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Address of the Justices of the Peace, Freeholders, Commissioners of Supply, and Land-Owners of the County of Wigton, presented to His Majesty by the Earl of Galloway.
To the King' s Most Excellent Majesty.
The humble Address of the Justices of the Peace, Freeholders, Commissioners of Supply, and Land-Owners
of the County of WIGTON.
May it please your Majesty:
We, the Justices of the Peace, Freeholders, Commissioners of Supply, and Land-Owners of the County of Wigton, humbly beg leave to assure your Majesty, of our steadfast loyalty and zealous attachment to your sacred person, Crown, and dignity, and the happy Constitution under which we live, the preservation of which, we are; and ever shall be, ready to support, with our lives and fortunes, being fully sensible of the many blessings we enjoy, under your Majesty' s most benign government.
We hear, with the deepest sorrow, and sincerely lament, that many of your Majesty' s subjects in America, influenced by the counsels of wicked and designing men, have not only denied the supreme legislative authority of this their parent country, but have even dared to appear in
We rely, with the fullest confidence, on the wisdom and prudence of your Majesty' s councils, and irust the most effectual measures will be taken, for restoring peace and tranquillity, upon the most permanent foundation, to all your Majesty' s dominions. And we fervently pray for the preservation of your Majesty' s Royal person and family, that your reign over us may be long and happy, and that you may ever triumph over the enemies of our most excellent Constitution.
By appointment of the meeting: JOHN AGNEW, Prases.
Address of the Justices of the Pence, etc., for the County of Wigton, to the King
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actual rebellion, attempting to render themselves independent of Great Britain.