your Majesty, your Majesty' s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Provost, Magistrates, and Common Council of the Borough of Annan.

GEORGE HARDIE, Provost.

Annan, November 1,1775.